All-New 20-Episode Season Includes Interviews with Jeff Goldblum, Former Vice President Al Gore, George R.R. Martin, Patricia Cornwell, Anna Deavere Smith and the Late Anthony Bourdain

(WASHINGTON, D.C./LOS ANGELES) National Geographic announced today that the four-time Emmy-nominated talk show StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson returns for a fifth season with 20 all-new episodes this November. Each episode includes a cosmic conversation with a featured celebrity guest and mind-blowing scientific commentary with a panel of experts and comedians.

In the upcoming season, Tyson discusses with the late Anthony Bourdain the science of food and the most pivotal moment in his television hosting career when he traveled to Beirut in 2016. Tyson also speaks with Jeff Goldblum about dinosaurs and aliens and learns the backstory of “Game of Thrones” from author George R.R. Martin. He sits down with former Vice President Al Gore, podcaster Joe Rogan, New York Times best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, performer Weird Al Yankovic, engineer and science educator Bill Nye, news anchor Dan Rather and actors Jack Black, James Marsden and Anna Deavere Smith. In a first for the series, Tyson also travels deep within the Arctic Circle in Greenland with the Air Force to tour the facilities of one of the most critical military bases, Thule Air Base, with a two-star general.

Derived from Tyson’s popular radio show and podcast of the same name, StarTalk is the first-ever science-based talk show. Each episode features an intimate interview between Tyson and a guest from pop culture, politics, sports or news, in which they discuss how science and technology have affected their lives and careers.

StarTalk is recorded in front of a live studio audience American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City — where Tyson serves as the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium. In addition to Tyson’s one-on-one interviews, he speaks with a panel of comedians and experts who analyze the conversation. This season’s comic co-hosts include Chuck Nice, Sasheer Zamata and Matt Kirshen.

StarTalk is produced by Curved Light Productions and National Geographic Studios for National Geographic. For Curved Light Productions, executive producers are Neil deGrasse Tyson and Helen Matsos. For National Geographic Studios, executive producers are Brian Lovett and Drew Pulley. For National Geographic, executive producer is Betsy Forhan, vice president of production is Kevin Tao Mohs and president of original programming and production is Geoff Daniels.

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Science, pop culture and comedy collide on StarTalk’s podcast network! Neil deGrasse Tyson, his fellow science educators including Bill Nye, comic co-hosts and guests bring the universe down to Earth in “StarTalk Radio,” “StarTalk All-Stars” and “StarTalk Playing with Science.” Now in its ninth season, the StarTalk Radio podcast has more than 3 million downloads per month, and the four-time Emmy nominated National Geographic show based on the podcast is about to start its fifth season. StarTalk All-Stars, currently in its third season, features a revolving slate of scientist and science educator hosts. StarTalk Playing with Science, also in its third season, hosted by professional British soccer player and sports broadcaster Gary O’Reilly and StarTalk fan favorite Chuck Nice, explores science through the lens of sports, from physics and technology to biology and neuroscience, with guests including pro athletes, coaches, sports experts, and scientists. Each StarTalk network podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, SoundCloud, Stitcher and TuneIn, as well as on SiriusXM Insight Channel 121. For more information and to listen to all of our shows, visit www.startalkradio.net. Keep looking up!

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