Welcome to Star Talk.

Your place in the universe

where science and pop culture collide.

Star Talk begins right now.

To the hall of the universe, I'm your host,

Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.

Tonight, we're featuring my interview with comedian Bill Marr.

We talked about everything under the sun,

from aliens to religion to what it is to be politically correct.

So, let's do this.

And as you know, I never do this alone.

My comedic co-host, Mae Higgins, Mae, welcome back.

Thank you.

And I've got Allison Bagness with us.

Professor of Political Science at Shippen's Burg University in Pennsylvania.

And you research the effect of media on American politics.

I do.

Yes, that's my area.

You're the right person for this show because we've got my interview with Bill Marr.

And at his best, he criticizes the state of society.

So, I had to ask him, where did that path to comedy start?

So, let's check it out.

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