About this episode
Cara Santa Maria is a Los Angeles Area Emmy and Knight Foundation Award winning journalist, science communicator, television personality, author, and podcaster. Cara is the science correspondent on National Geographic's popular television series Brain Games as well as the creator and host of the weekly science podcast Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria. In addition to co-hosting the long-standing Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast, she also coauthored the Skeptics Guide to the Universe book. Cara was also raised Mormon. This is her story. *Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation. If you need help, reach out: National Suicide Prevention Hotline (800) 273-8255 Trevor Project Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth (866) 488-73876 Show Notes: National Geographic's Brain Games Talk Nerdy podcast with Cara Santa Maria Talk Nerdy The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe: How to Know What's Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake by Steven Novella, et. al. Bill Maher "unbaptizes" Mitt Romney's dead father-in-law Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl "Existentialism is a Humanism," lecture by Jean-Paul Satre in 1946 Cara's Instragram Cara's Facebook Cara's Twitter Godawful Movies ————— We are 100% donor funded! Please click HERE to donate and keep this content coming! Click here to donate monthly: $10 $25 $50 ————— MSP on Spotify MSP on Apple Podcasts MSP Blog Instagram Patreon TikTok Discord Contact Us! * MormonStories@gmail.com *PO Box 171085 Salt Lake City, UT 84117