Making a Phenom: Genetics

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🗓️ 19 June 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In Part One of our Making a Phenom mini-series, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore sports genetics alongside investigative reporter and author David Epstein and Stuart Kim, PhD, Founder and CEO of AxGen.

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:04.8	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.4	StarTalk begins right now.
0:12.8	This is StarTalk Sports Edition.
0:18.1	I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:22.2	And today we're going to talk more about genetics.
0:27.2	Is there a sports gene?
0:29.6	Do genes matter at all?
0:31.4	Can you just be great or do genes make that happen within you?
0:36.5	Of course I've got my co-host, Chuck.
0:38.8	Hey, hey, hey, Neil.
0:40.3	Yes.
0:41.3	Really good comedian.
0:43.3	And I can call you an actor now?
0:45.1	You're acting and stuff?
0:46.7	Well, yeah.
0:47.7	I mean, I've always been acting like a comedian for God knows how long.
0:55.8	My long time co-host for StarTalk.
0:58.0	And we've got Gary or Riley.
1:00.0	Gary.
1:01.0	Hey, Neil.
1:02.0	All right, you're a former soccer pro and a sports competitor.
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