Lightly explicit content: Our first ever and probably the only rocket scientist to join the show! We introduce to you, NASAs finest, Dr. K. Renee Horton (Regular Ole Renee)! Despite a disability and being told "you're one of the dumbest students I've ever met, maybe graduate school isn't for you" Renee stayed the course all the way and is quite literally OUT OF THIS WORLD! We discuss her twists and turns to success, her first telescope and sneaking to the roof to use it, the thing that happened when Mr. Sperm met Mrs. Egg and lastly the team that held her to account for seeing graduate school through when walking away was just easier. At the "Small Talk, Big Names" podcast, Renee is a star (no pun intended; see what I did there!) but more importantly, Renee reminds us that anything is possible, when you simply decide to make it be!

Special shoutout to our newest Research Interns: Annabel Marie and William Lawrence- without your research and hard hitting questions, we would not have been prepared for our first ever rocket scientist. Keep up the smart work!