Wired.com presents The Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 273 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Our guest today is Bill Nye, one of America's best known science educators.

From 1993 to 1998 he hosted the Bill Nye, the Science Guy show on PBS

and he just finished filming the second season of his Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World.

He's also the CEO of the Planetary Society, which is the largest nonprofit organization promoting space exploration, and he's the author of the books undeniable, evolution and the science of creation, and unstoppable, harnessing science to change the world.

And we'll be speaking with him today about his new book,

Everything All At Once.

How to unleash your inner nerd?

Tap into radical curiosity and solve any problem.

I also just want to mention that I've agreed to be one of the judges for a science fiction short story contest with a $12,000 grand prize. The contest is called Into the Black, Speculative Economies, and it's sponsored by the Economic Security Project, which advocates for the Universal Basic Income.

The Universal Basic Income is the idea that everyone should be given regular unconditional cash payments

that are high enough to meet their basic needs.

This would eliminate severe economic hardship, provide a massive boost to the economy by stimulating

demand, and free up more people to pursue their passions or care for loved ones.

Many public figures such as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg

have endorsed the idea, stating that something along these lines will be necessary as automation

replaces more and more jobs. The Into the Black Contest is looking for science fiction short stories that explore futures in which the universal basic income has been implemented.

Those stories can be either utopian or dystopian. The point is to foster discussion.

The other judges include Geno Werthem of the New York Times,

Alexis Mondregal of the Atlantic,

science fiction author Hanu Ryanimi,

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