Podcast Episodes

The Origins of Life with Sara Imari Walker

Season 15 Episode 59

What is life? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice tackle assembly theory, artificial life, and the origin of lifeforms in the universe as we r…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Listening to the Universe with Kimberly Arcand

Season 15 Episode 58

What does a black hole sound like? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice explore the sounds of the universe using JWST and Chandra X-Ray Observatory data …

1 year, 6 months ago

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Is Music the Language of the Universe? with Daniel Levitin

Season 15 Episode 57

Did early humans sing before they could talk? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discover how music helps us recall memories, the Singing Neanderthal…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Dark Comets with Darryl Seligman

Season 15 Episode 56

Why did Oumuamua, the first discovered interstellar object, accelerate faster than it should? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore the mysterie…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Time and The Universe, with Charles Liu

Season 15 Episode 110

Can time itself die? Astrophysicist Charles Liu is back in the hosting hot seat alongside comic co-host Chuck Nice to explore black holes, big bangs,…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Our Mathematical Universe with Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown)

Season 15 Episode 55

Is math discovered or invented? Neil deGrasse Tyson & Chuck Nice explore information theory, talking to aliens with prime numbers, Mandelbrot sets, a…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Hibernating for Deep Spaceflight with Ryan Sprenger

Season 15 Episode 54

How close are we to enabling  astronauts to go into deep sleep for long space journeys? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly team up with…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Revisiting the Drake Equation with David Grinspoon

Season 15 Episode 53

Will alien life look like anything on Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice deep dive into questions about astrobiology, revisiting the …

1 year, 7 months ago

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Life in a Mars Simulation with Kelly Haston

Season 15 Episode 51

What would life be like for astronauts on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-host Chuck Nice dive into the world of simulated Mars missions with Comman…

1 year, 7 months ago

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Epigenetics & The Full Story of Inheritance with Bianca Jones Marlin

Season 15 Episode 52

Was Lamarckian evolution actually right? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly learn about the new field of epigenetics and how the lived …

1 year, 7 months ago

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