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#ICYMI - Planet NASCAR, with Neil deGrasse Tyson (Repeat)

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🗓️ 23 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Is Planet NASCAR governed by the same laws of physics as the rest of Planet Earth? Get ready to roar down the track - left turns only - as hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice re-visit Planet NASCAR alongside our resident astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Don’t miss an episode of Playing with Science. Please subscribe to our channels on: Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/playing-with-science/id1198280360 TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Playing-with-Science-p952100/ GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/planet-nascar-neil-degrasse-tyson-repeat/ Photo Credit: Nascarking via Wikimedia Commons

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0:00.0

I'm Gary Arraile and I'm Chuck Nice. And this is playing with science.

0:17.0

Once again we enter the Twitter sphere through the eyes and mind of Neil deGrasse Tyson.

0:22.0

As he takes his laser pen and points it at the speeding planet of NASCAR.

0:26.0

Yeah, you heard me NASCAR.

0:28.0

And did you ever wonder what your very own personal guide to the universe thinks about how planet NASCAR increased its weight but not its mass?

0:36.0

Well stick around because when you play with fire you get burned.

0:40.0

When you play with science you get learned.

0:42.0

So ring the bell, school is back in on our supply teacher for this class is none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson.

0:49.0

That's right, the man himself Neil.

0:51.0

That's the hand of me guys.

0:52.0

Oh well co-measure.

0:53.0

What was happen to be on?

0:55.0

Okay, let's get Steve really me that.

0:57.0

No, I'm happy to I'm a servant of the curiosity that you bring to your audience.

1:06.0

I'm a servant of that.

1:07.0

That's a nice way of saying that was a very nice way of saying I am not here for you.

1:14.0

I am here for your audience.

1:16.0

Yes, that's exactly true.

1:18.0

I'm giving random advice.

1:20.0

I'm asking when you're people out there.

1:23.0

Well about you people, simple as that right.

1:25.0

Let's read the first tweet.

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