Nerdette: Neil deGrasse Tyson Wants You To Put Down Your iPhone

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🗓️ 28 April 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell talk about the importance of failure, the future of innovation, and when we’ll get to Mars.

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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. Join me as I share how the genre
0:22.3	began, their social impact, and why these stories endure. Listen, wherever you get your podcast.
0:31.8	From WBEZ Chicago, this is Nerdette. I'm Tricia Bobita. And I'm Greta Johnson, and we are so
0:37.3	excited to be back with new episodes, especially because our special guests today are some of the most exciting space-related humans that exist in the universe.
0:46.1	Is that fair to say to you?
0:47.0	That is the most fair.
0:48.5	This is not even hyperbole, right?
0:50.5	No. This is astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and astronaut Jim Lovell.
0:54.8	And you got to talk with both of them when they were in Chicago a few weeks ago.
0:58.0	Yeah.
0:58.4	So I wasn't here for this.
0:59.7	I need you to tell me all of the things.
1:01.4	This sounds amazing.
1:02.3	Okay, so all my space nerd dreams came true him with the award was a fan of his who he'd never met before.
1:23.6	Well, someone named Captain Jim Lovell, who, if you're wondering, why do I know that name?
1:28.7	It's because, yes, that is the guy.
1:30.7	That Jim Lovell.
1:31.6	That is Jim Lovell, the one who made sure that Apollo 13 got home safely.
1:36.1	The one who Tom Hanks plays in the movie, that's Jim Lovell.
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