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GUEST: Actor Chris Ellis<\/strong><\/p>\n

That goes for you, too, Mr. Wilson,” says Principal Turner, settling the classroom down. He turns to Miss Riley. “Miss Riley, what’s going on here?”<\/p>\n

“They didn’t start that fire, Mr. Turner,” says Miss Riley.<\/p>\n

Mr. Turner turns to Homer. “In the first place, you are not a member of this classroom,” says Turner.<\/p>\n

“Neither are you, Mr. Turner,” says Miss Riley. “Why don’t you let the boy defend himself?”<\/p>\n

“And in the second place,” says Mr. Turner, “this rocket proves nothing. You’ve already admitted having lost a number of your rockets. You cannot prove conclusively that another one of them didn’t start that fire.”<\/p>\n

“Yes, I can,” says Homer. He walks to the chalkboard and draws an arc.<\/p>\n

“Oh?” says Mr. Turner. “Are we to conclude that since leaving school you’ve not only become an expert in rocket science but in trigonometry?”<\/p>\n

“I didn’t say I was-” says Homer.<\/p>\n

“You learned more in the coal mines than you did in high school!” says Mr. Turner.<\/p>\n

“Let the boy talk!” says Miss Riley. “Go ahead, Homer.”<\/p>\n

Homer points at the board. “Now, that fire was near Welch, just under three miles from our launch pad. At the time of the fire, the best that-“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GUEST: Actor Chris Ellis","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2159,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/os076.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","cover_image_id":"2259","duration":"21:11","filesize":"19.83M","filesize_raw":"20796456","date_recorded":"2024-09-23","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"76","itunes_title":"Minute 076: Let the Boy Talk","itunes_season_number":"1","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[],"series":[17],"class_list":["post-569","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-the-october-sky-minute-podcast"],"aioseo_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/os076-scaled.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/osLogo.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-download\/569\/minute-076-let-the-boy-talk.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/octoberskyminute.com\/cm\/podcast-player\/569\/minute-076-let-the-boy-talk.mp3","audio_player":"

Minute 076: Let the Boy Talk<\/a><\/blockquote>