4. Bill Nye (Science Guy) – Geek Chic/TMI/Future Money

Think Again - a Big Think Podcast

Big Think / Panoply

Arts, Society & Culture

4.6 • 594 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Was Einstein a fashion genius? Why is Malcolm Gladwell unimpressed by search engines? What will money look like in 500 years? In this week's episode of Big Think's Think Again podcast, host Jason Gots is joined by beloved actor/educator Bill Nye, host of the "Tuesdays With Bill" series on Big Think. Big Think interview clips from Simon Doonan, Malcolm Gladwell, and Kabir Sehgal launch Bill and host Jason Gots on a spirited discussion that spans continents and centuries. And Bill Nye commits, on record, to wearing a matching bow tie and kilt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered what a sandwich sounds like?
0:04.2	Not much to it, is there?
0:06.2	Unless, of course, it's a Walker's sandwich.
0:10.9	Mmm, that is good.
0:12.9	Now that's what Asani should sound like.
0:15.8	Go all crisp in with walkers.
0:19.0	Delicious.
0:20.1	Hi there, I'm Jason Gatz and welcome to Think Again, a Big Think podcast.
0:26.8	Big Think is an online forum for the world's most interesting thinkers and doers to share
0:31.5	their mind-blowing ideas on video. Since 2008, we've shared over 10,000 of them.
0:37.3	On the Think Again podcast, we surprise our guests and me, your host, with unexpected clips from our vast and mysterious archives, and then we talk about them.
0:46.2	And I'm here today.
0:47.2	I'm very happy to be here today with Bill Nye, beloved science educator, and host of the popular Tuesdays with Bill series on Big Think, among many other things,
0:56.5	including an astronomically successful Kickstarter campaign for the light sale project. Welcome to
1:02.2	this show, Bill. It is so good to be here. How's it going today? Fabulously. Very hot in New York
1:08.3	City, the start of summer, and I think it's going to be a big thunder shower,
1:12.0	which for me is fun.
1:13.4	And we've provided Bill with a very hot cup of coffee on this very hot day.
1:18.2	It's quite good, by the way.
1:19.8	But, I mean, A, Bill doesn't sweat, but if he did, you wouldn't see it because we're on audio.
1:26.1	Whoa.
1:27.3	That's crazy.
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