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Live at the Bell House (Part 2)

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4.614.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In the second half of our live show at the Bell House in Brooklyn, Kristen Schaal, Scott Adsit, Eugene Mirman and our very special guest Alan Alda travel through time and higher dimensions.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Star Talk, your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.

0:10.6

Star Talk begins right now.

0:22.1

Welcome to Star Talk Radio.

0:24.1

I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium.

0:29.9

Last week we aired part one of our live recording from the fourth annual Eugene Merman Comedy Festival in Brooklyn.

0:37.2

This week we bring you the second half of that show.

0:40.6

The next day I was to leave for Australia, and that fact showed up in our discussions about the paradoxes and limitations of time travel.

0:50.8

We are live at the Bellhouse in Brooklyn at the Eugene Merman Comedy Festival.

0:55.8

Eugene, please we introduce your guest here.

0:59.3

Sure, let's do this. Ladies and gentlemen, the incredible Kristen Schaul.

1:10.2

She is a favorite from Flight of the Concords in the Daily Show.

1:13.9

And now, ladies and gentlemen, I don't know why I'm very dramatic.

1:19.1

And in this corner, from 30 Rock, Scott adds it.

1:30.2

Well, I brought Alan Alder with me, so there.

1:40.0

So Alan, I was reading your bio, you have six Emmys, but you've been nominated 33 times.

1:46.5

Like, what's up with that?

1:47.7

I just keep losing.

1:52.4

Just check it, you know, I don't want to like get in your business there.

1:55.7

But I think it sounds impressive.

1:58.6

I keep my chin up, I keep trying.

2:00.8

All right.

2:04.4

So what about relativity?

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