Earth, Wind, and Water with Dr. Skateboard, The Armless Archer, and Jud Ready

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🗓️ 6 August 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Shoot an arrow without arms? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly & Chuck Nice explore Olympic events– swimming, archery, and skateboarding– with materials scientist Jud Ready, “Armless Archer” Matt Stutzman, and Bill “Dr. Skateboard” Robertson.

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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.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:17.0	I'm Neil the Grass-Picin, your personal astrophysicist.
0:21.0	And today we're going to be discussing three kinds of Olympic activities.
0:27.0	First, fast pools. Second, can you hit a target?
0:31.0	An archery target. If you have no arms, we'll check that out at mid-saggment.
0:38.0	And we're going to end with the one and only Dr. Skateboard,
0:41.0	a new feature of the Olympics this year.
0:43.0	The 2020 Olympics, of course, being contested in 2021.
0:48.0	I got with me the one and only Darrya Riley.
0:52.0	I knew it could be here.
0:54.0	I was telling people I stumbled.
0:57.0	You got a wiki page of you and the time you were a pro footballer over in the UK.
1:04.0	I was very proud of that.
1:06.0	Congratulations on that.
1:07.0	And you're also a sports commentator there before you join Star Talk.
1:11.0	And I'd like to think you're still a sports commentator.
1:14.0	I still have some key issues.
1:16.0	Sharing that expertise with us.
1:18.0	I could not find a wiki page on Chuck Nice.
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