Thank you for all of your responses to our Season 3 StarTalk Radio Fan Favorite Poll. They were quite interesting, and in a few cases, surprising. (Well, I was surprised, anyway. My favorite episode barely made the Top 20. Goes to show what I know.) We’ll be using your feedback to create our Season 3… View Article
Join us from San Diego Comic-Con 2012 for a gadget geek-out when Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Baba Booey, Nerdist Chris Hardwick, and the Bad Astronomer, Phil Plait.
When I heard that this Sunday’s episode was going to be Neil deGrasse Tyson hanging out with Baba Booey, The Nerdist and The Bad Astronomer at San Diego Comic-Con, I expected a non-stop fan boy geek-out. After all, Chris Hardwick loves him some comics, and with Neil’s recent appearance in Superman helping the Man of… View Article
It’s almost the end of the year, and that means it’s time for every blogger on the planet to come up with their Top Ten lists. For me, it’s the Top 10 Most Listened To Episodes of 2012. Before we get to the list, though, I want to give you the heads up that some… View Article
Get into the spirit (or should we say science?) of the season when Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic Chuck Nice answer fan questions about winter and the holidays.
We asked you for questions about winter and the holidays, and you came back with some great ones. Less than the over 800 questions you submitted for the Mayan apocalypse and other disasters, but really, how can a jolly fat man with a beard compete with a full-on apocalypse? Naturally, there were questions about how… View Article
Have you seen the episode of StarTalk on the Nerdist Channel where Neil interviews GZA from the Wu-Tang Clan? If not, you can watch it below. I was lucky enough to be at the taping of that interview, and I wanted to share something with you that may not come out in the episode. In… View Article
What are the facts behind the most common doomsday predictions? Get ready to have your mind blown as Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the apocalypse.
One of the best things about StarTalk Radio is that, while we’re totally willing to discuss pop culture items like ghosts and Mayan apocalypses and killer meteors and whether Santa could actually visit houses around the world in a single night, we do so from a place of scientific fact, experimentation and indisputable data…. View Article
If you thought the Perseids were great this year, then you’re in for a treat, because the Geminids are coming this week and there’s every reason to hope they’ll be even better. In fact, many predict that it will be the best meteor shower of the year. The Geminids peak on the night of… View Article