StarTalk Live! at the Beacon: Searching for Life in the Universe (Part 2)

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🗓️ 24 February 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Neil Tyson and Eugene Mirman investigate how the exploration of our universe intersects with art and society, with their guests: planetary scientist Carolyn Porco, musician Sean Ono Lennon, and comedians Vanessa Bayer and Michael Ian Black. Recorded live. NOTE: StarTalk All-Access subscribers can watch or listen to this entire episode commercial-free. Find out more at https://www.startalkradio.net/startalk-all-access/

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0:00.0	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe
0:06.0	where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	StarTalk begins right now.
0:13.0	We're back on StarTalk Live in Beacon's Theatre!
0:25.0	We are talking about space exploration.
0:34.0	The search for aliens is that a good thing?
0:37.0	Maybe not?
0:40.0	And what impact would that have on our culture, on our civilization?
0:44.0	And we've got a panel of fun folks to help us decode these questions.
0:49.0	I've got a friend and colleague, Carolyn Porco, head of the imaging team
0:53.0	of Cassini Mission to Saturn and Carolyn Porco.
0:56.0	Yes.
1:03.0	I call it Madam Saturn.
1:05.0	You're okay with that?
1:06.0	I'm okay with that.
1:07.0	It could be worse.
1:10.0	We've also got Sean O'Neill, who is an artist and musician.
1:14.0	He's going to give us that side of this story.
1:19.0	And Eugene, tell us who you brought.
1:21.0	Mike Lee and Black and Vanessa Vair.
1:24.0	All right.
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