Rock Star Scientist Professor Brian Cox

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🗓️ 28 January 2019

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Science Communicator Professor Brian Cox reveals why he left a popular rock band for a career in particle physics, what he is learning through his participation in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider, and why he says the LHC has disproven the existence of ghosts. He discusses Brexit, the vital link between democracy and science, and his concern over the growing education disparity. He talks about walking in the footsteps of his hero Carl Sagan as a leading science communicator, the scientific concept that he has the hardest time explaining to non-scientists, and how the digital effects wizards behind the movie INTERSTELLAR are helping him elucidate the wonders of the universe in his spectacular new live show UNIVERSAL: ADVENTURES IN SPACE AND TIME. Plus Brian says he's ready to call a truce in his ongoing feud with Deepak Chopra. Visit www.profbriancoxlive.com for dates, tickets and information for Brian Cox's live tour UNIVERSAL: ADVENTURES IN SPACE AND TIME. Subscribe to Brian’s podcast THE INFINITE MONKEY CAGE and follow him on twitter at @ProfBrianCox. Today's podcast was sponsored by Homesick Candles, Flatiron School, and Blinkist. Subscribe to Kickass News on Apple Podcasts, visit our website at www.kickassnews.com, and follow us on twitter at @KickassNewsPod. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:41.0	My guest today is a renowned particle physicist and the United Kingdom's leading science communicator
1:46.4	who's been hailed as the natural successor to Sir David Attenborough.
1:50.8	Professor Brian Cox has hosted numerous scientific television shows and sold over a million
1:55.6	books worldwide and his live touring shows have all the excitement and high tech effects
2:00.6	of a rock concert and sell out entire stadiums like London's Wimbly Arena.
2:05.9	It's not surprising because as Brian Cox reveals on today's podcast, he started out in
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