Extended Classic: The Salt of the Earth (Part 1)

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🗓️ 25 November 2016

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Neil Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore how salt has been a critical ingredient in history and the development of civilization. Now extended with 12 minutes of Neil and Bill Nye in the Cosmic Crib talking about evolution, Ivan the Gorilla and how bees fly. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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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.
0:15.6	Welcome to Star Talk Radio on your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:25.6	I'm an astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, where I also serve as
0:29.8	the director of the Hayden Planetarium.
0:32.3	My host this week is Eugene Merman.
0:35.1	Hello.
0:36.1	Eugene, I love having you here.
0:37.6	I love being here, Neil.
0:39.2	Thank you.
0:40.2	Sometimes I go into your place where you have your Eugene Merman comedy festival.
0:43.4	Exactly.
0:44.4	And sometimes you come in studio with us.
0:45.4	I do.
0:46.4	Sometimes I will travel uptown.
0:47.8	Good to get you out of your digs down there.
0:51.6	You know, this week's show topic is all about salt.
0:55.2	I know.
0:56.2	Oh, because you read the notes.
0:57.9	Oh, yeah, the listeners don't know.
1:00.6	I was informed beforehand.
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