Cosmic Queries – Winter Olympics Grab Bag with Charles Liu

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🗓️ 4 February 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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What's ice skating like on Titan? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer fan questions about the physics involved in the Winter Olympics with Charles Liu.

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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.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk Sports Edition, a cosmic queries version.
0:18.0	We're going to talk about the Winter Olympics.
0:21.0	Ooh, yeah. We got Gary O'Reilly.
0:23.0	Gary.
0:24.0	Hey, Neil.
0:25.0	Yeah, do they play soccer in the snow?
0:28.0	Yeah, we will do.
0:30.0	Depends if it's too bad, no, because the ball doesn't roll, but, uh, yeah, we'll pay frozen and in the snow.
0:36.0	I gotcha, gotcha.
0:38.0	And Chuck, you avoid cold weather at all cost.
0:41.0	Uh, yes, I've, it's a no-mage to my ancestors.
0:46.0	Yes, all for all that came out of the Serengeti.
0:52.0	I'm, I'm representing.
0:54.0	I'm representing.
0:58.0	So, uh, this is a very broad topic, because we want to talk about, uh, the Olympics in general, the Winter Olympics, the events, the fact that it's in Beijing.
1:10.0	And, you know, anytime we have a broad subject like this, there's only one go to person.
1:16.0	And that's, that's our geek and chief, the one and only, my friend and colleague, Charles Lou, Charles.
1:22.0	Welcome back to start talk for the 100th and Zillionth times.
1:25.0	Thank you, Neil. It's my pleasure.
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