Neil DeGrasse Tyson! Andy Weir! Space, pop culture and physics!

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4.6 • 924 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2015

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Neil DeGrasse Tyson explains how pop culture fits into his plan to inundate us with a love of science. Andy Weir, author of The Martian, talks about his nerdy origin and what makes good sci fi believable. We remember the first professional female astronomer Maria Mitchell, and there's a nerd confession from BJ Leiderman.

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0:00.0	I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still
0:06.1	watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,
0:12.7	soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,
0:18.0	Stories Without End from WBEZ Chicago.
0:25.7	Join me as I share how the genre began, their social impact, and why these stories endure.
0:28.3	Listen wherever you get your podcast.
0:34.5	Hello and thank you for listening to Nerdette.
0:35.5	I'm Greta Johnson.
0:36.6	And I'm Trisha Bobita.
0:38.3	We're coming to you from WBEZ in Chicago. Coming up. I write about brave people. I'm not one of them. We talk to author Andy Weir
0:45.0	about his breakout novel, The Martian. And Greta got a pretty great birthday present, a conversation with
0:50.4	Neil deGrasse Tyson. I mean, aside from like existence, which also happened to happen on my birthday, I'm pretty sure it was the best present ever.
0:57.3	And space nerds rejoice because we have a great lady nerd of history for you who is an expert on the stars.
1:02.8	We'll get to know Maria Mitchell.
1:04.0	That and your nerd confessions this week on nerdette.
1:06.5	Because everybody's a little nerdy about something.
1:12.2	Make it snappy, nerd.
1:14.3	Nerds!
1:15.0	Nerd!
1:15.5	Nerd!
1:18.5	You're listening to Nerdette.
1:20.2	Hello, I am Greta Johnson here with Tricia Bobita.
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