StarTalk Live! A Night at the Neptune Theatre (Part 1)

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🗓️ 28 March 2013

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Wil Wheaton, famous for his role as Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation, joins StarTalk Live at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:22.0	Hello, Seattle.
0:26.0	Welcome to a very fun thing.
0:30.0	It is like great pleasure to bring out the incredible Neil Tyson.
0:41.0	Ladies and gentlemen, we have some other wonderful guests.
0:44.0	I'd like to bring out Paul F. Tomkins.
0:49.0	Kristen Shaw.
0:57.0	Eugene, we have one more seat.
0:59.0	Let's try to fill it with somebody.
1:01.0	Join me in giving a warm Seattle welcome for the one the only Will Wheaton from Star Talk.
1:10.0	So, the subject of this evening will be the Geek Mecca.
1:15.0	And we're just trying to understand the Geekiverse.
1:19.0	Here we are in Seattle, home of Microsoft, the head of which is the patron saint of all geeks, Bill Gates.
1:27.0	And I have a quick Bill Gates story, if I may.
1:30.0	Is he here tonight? You better check.
1:33.0	Is he in a special box?
1:36.0	I'm betting not.
1:39.0	I did this calculation if you want to know how rich Bill Gates is.
1:43.0	I asked myself, what is the smallest denomination coin I'll bend over and pick up in the street?
1:51.0	That's a measure of your wealth, right?
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