Podcast Episodes

Cosmic Queries – Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking with Charles Liu

Season 17 Episode 14

Does the universe need observers to exist? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore questions about entropy, spontaneous…

5 months ago

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Science at Warp Speed: StarTalk Live!

Season 17 Episode 13

How much energy would it take to make a warp drive? Neil deGrasse Tyson joined by Sasheer Zamata & Pete Holmes explore the science in TV shows from a…

5 months, 1 week ago

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Is the Universe a Math Problem? With Terence Tao

Season 17 Episode 12

Do we need new math to explain dark matter? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Paul Mecurio explore unsolved problems in math, simulation theory, base …

5 months, 2 weeks ago

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The Origins of Artificial Intelligence with Geoffrey Hinton

Season 17 Episode 11

How did we go from digital computers to AI seemingly everywhere? Neil deGrasse Tyson, Chuck Nice, & Gary O’Reilly dive into the mechanics of thinking…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Cosmic Queries – Your God Is Too Small

Season 17 Episode 10

What’s more terrifying: finding alien life or finding out we are alone in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice dive into fa…

5 months, 3 weeks ago

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Cosmic Queries – Quantum Consciousness with Charles Liu

Season 17 Episode 9

Is your consciousness a quantum phenomenon? Is the universe one predetermined block? Neil deGrasse Tyson and cohosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly ans…

5 months, 4 weeks ago

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Thing You Thought You Knew – Red Hot, Blue Hot

Season 17 Episode 8

How small is a molecule? What is the color of light? How can quantum physics spoil food? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice visualize a…

6 months ago

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Cosmic Queries – Understanding Infinity with Stephon Alexander

Season 17 Episode 102

What is infinity? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Negin Farsad explore whether we are in a finite universe, the issues with infinity, string theory,…

6 months ago

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Return to Venus with David Grinspoon

Season 17 Episode 7

Is there life in the Venusian Clouds? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice are joined by planetary astrobiologist David Grinspoon to disc…

6 months, 1 week ago

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Cosmic 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…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

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