StarTalk Live! Evolution with Richard Dawkins (Part 1)

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🗓️ 28 February 2015

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Science and rationality take the stage when Neil deGrasse Tyson welcomes Richard Dawkins and Bill Nye to NYC’s Beacon Theater to discuss evolution, with help from comics Eugene Mirman, Jim Gaffigan and Maeve Higgins.

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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.
0:21.0	Welcome to Star Talk Live.
0:26.0	It is my incredibly great pleasure to bring out for you the host, Director of the Hayden Planetarium.
0:33.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Neil de Gratz, Tyson!
0:48.0	Alright, it is my great pleasure to bring out two comics, the first which she is here from Ireland.
0:53.0	She is super funny. Ladies and gentlemen, Maeve Higgins!
0:57.0	Thank you, Dean!
1:00.0	Hi!
1:02.0	It is also my pleasure to bring out an incredible comedian. Ladies and gentlemen, Jim Gaffigan!
1:08.0	Thank you!
1:11.0	Thank you!
1:17.0	Eugene, you didn't mention Jim Gaffigan as an album called Mr. Universe.
1:21.0	That's right.
1:22.0	So, do have a seat.
1:23.0	I want to bring out a friend.
1:25.0	I've known him for about 12 years and he is a tireless defender of how we all got here.
1:33.0	Give a warm New York welcome to Richard Dawkins!
1:52.0	Congratulations.
1:59.0	I will note Richard did arrive with a British looking leather shoes.
2:06.0	But we had access to moon shoes to put on his feet more on that later in the show.
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