Podcast

Our What’s So Smart podcast is powered by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber of Commerce. Huntsville, Alabama, is known as ASmartPlace®, but really, what’s so smart about it? In this podcast, we talk to the leaders of Huntsville’s economic and cultural development to answer that question. From rockets to genomics, from cyber to music, What’s So Smart will explore the visionary and data-driven initiatives that make Huntsville, well, so smart!

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Kay Taylor is our guest on this episode of the What’s So Smart podcast, powered by the Huntsville/Madison County Chamber. Taylor is Vice President of Education at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. It’s the home of Space Camp!

Past episodes

Culinary Arts

In this episode we’ll talk with Ruth Mercado, Executive Director of Food & Beverage for HATCH. It is an 8-week job training program that combines life skills workshops and industry standard culinary and hospitality training to empower opportunity youth to lead self-sufficient lives.

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Biotech

In this episode we’ll talk with Peggy Sammon, Co-Founder and CEO of Gene Capture, which is located at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology.

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Drones

In this episode we’ll talk with Matt Sloane, CEO of Skyfire Consulting. The company recently moved its headquarters from Atlanta to Huntsville.

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City Engineering

In this episode we will talk to the City of Huntsville’s Director of Engineering, Kathy Martin.

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FBI in Alabama

In this episode we will talk to the Assistant Director of the FBI’s Insider Threat Office located on Redstone Arsenal. Hear what the FBI has planned for its Huntsville campus, why working for the FBI can be so special, and how experiencing your first tornado warning can be fun.

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Being a Musician

In this episode we will talk to a north Alabama native who has moved back to the Rocket City after venturing around the country to pursue a music career. Hear how Huntsville is becoming a great place to foster a music career and how this Grammy-nominated producer feels about growing his life and family in the place that started it all for him.

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Chocolate

In this episode we will talk to some local chocolatiers on the science behind chocolate-making, owning a small business in a booming city, and how two sisters from the northeast ended up in Huntsville, Alabama.

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Music Culture

In this episode we will talk to one of the nation’s first official local music officer about Huntsville’s proximity to large cities like Atlanta, Nashville, and Birmingham affecting our music industry, how a music audit is changing the game all over the country, and why local students are flocking to music careers.

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Cyber Education

In this episode we will talk to the Alabama School of Cyber, Technology, and Engineering (ASCTE) Foundation Executive President PeggyLee Wright about the uniqueness of a school like ASCTE, opportunities high school students have in the Rocket City, and how moving to Huntsville changed her life.

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Genomics

In this episode we will talk to the President of HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Dr. Neil Lamb about Genomics in medicine, how Huntsville research is different from other regions, and how Crisco can help keep you warm during a cold plunge.

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Space Launch System

In this episode we will talk to the former director of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Jody Singer. From the Space Launch System to moving closer to grandkids, What’s So Smart will explore the visionary and data-driven initiatives that make Huntsville so smart.

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