Making a Phenom: The Mind

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🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In Episode Two of our ‘Making a Phenom’ mini-series, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice investigate the brain of an elite athlete with neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD, and kinesiologist and author Joan Vickers, PhD.

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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.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.0	This is Star Talk Sports Edition.
0:18.0	We've got a special series we're in the middle of and it's called Making of a Phenom.
0:24.0	And this is our second installment in that.
0:26.0	I've got with me, of course, Chuck Nice.
0:29.0	What's happening in the Elm?
0:31.0	All right, my co-host who was not a professional athlete.
0:35.0	For that we have to go to Gary O'Reilly.
0:39.0	Hey, Neil, maybe Chuck, you should do a role reversal.
0:43.0	Yeah, exactly.
0:45.0	I've watched professional sports.
0:49.0	That count. That's just as good.
0:51.0	I've watched stand-up comedians.
0:53.0	Hey, Gary, former soccer pro in the UK.
0:57.0	And you've also been a sports commentator and we're delighted and lucky to have you
1:03.0	as my co-host here on Star Talk.
1:07.0	So again, this is part two of our mini-series, The Making of a Phenom.
1:11.0	And what we're doing is we're taking a deep dive into the mind, body, and soul of elite pro athletes.
1:19.0	And Gary, were you an elite pro athlete or just a pro athlete?
1:23.0	I played with and against some players and I did come to realize how average.
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