How do you live longer and better? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly sit down with biomedical scientist Rhonda Patrick to explore healthspan, fad diets, and how to exercise for longevity.

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Are we in the center of the universe? Or does it just feel like it sometimes? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Jordan Klepper tackle a grab bag of fan questions on curiosity, conspiracy, and cosmology.

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Are there habitable worlds that look nothing like Earth? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen discuss NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory and its eventual search for life beyond our solar system with astrophysicist Evgenya Shkolnik.

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Are we losing control of AI? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore AI cyberhacking breaches, supercoordation, and the game theory of the AI alignment problem with Aza Raskin, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology and the Earth Species Project.

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What happens to matter when the temperature gets near zero kelvin? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice explore things you thought you knew about Bose-Einstein condensate, high impact collisions, and how stuff burns.

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Could ghosts possibly be real? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Eugene Mirman explore ghost hunting techniques, spiritualism, and the non-corporeal plane of existence with Mary Roach and Joe Nickell.

Originally Aired October 30, 2011.

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If something is possible, has the universe tried it? Are all physical possibilities inevitable? Neil deGrasse Tyson sits down with theoretical astrophysicist Janna Levin to launch “In Theory,” a new StarTalk series celebrating the weird, wacky theories of the universe and the theorists who chase them. Out on YouTube October 29, 2026!

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Are we doing more harm than good in the pursuit of perfection? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O'Reilly explore looksmaxxing, peptides, body composition, and the scientization of health & beauty trends with pharmaceutical scientist & medfluencer Morgan McSweeney, aka Dr. Noc.

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