Making Science Cool, with Jeff Goldblum

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🗓️ 3 May 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with actor Jeff Goldblum to explore his iconic roles in Jurassic Park, Independence Day, and his fervent scientific curiosity. Featuring paleomammalogist Ross MacPhee, economist Raphaële Chappe, NASA’s Kelly Fast, Ph.D., Bill Nye the Science Guy, and co-host Chuck Nice. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://www.startalkradio.net/all-access/making-science-cool-with-jeff-goldblum/ Photo Credit: Kris Denton

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0:00.0	From the American Museum of Natural History in New York City and beaming out across all of space and time.
0:09.0	This is Starfall, we're science and pop culture, Kalash.
0:21.0	Welcome to the Hall of the Universe. I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:25.0	You're a personal astrophysicist. Tonight, we're featuring my interview with actor and geek icon, Jeff Goldblum.
0:34.0	We've talked about everything from bringing back dinosaurs to fighting evil aliens. So let's do this.
0:46.0	My coach tonight's comedian Chuck Knice. Chuck in the house.
0:50.0	Oh, no.
0:52.0	Oh, no.
0:54.0	Tweeting a Chuck Knice comic.
0:56.0	And also joining us tonight is a colleague of mine at the museum, Palingtologist, Ross McFee.
1:01.0	Ross!
1:03.0	Oh, boom!
1:05.0	Thank you.
1:07.0	You're a curator of mammals right here at the American Museum of Natural History and you travel the world digging up fossils to learn about extinct animals.
1:14.0	Is that character, is that what your business card says?
1:17.0	It should.
1:19.0	Happy good life.
1:20.0	Yeah, very good.
1:21.0	So thanks for joining us on StarTalk. We're featuring my interview with geek actor, Jeff Goldblum.
1:27.0	And he plays scientists with a swagger, right, from the Blockbuster film Independence Day and of course, in Jurassic Park.
1:35.0	So I asked him how his sort of iconic scientist character in Jurassic Park came to be. Let's check it out.
1:43.0	Well, it was beautifully scripted. You know, I'm sure you read Michael Cratton's book.
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