Racism, UFOs, and Cultural Appropriation with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Conversations with Coleman

The Free Press

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.5 • 625 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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My guest today needs no introduction, but I'll give him one anyway. Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Neil is the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Centre for Earth and Space in New York City. He's also hosted and co-hosted numerous science-related TV and radio programs, including Nova Science Now, and Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey. Neil has written several books, including "The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet", "Astrophysics for People In A Hurry", and his new book "Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization". This is Neil's second time on the podcast, and this time we discuss many issues, including declining public trust in science. We also talk about UFOs or UAPs as they're now called. We discuss the history of scientific racism. We talk about the art of communicating science to the general public. We discuss the issue of cultural appropriation. We also talk about the generational gap between Neil and myself and how that may lead us to interpret our experiences differently as black men in predominantly white intellectual spaces, and we go on to talk about much more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. FOLLOW COLEMAN: *Check out my Album: AMOR FATI - https://bit.ly//AmorFatiAlbum Substack - https://colemanhughes.substack.com YouTube - http://bit.ly/38kzium Twitter - http://bit.ly/2rbAJue Facebook - http://bit.ly/2LiAXH3 Instagram - http://bit.ly/2SDGo6o Website - https://colemanhughes.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.6	podcast. Welcome to another episode of Conversations with Coleman.
1:11.9	My guest today needs no introduction, but I'll give him one anyway.
1:15.3	Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist, author, and science communicator.
1:19.7	He's the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City.
1:25.6	He's also hosted and co-hosted numerous science
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