Neil deGrasse Tyson

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🗓️ 22 September 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

John Hodgman guest hosts this interview with astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson. Dr. Tyson is the director of the Hayden Planetarium, but the layperson likely knows him as the host of Star Talk Radio and the PBS program Nova ScienceNOW. His upcoming projects include a new version of the TV series Cosmos — originally hosted by Carl Sagan — and a new book titled Space Chronicles. He talks to us about how money for space exploration stacks up to other spending, his personal space travel dreams, and more.

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0:34.5	I'm John Hodgman in For Jesse Thorne.
0:37.3	My guest is the astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
0:41.1	Tyson wears many hats.
0:42.4	He's the director of the Hayden Planetarium
0:45.2	and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.
0:48.7	He's also the host of Star Talk Radio
0:51.7	and the PBS program Nova Science Now.
0:55.7	His upcoming projects include a new version of the TV series Cosmos
1:00.1	originally hosted by Carl Sagan
1:02.3	and a new book titled Space Chronicles.
1:05.2	Here's a clip of Neil DeGrasse Tyson
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