Hey there, science rules listener, the episode you're about to hear features,

Gillian Jacobs and Deanna Reasonover, who host one of Stitcher's other great shows.

At the time that show was called if, then, recently they changed their name to periodic talks.

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We're all science people. Science! Exactly. Evolution does some pretty funky things.

That is a false back. The old question in science is how do you know that?

The achievement equals skill times effort. That's the rest of the beat for success.

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Starting now. Welcome, welcome to Science Rules. I'm your host Bill Nye. This is the show

where science rules. It's a call-in show and if you want to be on the show and I hope you do,

leave us a voicemail at 201-472-0785 or go to askbil9.com. You can check me out on all the social

media that the kids use to find out about our upcoming guests. I'm joined once again.

Yes, my friends. By science writer, editor and dear friend, Cory S. Powell. Hello, Cory.

Oh, hello, Bill. What a fine day for a podcast with new science leadership in this country,

taking the reins. Things feel good. But you know, one happy revelation for me over the past four

years has been discovering how many people from all kinds of other professions have a passion for

science and who've really stepped up to help share the wonder of curiosity and discovery.

And we have two of them on the show today, including an actor who I've long admired and who is a

fellow Pittsburgher, no less. A fellow Pittsburgher, yes, my friends. We have, hey, we have

Gillian Jacobs and Deanna Reasonover. They are both actors. You probably know Gillian from the sitcom

Community and Deanna from NCIS. And they are hosts of their own new podcast called If Then.

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