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Episode Title: Let's Make America Smart Again with Cory Booker | StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson Produced by: StarTalk Description: StarTalk Radio is continuing its mission to Make America Smart Again! What better platform to do it than at the Count Basie Theatre, in Red Bank, New Jersey? On 4/17/17, Neil deGrasse Tyson and his comic co-host Eugene Mirman were joined by New Jersey’s own, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, along with John Holdren, Science Advisor to President Obama, Jo Handelsman, former Associate Director for Science at the White House Office of Science and Technology, and comedians Ophira Eisenberg of NPR’s Ask Me Another and Baratunde Thurston of The Daily Show. You’ll hear discussion on social and political activism, using data to protest, and why science is the best investment for your tax dollars. Discover more about biomedical advances, microbiology, the microbiome, precision medicine, and gene-editing tools. You’ll also hear about rebalancing NASA’s budge...

Episode Title: Making Stuff with Adam Savage and Neil deGrasse Tyson | StarTalk Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Check out https://www.CuriosityStream.com/startalk and use code "startalk" to get your first 31 days free. You ever feel like just makin’ stuff? On this episode of StarTalk Radio, Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with the master of making stuff – Adam Savage. Neil and Adam are joined in studio by comic co-host Chuck Nice to answer fan-submitted questions about creativity, "MythBusters", engineering, and a whole lot more. You’ll learn some insider info about Adam’s time hosting the wildly popular show "MythBusters": whether they ever invented anything by accident, why they had to destroy some test footage for public safety, and what surprised Adam the most about his work on the show. You’ll hear about the “Duct Tape” Island episode where he and his co-host Jamie Hyneman were dropped on an island with nothing to survive but duct ta...

Episode Title: Neil deGrasse Tyson on Avengers: Endgame | StarTalk Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Screen Rant made a video that features Neil's thoughts on Captain Marvel in Avengers: Endgame. Watch it here - https://youtu.be/iUJ4qcdvQb0 Avengers, assemble! On this episode of StarTalk, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer fan questions about Marvel’s latest film, Avengers: Endgame. Rae Wynn-Grant, PhD, conservation scientist and National Geographic Society fellow, joins to talk about the ecological impact of Thanos’ snap. There will be plenty of spoilers - so don’t listen to this until you watch the movie! You have been warned. What effect would Thanos’ snap have on Earth’s ecosystem? How does Endgame's time travel compare to Back To The Future? What’s up with Captain Marvel in the movie? What is a Möbius strip? All that and more… tune in and enjoy! #Avengers #Marvel #CaptainMarvel Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Jordan Klepper Fights Gravity at Space Camp | StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Produced by: StarTalk Description: In this clip from an upcoming episode, Jordan Klepper talks to Neil deGrasse Tyson about his experience on the centrifuge at space camp. Is experiencing 3G (three times the force of gravity) really that impressive? Klepper airs on Comedy Central Thursday nights at 11:30 pm et, and on-demand with the Comedy Central App. Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Searching for Life in the Universe | StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson Produced by: StarTalk Description: Check out CuriosityStream.com/startalk, and use code "startalk" to get your first 31 days free. Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman welcome planetary scientist Carolyn Porco, Sean Ono Lennon, Vanessa Bayer, and Michael Ian Black to search for life in the universe. They discuss the possibility of life on Saturn's moons, humans' attempt at communicating with extraterrestrial life through the Voyager mission, and more. Recorded live at the Beacon Theatre in NYC on September 15, 2016 #extraterrestrial #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Physics All Around Us, with Neil deGrasse Tyson | StarTalk Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Did you know there are physics at work all around us? Join your personal astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice as they answer fan-submitted questions on the physics of life, big and small. This episode originally aired on StarTalk Radio on April 12, 2019. Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Our Galaxy And Beyond, with Neil deGrasse Tyson | StarTalk Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Join Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Sarah Rose Siskind as they answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries about our collision course with the Andromeda galaxy, how the Big Bang got its name, the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation, dark matter, and much more. This episode originally aired on StarTalk Radio on July 27, 2018. Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: The End of The World, with Josh Clark and Neil deGrasse Tyson | Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: What will cause humanity's demise? Will it be it artificial intelligence, a meteor, or ourselves? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers fan questions with comic co-host Chuck Nice and Josh Clark, host of the "Stuff You Should Know" and "The End of The World" podcasts. This show aired as a StarTalk Radio podcast on February 1, 2019. #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson #StuffYouShouldKnow Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Manhattanhenge with Neil deGrasse Tyson Produced by: StarTalk Description: Twice a year, the sunset aligns with Manhattan's grid. Join Neil and comedian Chuck Nice as they experience Manhattanhenge! Learn how astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was the first to name and popularize the cosmic metropolitan event, and find out why it happens twice every year... all while Neil and Chuck avoid getting hit by a bus! Will New Jersey steal the sunset from New York? Watch and find out. Recorded on May 29, 2018 #Manhattanhenge #StarTalk #NeildeGrasseTyson Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Everyday Astrophysics with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Russell Peters answer fan-submitted questions on a variety of astrophysical topics including Pluto, the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, the Equator and the Earth’s axis, E = mc2, exoplanets, the Moon, and more! Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Science Is Everywhere with Neil deGrasse Tyson | StarTalk @ BAM | Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Science really is everywhere! From the Big Bang to quantum mechanics to free will to ice skating, we explore it all featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, theoretical physicist Brian Greene, neuroscientist Heather Berlin, rapper Baba Brinkman, and Olympic silver medalist figure skater Sasha Cohen. Recorded live at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on March 9, 2018 Note from StarTalk Editors... For further reading on the complex topic of ice melting under pressure, Dr. Tyson recommends the following two scholarly articles on the subject, one on the general topic of slippery ice (https://www.dropbox.com/s/ykmfo4yez04wllo/Why%20is%20ice%20slippery.pdf?dl=0), and the other on the Capt. Robert Falcon Scott expedition to the South Pole (https://www.dropbox.com/s/2swrz12vs158v30/PNAS%20on%20RF%20Scott.pdf?dl=0), whose diary entry noted, "The (ice) surface, ...

