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It's Been a Minute

Bill Nye On Fame, Family, and How He Became The 'Science Guy'

It's Been a Minute

NPR

News Commentary, Society & Culture, News, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.68.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The one and only Bill Nye the Science Guy (@BillNye) is the subject of a new documentary all about his life. He talks to Sam about the film, how he thinks fame has changed his brain, a troubling degenerative disease that afflicts his family, and his advocacy of climate science. Email the show at [email protected] or tweet @NPRItsBeenAMin with your feedback. Follow Sam on Twitter @samsanders and producers Brent Baughman @brentbaughman and Anjuli Sastry @AnjuliSastry.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, it's GuyRaz here, host of How I Built This with a quick recommendation every holiday

0:05.5

weekend comes with a lot of waiting traffic, airport security lines.

0:09.9

And so while you're waiting, why did you just binge on How I Built This each episode?

0:14.1

I speak with a founder of a company who has an incredible story of how it all began.

0:18.6

You can find how I built this on the NPR1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:30.3

Hey y'all, you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR.

0:32.6

I'm Sam Sanders and it's time for Deep Dive.

0:35.0

Today's Deep Dive is with someone you might recognize.

0:42.9

Yep, Bill Nye, the science guy.

0:45.2

I don't know about you, but he was one of my favorite teachers growing up.

0:48.8

Now there's a new documentary out all about him and it tells us how the legend of Bill Nye

0:53.8

came to be.

0:54.7

It all began at a local TV station in Seattle and it grew into this worldwide phenomenon.

1:01.0

And since then, of course, Bill has kind of had a second career.

1:04.3

Now he has a show on Netflix called Bill Nye Saves the World and there's this new documentary

1:09.6

which is called Bill Nye Colin, Science Guy.

1:13.6

It looks at how he spends his time now campaigning for climate science.

1:17.8

But the film also examines Bill's fame and whether that's changed him.

1:22.9

Well, here's Bill with me.

1:24.3

He was an LA and I was in DC.

1:26.6

Enjoy.

1:32.4

Greetings.

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