The Science in "Don't Look Up" with Adam McKay and Dr. Amy Mainzer

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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Is a comet coming to destroy Earth? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice talk about the science behind Netflix’s comet apocalypse movie "Don’t Look Up" with director Adam McKay and astronomer Amy Mainzer. Are we all gonna die?

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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.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	This is Star Talk, Neil deGrasse Tyson here, personal astrophysicist.
0:20.0	Today, we're going to talk about protecting Earth from space.
0:27.0	Chuck, always good to have you, man.
0:30.0	Always a pleasure to be here, man.
0:33.0	Honestly, I think today's show should be called destroying Earth from space.
0:38.0	Or from within.
0:42.0	Or from within.
0:45.0	Because we seem to be doing our damnedest to get it done, don't we?
0:49.0	I try to turn a blind eye to that, but I shouldn't.
0:53.0	We have to help us put some of that content on the table is writer, producer, director, Adam McCay.
1:02.0	Adam, welcome to Star Talk, dude.
1:04.0	Hello.
1:05.0	Thanks for having me.
1:07.0	Adam gets in a clause.
1:09.0	Now, you know, we don't applaud our guests here, but you have never applauded anyone ever.
1:14.0	You know, I have never applauded a guest, Neil.
1:17.0	That is true.
1:18.0	I'm just so impressed with what he has just accomplished.
1:22.0	Well, let me put some of his resume out there.
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