How Bill Nye Became the 'Science Guy'

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🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Sam revisits his 2017 chat with Bill Nye the Science Guy. They discuss climate change (and climate change deniers), how Nye got his start in TV, and whether fame has changed him, for better or worse.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders, it's been a minute.
0:06.2	Today's guest is someone you might recognize.
0:08.3	Yeah, Bill, night, the science guy.
0:15.9	I don't know about you, but he was one of my favorite teachers growing up.
0:20.0	So I originally talked to Bill back in 2017, which was only three years ago, but now
0:25.2	it kind of seems like a million.
0:27.4	Many who back in 2017, Bill had a documentary come out about him and how the legend of
0:32.8	Bill and I came to be.
0:35.0	And I'll begin at this local TV station in Seattle and eventually, you know, Bill grew
0:39.5	into this worldwide phenomenon.
0:42.1	The documentary is called Bill and I Science Guy.
0:45.6	It also looks at how he spends his time now campaigning for climate science and it
0:49.6	unpacks his trajectory of fame and whether that fame has changed him.
0:54.8	At the time that we talked, Bill also had a new show on Netflix called Bill My Saves
0:59.8	the World.
1:00.8	All right, here's me and Bill back in 2017.
1:03.6	By the way, 2017, Sam, if you can hear me now, invest in sweatpants and zoom and Google
1:10.6	Jenny's ice cream.
1:11.9	Okay, enjoy.
1:16.1	How are you today, Mr. Knight?
1:17.7	Fabulous.
1:18.7	I do gotta say, it is quite an honor to be able to talk with you.
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