Episode 249 - Neil deGrasse Tyson

Probably Science

Andy Wood, Matt Kirshen

Jessecase, Comedy, News, Mattkirshen, Standup, Andywood, Science & Medicine, Science, Brookswheelan

4.8 • 707 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson), astrophysicist, science communicator and author of the fantastic new book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, joins Matt and Andy for a Definitely Science episode, discussing, well, the entire universe: Its origins, the forces that govern it, general relativity, the multiverse, dark matter, dark energy, the fact that the universe is under no obligation to make sense to you, and the questions that Neil would ask a physicist in the year 2317. This episode is brought to you by Parachute; visit parachutehome.com/science for free shipping and returns and a no-risk 60-night trial.

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0:17.4	That's Parachutehome.com slash science.
0:20.7	Probably science.
0:26.8	Hello and welcome to Probably Science, a very special episode.
0:34.7	I think it's safe to say.
0:36.2	Well, we're not discussing issues. I'm at Kersshin. That's Andy Wood. And our guest today is
0:42.1	the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium, the host of StarTalk, Cosmos, and Cosmo.
0:49.0	I just pronounced that very strange place. Cosmos. He's a Brit.
0:56.0	That's the excuse.
0:58.4	Whatever he does differently, because he's a brick.
1:05.3	Scientists, science communicator, all around man about town, and the author of the new book Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
1:08.5	Thanks for having me.
1:09.7	Thanks for joining us.
1:10.7	Since I'm on the show, at least for today, can we rename the show definitely? hurry. Neil de Gras Tyson. Thanks for having me. Thanks for joining us.
1:15.4	Since I'm on the show, at least for today, can we rename the show Definitely Science?
1:16.4	Yes.
1:17.6	That's fair. That's fair.
1:17.6	Just for today.
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