Katy Perry’s Cosmic Curiosity

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

🗓️ 10 August 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Extraterrestrials, prisms, music, scientific curiosity, the pursuit of knowledge, and more – Neil deGrasse Tyson and pop music superstar Katy Perry discuss their shared love of the universe. Featuring comic co-host Sasheer Zamata and astrophysicist Charles Liu. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/katy-perrys-cosmic-curiosity/ Photo Credit: Jon Betz.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:13.0	Welcome to the Hall of the Universe.
0:23.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:25.0	You're a personal astrophysicist.
0:27.0	Tonight we're featuring my interview with pop superstar Katie Perry.
0:32.0	I was delighted to discover that she has deep curiosity from the idea that we all might just be ants living in an ant farm to her total crush on Isaac Newton.
0:44.0	So let's do this.
0:50.0	So my co-host tonight, my comedic co-host is the one and only Sashir Zameeda.
0:55.0	Yes!
0:56.0	Welcome!
0:59.0	You all might know her as a former cast member on SNL.
1:02.0	Now she's here just so you know we don't bring on just any comedian to be my co-host.
1:06.0	You guys have a little bit of street geek cred.
1:09.0	Oh street geek cred.
1:11.0	Street geek cred.
1:12.0	All right.
1:13.0	I understand that you are named after an alien crystal from one of the original episodes of Star Trek.
1:20.0	This is true, yeah.
1:21.0	Whoa.
1:22.0	Yeah, my parents are Trekkies.
	...

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.