Extended Classic: “Are You Out of Your Mind?” with Oliver Sacks

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🗓️ 6 September 2015

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Join us for Neil deGrasse Tyson’s original interview with his recently departed friend Oliver Sacks, now extended with exclusive, never-before-heard content. Also featuring guest Cara Santa Maria and co-host Chuck Nice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	Star Talk begins right now.
0:16.5	In light of the recent passing of our dear friend and celebrated neurologist Oliver Sacks,
0:22.2	we at Star Talk decided to resurrect this episode featuring my interview with him at his
0:28.3	home in New York City.
0:31.0	When I think of Oliver, he was kind of like a fireside scientist, someone who would
0:36.1	go out and make discoveries, do research in the lab, and come back and tell you stories
0:41.4	about it.
0:42.8	And every story he told was interesting.
0:46.9	He's kind of like the fun uncle you wish you had.
0:50.8	Everything was interesting and I think it's because he was at the juxtaposition of mind,
0:56.0	body and soul.
0:58.0	Only that we had a shared interest in the periodic table of elements.
1:03.0	All the stories behind how each element was discovered and where they were discovered
1:07.1	and whether they were poisonous or gaseous or liquid, I'll not soon forget these short
1:13.5	moments we had together.
1:16.4	Welcome back to Star Talk.
1:17.8	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
1:21.8	This week we're talking about the brain.
1:24.1	And I had to bring in Chuck Nice for that.
1:26.8	Welcome back to Star Talk.
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