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From the American Museum of Natural History in New York City,

and beaming out across all of space and time,

this is Star Talk, where science and pop culture collide.

Welcome to the Hall of the Universe of the American Museum of Natural History.

Right here in New York City, I'm your host, Neil deGrasse Tyson,

your personal astrophysicist for tonight on Star Talk.

We are going to be talking about the physics of stunts,

the physics of high-wire acts,

and we're featuring my interview with the French high-wire artist, Philippe Petite.

Back in 1974, he walked a wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center

and I had to ask him why.

All of that and more tonight on Star Talk. Let's do this.

So I got with me Eugene Merman. Welcome back, Eugene.

Great to meet you.

Come here.

Come here to co-host.

And Charles Liu, give it up.

Thank you so much.

He's a professor of physics and astronomy at the City University of New York on Staten Island.

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