Improving the News, with Max Tegmark

StarTalk Radio

Star Talk, Nature, Scientist, Education, Astronomy, Astronomer, Physics, Earth Science, Neil Degrasse Tyson, Startalk, Cosmos, Science, Spacetime, Universe, Astrophysics, Astrophysicist, Quantum Physics, Space, Climate Science, Multiverse, Nasa

4.6 • 14.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

How do we improve the news? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice talk echo chambers and America’s media problem with Max Tegmark, physicist and creator of AI media tool ImproveTheNews.org, and journalist Jeff Jarvis.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk. I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:18.0	This episode, I'm calling a physicist reads the newspaper.
0:24.0	Chuck.
0:25.0	Hey.
0:26.0	Well, I'm not that physicist.
0:28.0	I'm not that okay.
0:30.0	I have blood.
0:31.0	Just in case anybody was wondering.
0:34.0	In fact, every comedy routine is really a comedian reads the newspaper, right?
0:39.0	Because typically there's a lot of commenting on current events.
0:44.0	But so this show was created because I saw this product out there.
0:51.0	This interface that I just said, I got to get the creator that interface on Star Talk.
0:57.0	And that creator is a physicist, an old-time friend and colleague, Max Tehmark.
1:03.0	Max, welcome back to Star Talk.
1:05.0	Thank you, Neil.
1:06.0	All right. Max is Professor of Physics at MIT.
1:09.0	He does a lot of different things with his life.
1:11.0	He's got a couple of books out there.
1:13.0	He loves the subject of AI and thinking deep thoughts about the future of civilization
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from StarTalk Radio, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of StarTalk Radio and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.