# Dame Maggie Aderin

An episode of [Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1704806594), 14 Aug 2026, 1 h 09 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6835e960944c948b9a623f10/e/6a75f0b2237988582ea88651/media.mp3

Our guest today is the scientist, broadcaster and presenter of The Sky At Night, Dame Maggie Aderin. In this moving conversation, Dame Maggie tells Gyles about her childhood - and her parents' long custody battle, which often led to upheaval for Maggie and her sisters. She talks about her early interest in space, and joining a telescope-making club as a teenager. She talks about thinking big and not taking no for an answer. She talks about "Maggie-isms" and being unusual. This is a fabulous edition of Rosebud with one of our foremost science communicators and educators. Dame Maggie's book, Starchild, My LIfe Under the NIght Sky, is out now and available here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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