Geeking Out with Whoopi Goldberg

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🗓️ 23 September 2016

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Neil Tyson and Whoopi Goldberg geek out about Star Trek, superheroes, space, and medical marijuana. Chuck Nice and Charles Liu join Neil in studio, with data journalist Mona Chalabi and “Pot Doc” Dr. Staci Gruber. Plus, Bill Nye gets high on life.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Hall of the Universe.
0:25.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:29.0	And tonight, we're featuring my interview with Oscar-winning actress,
0:33.0	comedian extraordinaire, Wuppie Goldberg.
0:38.0	And she came by my office and we talked about everything in the universe.
0:45.0	From our mutual interest in Star Trek and superheroes to her interest in medical marijuana.
0:54.0	Whoa!
0:55.0	So, let's do this!
0:57.0	Tonight I got my co-host Chuck Nice.
1:04.0	Hey Chuck, always good to have you.
1:07.0	Always a pleasure, my friend.
1:09.0	Give it up to Chuck Nice.
1:11.0	And also this evening, I've got a fellow astrophysicist, Charles Liu.
1:17.0	Charles!
1:20.0	You are the patron saint of all things geeky.
1:23.0	And so, so...
1:25.0	So, that's the compliment.
1:29.0	He meant that in a good way.
1:34.0	Well, if Charles is patron saint of Geeks of the world,
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