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Aug 2019
38m 8s

Bill Nye Is on ‘F*cking Fire!’

THE DAILY BEAST
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Bill Nye (The Science Guy!) checks in this week to talk about his podcast (Science Rules!) and help preview next week’s Climate Crisis Town Hall event on CNN, which will feature the top 10 Democratic presidential primary candidates. Bill also looks back on his shout-fest “interview” with Fox News host Tucker Carlson and the catharsis of screaming obscenities about the warming planet on Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

Highlights from this episode and others at The Daily Beast.

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