Born to Run with Chris McDougall and Herman Pontzer

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🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ever seen a chimpanzee go for a jog? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Gary O’Reilly, and Chuck Nice discover how humans came to run with journalist and author of Born to Run, Chris McDougall, and evolutionary anthropologist, Herman Pontzer.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:16.0	This is Star Talk's fourth edition.
0:20.0	We're titling this one, born to run,
0:23.0	who's going to get to the bottom of what's going on evolutionarily,
0:27.0	biologically, when the human body decides to run away from things or toward things.
0:34.0	But we're running people right here.
0:37.0	And I got as my co-host, Gary, Gary O'Reilly.
0:40.0	Hey, Neil, good to be here again during authenticity to this program being a former professional athlete.
0:46.0	And occasionally, Rana.
0:48.0	Okay.
0:49.0	And also, you turned sportscaster before we got a hold of you.
0:52.0	And so great to have you on sports edition.
0:55.0	And nice.
0:56.0	And up to median.
0:58.0	Hey, Neil.
0:59.0	Yeah, good to be here.
1:00.0	Wait for our show on pink Cadillac since we're doing a show on born to run.
1:06.0	Oh, yay.
1:08.0	You guys were going to jump on that if I wasn't black.
1:11.0	You jumped right on it.
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