What does it really take to survive on Mars? Neil Tyson interviews Andy Weir, author of The Martian, NASA/JPL engineer Adam Steltzner, NASA Planetary Science Director Dr. Jim Green, Sheyna Gifford, co-host Matt Kirshen, Chuck Nice, and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Dec 02, 2016•49 min•Ep 59•Transcript available on Metacast On 10/8/2016, the StarTalk All-Stars packed NY Comic Con to discuss the real science in science fiction. Now you can get your geek on with All-Stars hosts Charles Liu and Emily Rice, co-host Chuck Nice, and Phillip K. Dick Award nominated author PJ Manney. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 29, 2016•55 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Neil Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore how salt has been a critical ingredient in history and the development of civilization. Now extended with 12 minutes of Neil and Bill Nye in the Cosmic Crib talking about evolution, Ivan the Gorilla and how bees fly. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 25, 2016•49 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast New StarTalk All-Stars hosts, astrophysicists Summer Ash and Emily Rice, share their take on Women Crushing It Wednesday - reclaiming a sexist hashtag by celebrating women in STEM and examining the challenges women scientists face. Chuck Nice co-hosts. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 22, 2016•50 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast This week, Neil Tyson explores the language of the universe and the life of self-taught math genius Ramanujan. With Jeremy Irons and Matthew Brown from The Man Who Knew Infinity, co-host Eugene Mirman, mathematician Ken Ono, Mona Chalabi, and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 18, 2016•49 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast If light cant escape from black holes, how can we observe them at all? Find out from astrophysicist Janna Levin, co-host Matt Kirshen, and Shep Doeleman, the MIT astrophysicist leading the Event Horizon Telescope project to study black hole Sgr A* at the center of our galaxy. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 15, 2016•50 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast What can we learn about anthropology and physiology from zombies? Neil Tyson interviews The Walking Deads Robert Kirkman, anthropologist Jeffrey Mantz, Harvard prof. Dr. Steve Schlozman, co-host Maeve Higgins, Chuck Nice, Mona Chalabi, and Bill Nye.
Nov 11, 2016•49 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Join us for StarTalk All-Stars recorded at the Star Trek Mission: New York 50th Anniversary. Featuring astrophysicist and StarTalk All-Stars host Charles Liu, Chuck Nice, astrophysicist/All-Stars host Summer Ash and author Andrew Fazekas. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 08, 2016•1 hr 25 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the nature of reality, from quantum physics and string theory, to the multiverse and The Matrix. With theoretical physicists Brian Greene and Stephon Alexander, philosopher David Chalmers, co-host Maeve Higgins, Chuck Nice and Bill Nye. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 04, 2016•49 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Seth Shostak, SETI Institute Senior Astronomer, discovers what its like to host StarTalk All-Stars when he welcomes skeptic Ben Radford and new comic co-host Ray Ellin to discuss UFOs, aliens, government cover-ups, Roswell, and space-faring dinosaurs. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/
Nov 01, 2016•48 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Theres no escaping the Zombie Apocalypse when Neil Tyson interviews World War Z author Max Brooks and epidemiologist Dr. Ian Lipkin. Now extended with 13 minutes of Neil, Bill Nye and Steven Soter discussing Carl Sagan and Cosmos in the Cosmic Crib. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/.
Oct 28, 2016•51 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast If you think this episode will be filled with questions about pot and LSD, youd be right. But Chuck Nice also throws a few other Cosmic Queries at host Bill Nye, from how to get more women into STEM to the potential impact of discovering life on Mars. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access
Oct 25, 2016•48 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Neil deGrasse Tyson unravels time travel with the help of theoretical physicist Michio Kaku, Back to the Futures Doc Brown, aka Christopher Lloyd, Doctor Whos Missy, aka Michelle Gomez, and co-host Chuck Nice. Plus, Bill Nye takes a ride in the DeLorean.
Oct 21, 2016•43 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and his guest, Hugo Award-winning sci-fi author and scientist David Brin weigh the pros and cons of attempting to contact extraterrestrials. Plus, Chuck Nice asks the pair Cosmic Queries about what well do if aliens find us.
Oct 18, 2016•50 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Put on your safety harness as Neil deGrasse Tyson investigates the world of death defying stunts with high-wire artist Philippe Petit, co-host Eugene Mirman, and guests Charles Liu, tight-rope instructor Sonja Harpstead, and Bill Nye the Science Guy.
