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Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Neil deGrasse Tyson at On Air Presents

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Arts, Design

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Neil deGrasse Tyson—world-renowned astrophysicist, Emmy-nominated host, science communicator, and author—is one of the most influential voices in modern science. In this live conversation, recorded at On Air Presents, he joins Debbie Millman to explore the role of science education and why defending science has never been more vital.

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0:00.0

Survival is a highly tribal phenomenon.

0:07.2

So your tribe stays together and you fight against other tribes.

0:13.1

The more intricate the rituals are, the more embedded you are in those rituals.

0:18.6

Does that mean you're a tighter tribe, perhaps? But it means we can

0:23.4

tribalize on anything.

0:29.3

From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

0:36.4

On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about and working on.

0:45.7

On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson talks about science education in a time when science is under attack.

0:53.6

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0:57.2

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