The Drink with Kate Snow: Bill Nye

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🗓️ 18 November 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The objective of Bill Nye’s popular children’s show was to “change the world.” He tells NBC News’ Kate Snow how life after his science show includes public speaking engagements and leading the Planetary Society.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, this is Kate Snow, so happy to share a great conversation that I had with Bill
0:04.6	Nye, the science guy, over a martini, for my series The Drink.
0:09.6	The drink is always about how people got to the top of their field.
0:13.0	Bill Nye tells me how he tried to change the world with his popular show that taught
0:17.1	about science.
0:18.3	We talked about life after the science guy too, and his latest projects, oh, and wait till
0:23.2	you hear about him winning a Steve Martin look-alike contest in the 1970s, seriously.
0:29.2	You can hear a lot more stories of success from top artists, entrepreneurs, visionaries,
0:33.5	you can find them all at NBCNews.com slash The Drink.
0:38.1	How did you take yourself to the next level?
0:40.0	It took just, you know, 12 quick years.
0:45.8	We're the Elgin Bar in Manhattan.
0:48.2	It's so hip.
0:49.2	It's a very cool place.
0:50.9	It is cool.
0:51.9	What's your drink here?
0:54.1	Gin Martini, cold and dry.
0:56.9	Did I say cold?
0:57.9	Yeah, you said cold and dry.
0:59.1	The drink is always about how you got here.
1:02.3	So Bill Nye, how did you become the science guy?
1:05.5	Oh, I thought it was going to be why did I start drinking martinis?
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