StarTalk

Discussing science and technology with comedians and celebrities of media, science and pop culture.

Joe Rogan and the Science of Primitive Man

S5 E2

An interview with UFC commentator and podcast host Joe Rogan.

Weird Al Yankovic

S5 E12

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews parody songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic; co-host Maysoon Zayid and astrophysicist Charles Liu join to discuss Yankovic's incorporation of science in his parodies, visual versus spoken comedy and being a nerd.

Author Patricia Cornwell

S5 E13

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews author Patricia Cornwell; co-host Matt Kirshen and forensic pathologist Rebecca Folkerth join to discuss forensics; neuroscientist Andrew Newberg adds his expertise on the intersection of mind, body and soul.

Kevin Smith

S4 E5

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with filmmaker and comic book fanatic Kevin Smith.

SciFi Meets National Defense

S4 E6

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with former head of DARPA Arati Prabhakar.

Katy Perry

S4 E7

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist Charles Liu and comic Sasheer Zamata try to answer some of singer Katy Perry's quirky cosmic queries.

Sylvia Earle, Fabien Cousteau & Adrian Grenier

S4 E8

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle and aquanaut Fabien Cousteau.

James Cameron

S4 E9

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews filmmaker and Nat Geo explorer-in-residence James Cameron.

Celestial Navigation

S4 E10

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with master navigator Nainoa Thompson.

Interstellar Space Travel

S4 E12

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews NASA astronaut Mae Jemison and discusses the challenges of interstellar travel with comic Godfrey and physicist Lawrence Krauss.

Alan Alda

S4 E13

Actor Alan Alda joins Neil deGrasse Tyson to discuss how the science community can best learn, connect and share with the public; with neuroscientist Heather Berlin and comic Matt Kirshen.

Stephen Colbert

S4 E14

Host of "The Late Show," Stephen Colbert.

True Story of Hidden Figures

S4 E15

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews author Margot Lee Shetterly ("Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race") and actress Janelle Monáe, who starred in the movie.

Frank Oz and the Science of Puppeteering

S4 E17

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews puppeteer Frank Oz.

Kelly Slater and the Science of Surfing

S4 E18

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews world champion surfer Kelly Slater.

Stephen Hawking

S4 E20

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.