Is there life on Venus? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Paul Mecurio, and astrobiologist David Grinspoon investigate the recent discovery of phosphine gas in Venus’s atmosphere and answer your Cosmic Queries.
Explore the captivating world of meteorites and meteorite hunting with astrobiologist and host David Grinspoon, a.k.a. Dr. FunkySpoon, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and meteorite hunter Geoff Notkin. Recorded live at The Explorers Club.
Discover how to communicate climate change from host and astrobiologist David Grinspoon, PhD, a.k.a. Dr. FunkySpoon, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and science communicator and NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel, PhD.
Hunt for technosignatures, alien civilizations, and other signs of intelligent life as astrobiologist David Grinspoon, co-host Chuck Nice, and astronomer Sofia Sheikh answer fan-submitted Cosmic Queries on the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and his guest, Carter Emmart, take us behind the scenes to see how Carter creates a virtual “Google Map” of our universe. Plus, Chuck Nice asks them Cosmic Queries about black holes, the Big Bang, and Star Trek’s holodeck. (Repeat)
Go behind the scenes and get the inside story of the New Horizons mission to Pluto with astrobiologist and host David Grinspoon, comic co-host Chuck Nice, and Alan Stern, principle investigator of the New Horizons mission.
Can you be a scientist and an activist? Can you be an engaged citizen and still do un-biased research? We explore these questions and more with astrobiologist and host Dr. FunkySpoon, Chuck Nice, and Dr. Gavin Schmidt, climatologist and Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Boogie down with Neil Tyson, Chuck Nice, Mike Massimino, and David Grinspoon as they jam out at our “Leap Into Launch” party. Now with 17 minutes of Patreon Cosmic Queries recorded live at this year’s StarTalk Saturnalia with Neil, Heather Berlin, David Grinspoon, Janna Levin, and Natalia Reagan.
Investigate exoplanets, including the TRAPPIST-1 system and Proxima b, in this StarTalk All-Stars mashup. Featuring David Grinspoon, Natalie Starkey, Seth Shostak, Emily Rice, Chuck Nice, Jason T. Wright, Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Ph.D., Daniel Peluso, and David Kipping.
Search for ET on this StarTalk mashup – featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, David Grinspoon, Seth Shostak, Michael Ian Black, Chuck Nice, Jill Tarter, David Brin, Allen Saakyan, and Doug Vakoch – as we explore where to look and debate whether to send signals ourselves.
It’s been two years since New Horizons flew by Pluto – what have we learned? Find out when David Grinspoon, Chuck Nice, and New Horizons Co-Investigator and planetary scientist John Spencer answer fan submitted cosmic queries about everybody’s favorite dwarf planet.
Astrobiologist David Grinspoon and his guest, Hugo Award-winning sci-fi author and scientist David Brin weigh the pros and cons of attempting to contact extraterrestrials (METI). Plus, Chuck Nice asks the pair Cosmic Queries about what we’ll do if aliens find us.
