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Okay guys this week it's a good one.

Actually it's kind of one of my favorites that I've done in a really long time.

I was transfixed.

I have to say like edge of my seat during this entire chat.

So this week I sit down with physics and astronomy

professor, Dr. Clifford Johnson.

He is at USC.

He teaches undergrads and graduate students, but he also gives a lot of public

talks. He's just an incredible science communicator. He does a lot of consulting for

popular films.

We'll talk about that in a bit.

And he has a brand new book out.

It's really cool.

It's a graphic novel style non-fiction science book

for non-experts. It's called The Dialogues. Conversations about the

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