Letters from an Astrophysicist w/ Neil deGrasse Tyson

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara speaks with American Museum of Natural History astrophysicist and science popularizer Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson about his new book, “Letters from an Astrophysicist.” They venture behind Neil’s public persona to discuss the deeply personal correspondence that makes up the book, focusing on themes like faith, philosophy, and skepticism.

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0:17.8	Hello everyone and welcome back to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday January 6th 2020 that is going to get really weird to say and to write over and over until we all get used to it.
0:25.4	I'm the host of the show, Kara Santa Maria.
0:27.9	We've been off for two weeks.
0:29.4	I am really excited to be back.
0:32.8	I hope that you guys had a great holiday.
0:34.5	Mine was super restful.
0:36.1	Today is the first day back in school for me,
0:39.2	first day back to my what we call winter session
0:42.0	because we do, or sorry, winter semester because we have three semesters per year in my PhD program.
0:47.4	And yeah, it's time to get back in the saddle.
0:51.1	Okay, what else?
0:53.3	Get this.
0:54.3	I have a new show coming out and it comes out on January 20th, 2020.
0:59.5	That should be easy to remember, 20, 20.
1:02.8	And that is the reboot of Brain Games.
1:06.9	It's hosted by Keegan, Michael Key.
1:08.8	I am the science correspondent on the show
1:10.9	and it's going to air on National Geographic on January 20th, 2020. I hope you guys will
1:16.9	check it out. I'm so excited about it. All right, I do want to thank my
1:21.0	patrons, the ones who keep the show possible each and every week.
1:26.4	Remember, Talk Nurdie is and will always be 100% free to download even now in our,
1:31.8	what is this, like our sixth year or something like that
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