Told You So! with Matt Kaplan

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🗓️ 3 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

What happens when scientists are right and nobody wants to hear it? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore the frustrating history of brilliant minds who were ignored, mocked, and punished for telling the truth with science writer Matt Kaplan.

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0:00.0	Coming up on special edition, I told you so.
0:03.0	What'd you tell me now?
0:03.8	Said some scientists that have known what no one else did.
0:08.1	Yeah.
0:08.6	After they were prosecuted, tortured, and killed.
0:11.6	Yes.
0:12.6	Coming right up.
0:15.5	Welcome to StarTalk.
0:18.1	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. StarTalk begins right now.
0:28.5	This is StarTalk, special edition. When you hear special edition, it means Gary O'Reilly's in the house.
0:35.6	Hey, Neil. Gary. Former soccer pro? Allegedly. That're not alleging that. There's a wiki page of you in a soccer outfit. Yes, I was. And we can see your hairy legs. Thank you. Chuck, I can have you, man. Yes, no wiki pages with my hairy legs, unfortunately yeah. So comedian, actor, and the Lord of Nice.
0:56.3	There it is.
0:58.4	So, Gary, what show did you put together today?
1:01.6	Interesting one. If you think for centuries, science has at times aligned with and
1:06.5	fought against religion, government, establishment, and even itself.
1:12.6	But when the sticky-up nail confronts historic theories and shouts change, it gets hammered.
1:19.5	So who were these histories confrontationalists, the groundbreakers of science and medicine,
1:25.3	the ones whom we owe so much. All right, with that said,
1:30.2	let's bring on our guest name. Oh, okay. We've got with us reporting in from UC Davis, is that
1:37.5	correct? Matt Kaplan, Matt, welcome to StarTalk. Hey, thanks for having me, Neil. Yeah, yeah, I'm in Davis,
1:43.9	California right now.
1:44.9	There you go.
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