Oct 14, 2016•49 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Carolyn Porco is back, and shes brought her friend, Bad-ass Science Groupie Sean Ono Lennon. Together with Chuck Nice, they answer Cosmic Queries about art, science, and math; the Anthropocene Age; and the lack of civility on Twitter.
Oct 11, 2016•50 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast Curious about general astrophysics? Join us for class this week as Prof. Neil Tyson and assistant Leighann Lord explain some of the basics. Now extended with 12 minutes of Neil, Bill Nye and Steven Soter swapping Carl Sagan stories in the Cosmic Crib.
Oct 07, 2016•50 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast What are gravitational waves, and what can they tell us about our universe? In her first outing as StarTalk All-Star host, cosmologist Janna Levin untangles the astrophysics with help from LIGO co-founder Rainer Weiss and comic co-host Matt Kirshen.
Oct 04, 2016•49 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Is science trending on TV and in pop culture? Could that encourage women to get into STEM? Find out from Neil Tyson and his guests Mayim Bialik, Summer Ash, Taryn ONeill and co-host Chris Hardwick. Also with Mona Chalabi, Chuck Nice and Bill Nye.
Sep 30, 2016•49 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast In this weeks StarTalk All-Stars, host Bill Nye applies his scientific mind and skeptical nature to fan-submitted Cosmic Queries chosen by co-host Chuck Nice, on subjects from miracles and levitation to conspiracy theories and climate change denial.
Sep 27, 2016•49 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Neil Tyson and Whoopi Goldberg geek out about Star Trek, superheroes, space, and medical marijuana. Chuck Nice and Charles Liu join Neil in studio, with data journalist Mona Chalabi and Pot Doc Dr. Staci Gruber. Plus, Bill Nye gets high on life.
Sep 23, 2016•48 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast Former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino puts on his old CAPCOM headset and takes us inside Johnson Space Center, with a little help from his guests, Flight Directors Emily Nelson and Royce Renfrew, and co-host Maeve Higgins.
Sep 20, 2016•50 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast What did politics and the Cold War have to do with the space race? On the flip side, how did the Apollo program and landing on the Moon impact us here on Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers fan-submitted questions chosen by co-host Chuck Nice.
Sep 16, 2016•49 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast On 9/30/16, the Rosetta spacecraft will purposefully join its Philae lander and crash into Comet 67P. Before then, StarTalk All-Stars host Natalie Starkey, co-host Chuck Nice and Rosetta Mission Project Scientist Matt Taylor review what weve learned.
Sep 13, 2016•48 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Gaze into the future when Neil Tyson interviews noted futurist and inventor, Ray Kurzweil about artificial intelligence, the human brain, nanotechnology, life extension and biotechnology. Recorded live at the 92nd Street Y 7 Days of Genius series.
Sep 09, 2016•49 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Is the subsurface ocean on Saturns moon Enceladus the most likely place in our solar system to harbor life? Dive in with StarTalk All-Stars host and planetary scientist Carolyn Porco, guest NASA astrobiologist Chris McKay, and co-host Chuck Nice.
Sep 06, 2016•46 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Neil Tyson and co-host Colin Jost get their geek on answering questions about Thor, Captain America, Batman, Superman, Wolverine, and more. Now extended with 12 minutes of Neil, Bill Nye and Steven Soter discussing sci-fi movies in the Cosmic Crib.
Sep 02, 2016•49 min•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and his guest, Carter Emmart, take us behind the scenes to see how Carter creates a virtual Google Map of our universe. Plus, Chuck Nice asks them Cosmic Queries about black holes, the Big Bang, and Star Treks holodeck.
Aug 30, 2016•37 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast Its time for Cosmic Queries, where your own personal astrophysicist Neil Tyson answers fan-submitted questions, sight unseen. This week, co-host Chuck Nice chooses questions about the periodic table, universal north, Ceres, exploring Europa, and more.
Aug 26, 2016•51 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast Water, water everywhereand by everywhere, we mean the solar system, our galaxy, and the universe itself. Join us as we search for space water with our host, cosmochemist Natalie Starkey, co-host Chuck Nice, and planetary scientist Lindy Elkins-Tanton.
Aug 23, 2016•49 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast