Neil deGrasse Tyson on the Absence of Curiosity, Sounding Black, and Why Astrophysics Is His Calling (Ep. 3)

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

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Society & Culture

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Larry answers tweets and catches up on some of Trump’s latest antics, from giving the Pope a set of books by Martin Luther King Jr. to the Melania hand-holding gaf (0:30). Then Larry is joined by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss the concept of "sounding black" (18:00), why astrophysics is his calling (24:00) and the science of cute toys (48:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Alright everybody, welcome to another episode of Larry Wilmore Black on the Air.
0:11.2	I am Larry Wilmore and I am Black on the Air.
0:14.2	Yes, I am.
0:16.2	Very excited to have Mr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson on today's show.
0:20.2	Guys, you're going to have so much fun with this interview.
0:23.2	We had such a great time.
0:24.8	I can't wait for you to hear it.
0:26.8	He's just, he's so funny.
0:27.8	He just makes me laugh.
0:28.8	You know, we actually, there was a basketball where we were.
0:32.3	There was just, you know, basketball is hanging around, whatever.
0:36.0	So he picks it up and we actually start trying to play against each other.
0:40.0	And I had heard my ankle.
0:41.4	It was all swollen up and here I am, but I get the ball and I'm trying to take Neil
0:45.2	DeGrasse Tyson to the home.
0:46.5	It was surreal.
0:47.5	So I think he has a video of that.
0:49.4	So we'll put it up.
0:50.6	But in fact, I'll put up a picture on Twitter if you guys are interested.
0:53.6	But such a fun conversation.
0:55.0	And we're going to blur it out a little bit about physics, astrophysics, space and all
0:59.5	that kind of stuff and just, and the size of baby's heads, believe it or not.
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