The Ig Nobel Prize

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🗓️ 12 October 2014

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Leighann Lord dive into the strange world of the Ig® Nobel Prize for research that first makes you laugh, and then makes you think. Read more and listen to the full episode at http://www.startalkradio.net/show/the-ig-nobel-prize

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:05.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.6	Star Talk begins right now.
0:22.1	This is Star Talk.
0:24.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.
0:25.0	I'm an astrophysicist and director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium.
0:29.2	I'm here in the Big Apple.
0:32.3	What else would New York City be, Leanne?
0:34.9	The medium-sized apple?
0:36.3	That's what?
0:37.3	Depending on attrition of the population?
0:39.1	I got Leanne Lorde across from me as my co-host.
0:41.5	Thanks, Leanne, for coming in for this.
0:43.2	Thank you for the invitation.
0:44.2	Thanks, Alain.
0:45.2	We don't get enough of you here.
0:46.2	No, no, you don't, actually.
0:47.2	We'll get some more.
0:48.2	Now, you know who we invited into studio today.
0:51.2	You see him, but you don't know who he is yet.
0:52.9	No, I don't.
0:53.9	His name is Mark Abrams.
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