StarTalk All-Stars Season 2 Time Capsule : StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson

About This Episode

Discover the best of StarTalk All-Stars with this Season 2 Time Capsule, chosen by our fans and the StarTalk team, and hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson. StarTalk All-Stars features a revolving slate of scientists, co-hosts, and expert guests as they explore the subjects we know and love. To start this time capsule off, fan-favorites Bill Nye and Chuck Nice guide us through Cosmic Queries about science fiction in television and film. You’ll hear about using “hypersleep” to get to Mars, Gilligan’s Island, The Blair Witch Project, and on the importance of exploring the universe. Next, join “Madame Saturn” Carolyn Porco, Maeve Higgins, Sean Ono Lennon, and filmmaker Emer Reynolds, director of The Furthest, as they celebrate Voyager 1. Then it’s on to Mars – Mike Massimino, Maeve Higgins, and John Charles, Chief Scientist at NASA, discuss how to get humans to Mars, after which you’ll hear Neil and Bill in the Cosmic Crib as they debate whether they would go to Mars and if it’s better to send humans instead of robots. Plus, Bill explains how he would search for “Marscrobes” on the red planet. Following that, Seth Shostak, Eugene Mirman, and climate scientist Ken Caldeira discuss the realities of climate change. Adding to the fun, you’ll also hear neuroscientist Dr. Heather Berlin investigate consciousness, free will, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and more with Chuck and philosopher David Chalmers. Finally, Bill Nye is back again to wrap things up as he discusses how the public must lead the fight against climate change, with Chuck and climate scientist Radley Horton. If you enjoy this Time Capsule and want more StarTalk All-Stars episodes, you can find them right here on our website, as well as on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and TuneIn.

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In This Episode

Host

Neil deGrasse Tyson
Astrophysicist
Host

Bill Nye
The Science Guy
Host

Mike Massimino
All-Stars Host, Astronaut, Prof. of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University
Host

Seth Shostak
All-Stars Host, Senior Astronomer at the SETI Institute
Host

Dr. Heather Berlin
All-Stars host, Neuroscientist, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at The Icahn School Of Medicine at Mount Sinai, NY
Host

Carolyn Porco
All-Stars Host, Planetary Scientist, Cassini Imaging Science Team Leader
Co-Host

Chuck Nice
Comedian
Co-Host

Maeve Higgins
Comedian
Co-Host

Eugene Mirman
Comedian
Guest

John Charles, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, NASA Human Research Program, Johnson Space Center
Guest

Ken Caldeira
Climate Scientist at the Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology at Stanford University
Guest

Emer Reynolds
Filmmaker
Guest

Sean Ono Lennon
“Bad-ass Science Groupie”, Musician
Guest

Radley Horton
Climate Scientist at Columbia University
Guest

David Chalmers
Philosopher, professor of Philosophy and Neural Science at NYU and Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness