Let’s Make America Smart Again, with Fareed Zakaria

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🗓️ 10 March 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In the first episode of our special edition Cosmic Queries series, “Let’s Make America Smart Again,” Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice welcome CNN’s Fareed Zakaria to break down the impact of immigration on science and technology in America. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:25.0	And this is Star Talk.
0:30.0	Joining me today is my co-host is someone who is no stranger to Star Talk radio.
0:35.0	Professional comedian Chuck Knight.
0:37.0	Hey, Neil, how are you?
0:39.0	I like the fact you put professional on the end of that.
0:42.0	Oh, sorry.
0:43.0	It was very, very kind of.
0:44.0	Maybe the first time I've done that.
0:46.0	Exactly.
0:47.0	You finally pay your rent off your comment.
0:48.0	Clearly, I am paying my mortgage from comedy now.
0:50.0	And somehow you got that information.
0:54.0	I'm very pleased to hear that.
0:57.0	Today, we're talking about immigration policy.
1:01.0	Specifically, the contributions that immigrants and descendants of immigrants have made to science, technology, engineering, and math in this country.
1:10.0	Now, you know I'm not going to do that alone.
1:12.0	I hardly do any of this alone.
1:14.0	So to help us out, we brought in special guests, the one, the only, for Reed, Zakaria.
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