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Apr 2022
54m 36s

Cosmic Queries – Science Storytelling wi...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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What science concepts have we not seen in fiction? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice sit down with actor and national treasure LeVar Burton to discuss future science, storytelling, and to answer fan questions. 

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Thanks to our Patrons Gabriel Paavola, Robert Marchal, DarenW, Im The Wiener Dog, vamsee krishna jayanthi, Stan Russell, Balackey, Chris Page, Paul Anderson, and Angy Phillips for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: NASA/Don Pettit, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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