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# Interview: Black Hole Badass with Janna Levin
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/specials/black-hole-badass-zea6c9/
- Published: 2025-09-05T10:15:54.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-11T23:30:40.000Z
- Description: Black holes aren’t just cosmic monsters — they’re simply misunderstood.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_5d685488-1faa-4e3e-b7eb-dca534e9d553, #special

Black holes get a bad rap. They’ve been cast as the monsters of the cosmos — gobbling up stars and stretching anything that gets too close into cosmic spaghetti. But Black Hole expert Janna Levin thinks they’re just misunderstood. A theoretical physicist, author, and founding scientific director of Pioneer Works, Janna has spent her career decoding these mysterious objects.