Mind Over Matter with Dan Harris and Heather Berlin

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🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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What is the science behind meditation? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Marcia Belsky discuss mental health, meditation, and the theory of consciousness with former news anchor, Dan Harris and neuroscientist Heather Berlin, PhD.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.8	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.4	Star Talk begins right now.
0:14.8	This is Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson here, your personal astrophysicist.
0:19.8	And today we're going to be talking about the science of meditation.
0:23.0	Let me first introduce my co-host, Marsha Beltsky.
0:26.5	Not your first time with us.
0:27.7	Welcome back, Marsha.
0:28.7	Thank you so much, so excited to be back.
0:31.2	And I feel like our topic will be a little easier for me to understand than cryptocurrency.
0:36.7	Oh, that's true.
0:38.3	That was that last topic.
0:40.8	We wanted you to stay with every bit of the quantum computator.
0:44.8	Yes, start with PhD, exactly.
0:49.2	So you're a comedian and a musician.
0:51.5	That's a potent combo.
0:52.6	So I love your work.
0:54.9	And, you know, let's presume this is not the last time you'll be on Star Talk.
1:00.1	So let's introduce our guest for the day.
1:03.9	And that's going to be Dan Harris.
1:06.1	Many of you might recognize that name and his face.
1:10.4	He's been a correspondent for ABC News, like forever.
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