Episode Title: Adam Savage Blown Away by Neil deGrasse Tyson's Aerogel Produced by: StarTalk Description: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson wanted to blow Adam Savage's mind, so he whipped out his sample of aerogel. Learn about what this super-light low-density material does and how it's used, along with comic co-host Chuck Nice. Check out Adam's new book! http://adamsavagebook.com #AdamSavage #NeildeGrasseTyson #StarTalk Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Big Brains at BAM | StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson Produced by: StarTalk Description: This live recording of StarTalk is all about neuroscience and the brain! Find out when host Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Eugene Mirman welcome actress and neuroscientist Mayim Bialik of "The Big Bang Theory,” Bill Nye the Science Guy, neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin, comedian Michael Ian Black and actor Paul Rudd (Ant-Man, Avengers: Endgame) to the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. This originally aired in multiple parts on StarTalk Radio in July 2014, and on YouTube in April 2015. #brain #neuroscience #startalk Click here to view video on YouTube.

Episode Title: Cosmic Queries - Out There with Neil deGrasse Tyson | Full Episode Produced by: StarTalk Description: Vote for StarTalk to win a Webby! wbby.co/vote-pod18 Neil deGrasse Tyson, co-host Harrison Greenbaum, and astrophysicist Janna Levin answer questions on the far away and the far out, including Andromeda's impending collision with the Milky Way, white holes, a holographic universe, and more. Prepare to get trippy! Click here to view video on YouTube.

There’s a rumor going around that Ant-Man will kill Thanos by flying up his butt and expanding out of the quantum realm in Avengers: Endgame. Comedian Chuck Nice presented the idea to astrophysicists Neil deGrasse Tyson and Charles Liu. #Avengers #AntMan #Thanos View on YouTube

Does the super moon really look that much bigger than an average moon? Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson brought comedian Chuck Nice to a pizzeria to bring his perspective to this cultural phenomenon. Special thanks to The Original Ray’s Pizza Restaurant. #StarTalk #SuperMoon #NeildeGrasseTyson View on YouTube

Join Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and astrophysicist Janna Levin as they celebrate the life and achievements of Albert Einstein and his impact on the scientific world around us including the detection of gravitational waves at LIGO. Albert Einstein's birthday is on March 14, also known as Pi day. Host: Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist Co-Host: Chuck Nice Comedian Guests: Janna Levin Astrophysicist & Author, Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space, Director of Sciences at Pioneer Works View on YouTube