25 Neil deGrasse Tyson - Finally, Science Is Cool

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🗓️ 14 March 2014

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Last week, Fox's and National Geographic's new Cosmos series set a new milestone in television history. According to National Geographic, it was the largest global rollout of a TV series ever, appearing on 220 channels in 181 countries, and 45 languages. And, yes, this is a science show we're talking about. You will have to actively resist the force of gravity in order to lift up your dropped jaw, and restore a sense of calm to your stunned face. At the center of the show is the "heir apparent" to legendary science popularizer and original Cosmos host Carl Sagan: astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, who we interview on this week's episode about what it's like to fill Sagan's shoes. Tyson discusses topics ranging from what we know now about the Cosmos that Sagan didn't to why science seems to have gotten so supercool again. This episode also features a discussion of whether bringing extinct species back to life is a good idea, and of new research suggesting that climate change led to the rise of Genghis Khan.Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/inquiringminds

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0:00.0	It's Friday, March 14th, and you're listening to Inquiring Minds.
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0:56.0	go to Cretemobile.com forward slash inquiring minds. So something truly historic happened this week
1:04.1	with respect to the public communication and popularization of science. And that is that 34 years after the original Cosmos series aired on PBS,
1:14.5	Fox and National Geographic, released a new super deluxe updated version of the program that in
1:20.5	the hands of Carl Sagan, its original host, reached hundreds of millions of people. And this new
1:26.8	version has come out in what is actually
1:29.5	the biggest release of a TV series in history. It's going to reach half a billion homes,
1:33.3	220 channels, 181 countries, 45 languages. And the show itself is quite stunning. It's hosted
1:40.1	by the heir apparent to Carl Sagan, Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, whose facility, when it comes
1:46.7	to explaining all things scientific has been, I think it's fair to say, widely noted, pretty
1:51.3	much everywhere on the internet. And we were super lucky because this week we actually got to have
1:56.8	Dr. Tyson on the show to talk about the new Cosmos and to discuss anything from what it's
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