Maria Varmazis - communications professional with a focus on the space industry & information security

Here’s what I’m up to:

🚀 I’m the Host of T-Minus, the only daily space podcast! Every day, my listeners get daily intelligence on the evolving space market, plus fascinating conversations with experts in the space industry across academia, industry, research organizations, and more. T-Minus helps space industry leaders and professionals stay in the know about what’s happening and why it matters. Find us on your favorite podcast platform!

👩‍💻 As of February 2023, I’m off the freelance market and back to full-time work. I’m very grateful for my freelance clients for their 7 years of support!

🌌 I’m also the Space Correspondent for The CyberWire Daily podcast, covering cybersecurity in space. Space-cyber is such an exciting intersection of things I am a geek for at a truly exciting moment for (what’s often called) this second space age we’re in.

🎧 I’m a frequent guest on the award-winning security podcast Smashing Security, where we discuss the latest tech news in an easy-to-understand and entertaining way. It’s also how I exposed a lot of new people to Zardoz. Sorry not sorry.

🥒 For fun, I’m cohost of the Sticky Pickles podcast, where we talk about tricky/sticky real-life problems and how you might get out of them. It’s like a tabletop exercise for awkward situations. Carole and I have been working on this show now for four seasons and still going! Obligatory “please rate & subscribe” comment if you like what you hear.

📩 If you’d like me to appear on your podcast or speak at your event, please contact me and I’ll be in touch.

💭 I wrote an article on why avoiding FUD (fear, uncertainty, and doubt) is so important when creating content for the IT and infosec industries. Many folks found it handy when it was first published, perhaps you’ll like it too.