Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCosmic Queries – Black Hole Information Paradox
Season 17 Episode 6
What do astrophysicists mean when they talk about “information”? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice dive into questions about the black…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
What Everyone Knows You Know with Steven Pinker
Season 17 Episode 5
What happens when everyone knows what everyone knows? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice dive into human psychology and how recursive c…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Cosmic Queries – The Complex Universe with Sean Carroll
Season 17 Episode 4
What does Hawking radiation look like falling into a black hole? Will we ever find a theory of everything? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nic…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Cosmic Queries – Galactic Grab Bag – Blue Steel
Season 17 Episode 101
Terraforming mars? How do black holes die? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice answer questions about the moon, periodi…
3 months ago
Cosmic Queries – Expanding Bubble Universes
Season 17 Episode 3
Is time dilation just the data loading in a cosmic simulation? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice answer grab bag questions about saving the Sun, gen…
3 months ago
Your Brain is a Time Machine with Dean Buonomano
Season 17 Episode 2
Is time fundamental to the universe or a human construct? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, and Gary O’Reilly explore our brain’s relationship with ti…
3 months, 1 week ago
Macroscopic Quantum Tunneling with John Martinis
Season 17 Episode 1
Can quantum tunneling occur at macroscopic scales? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice sit down with John Martinis, UCSB physicist and 2025 N…
3 months, 1 week ago
Things You Thought You Knew – The Color of the Sun
Season 16 Episode 78
What’s the true color of the sun? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discuss things you thought you knew about the color of the Sun, th…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Our Burning Questions – Free Will Emergence
Season 16 Episode 77
What’s the deal with the strong nuclear force? Neil deGrasse Tyson answers the burning questions Chuck Nice, Gary O’Reilly, and the StarTalk Team hav…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Cosmic Queries – Space Volcanoes: Fire and Ice with Natalie Starkey
Season 16 Episode 114
What’s a supervolcano? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen discover all types of volcanoes in the solar system with cosmochemist and a…
3 months, 3 weeks ago