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#ICYMI - SEASON PREMIERE: 2019 Big Game Special, with Neil deGrasse Tyson

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🗓️ 1 February 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly kick off Season 4 of Playing with Science covering the science and spectacle of the Big Game. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, sports physicist John Eric Goff, sports economist Victor Matheson, and former NY Giants WR and Super Bowl XLII ring holder Brandon London. 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 GooglePlay Music: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iimke5bwpoh2nb25swchmw6kzjq SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/startalk_playing-with-science Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2s86W6olMuRwgGJ2cKELkz Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/startalk/playing-with-science TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Science-Podcasts/Playing-with-Science-p952100/ NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/season-premiere-2019-big-game-special-with-neil-degrasse-tyson/ Photo Credit: StarTalk.

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0:00.0

I'm Gary A. Riley.

0:02.0

And I'm Chuck Nice.

0:03.0

This is playing with science.

0:06.0

Today we find out why Super Bowl is a bad day to be in a volcano.

0:12.0

Yes, stick around you'll find out why a good day to go to the mall

0:17.0

and why the day after we're all going to be talking about it

0:20.0

whether we like football or not.

0:23.0

And grinding out the hard science will be our good friend professor Eric Gough

0:27.0

while sticking us behind the curtain of being the host city

0:30.0

will be sports economist Victor Matheson.

0:33.0

And providing us with the all important players point of view

0:36.0

is former NFL wide receiver actor and TV host Brandon London

0:41.0

who just happens to own a Super Bowl winners ring.

0:45.0

And last but not least making a special appearance just for you.

0:50.0

Will be your personal astrophysicist, the one the only...

0:55.0

Like you don't know who it is, right?

0:57.0

Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson.

0:59.0

We're going to tease you with the great man.

1:02.0

But first straight into our very, very good friend professor of physics

1:07.0

and a sporting guru professor Eric Gough.

1:13.0

The author of Gold Medal Physics.

1:15.0

Among other stocking stuffer, best selling, fabulous must get your hands on books.

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