{"id":49073,"date":"2026-02-06T12:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/?p=49073"},"modified":"2026-03-06T15:54:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T22:54:50","slug":"podcast-with-scott-parazynski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/podcast-with-scott-parazynski\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast with Astronaut &#038; Everest Summiteer Scott Parazynski"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this podcast, I speak with Scott Parazynski, who is about as unique an individual as you will find these days. Consider a small fraction of his achievements:<\/p>\n<h2><b>Space\/Astronaut\/Education<\/b><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49079\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/podcast-with-scott-parazynski\/astronaut-scott-parazynski-spacewalk\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49079\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49079\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/astronaut-scott-parazynski-spacewalk-640x360.jpg\" alt=\"Astronaut Scott Parazynski on a spacewalk\" width=\"250\" height=\"141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/astronaut-scott-parazynski-spacewalk-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/astronaut-scott-parazynski-spacewalk-300x169.jpg 300w, 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traveled over 23 million miles in orbit.<\/li>\n<li>Recognition: Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2016.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>ER Physician with expertise in space medicine and human performance.<\/li>\n<li>Post-NASA: Entrepreneur, CEO of technology start-ups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Mountaineering<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_49078\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49078\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/06\/podcast-with-scott-parazynski\/oo2011_calendar_01everest_n-jpg\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49078\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-49078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo2011_calendar_01everest_n.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Everest from space by Scott Parazynski\" width=\"250\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alanarnette.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/oo2011_calendar_01everest_n.jpg.webp 576w, 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