Science at Warp Speed: StarTalk Live!

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🗓️ 3 March 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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How much energy would it take to make a warp drive? Neil deGrasse Tyson joined by Sasheer Zamata & Pete Holmes explore the science in TV shows from antimatter annihilation to tachyons to warp bubbles with astrophysicist & science advisor for Star Trek, Erin Macdonald, and particle physicist & advisor for The Big Bang Theory and Oppenheimer, David Saltzberg.

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0:00.0	Coming up on StarTalk, we are live from the Novo Theater in Los Angeles.
0:05.0	Join me and my co-host, Sashir Zameda, in conversation with particle physicist David Salzberg,
0:11.6	an astrophysicist and Star Trek science advisor, Aaron McDonald.
0:15.9	Also joining us is special comedic guest, Pete Holmes.
0:21.7	Check it out.
0:25.8	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:30.9	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:34.7	StarTalk begins right now.
0:44.0	This is StarTalk Live at the Novo Theater, Los Angeles, and we've got a show for you tonight.
0:44.9	Thanks for coming out.
0:46.1	Tonight we're going to find out where the sci is and the sci-fi.
0:51.2	The science and the science fiction.
0:54.0	And we'll also explore some of the most iconic science fiction stories that have ever been told.
1:01.0	But I want to first introduce my guests.
1:04.0	As you may know, StarTalk is a juxtaposition.
1:08.0	It is a braid of science, pop culture, and comedy. And right now I will introduce
1:15.1	to you my comedic co-host. That is Sashir Zameda Satshir. Come on out. Where are you?
1:23.1	A comedian, actress, a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.
1:28.3	But you had more hair back then?
1:31.3	I did have more hair, yeah.
1:33.3	I think people think I'm a different person when I shave my head.
1:38.3	I shaved my head for the first time ever in college, and I lost like half my friends over the summer.
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