Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson and President Jimmy Carter examine the topic of Pulling the Plug on Pestilence. The duo discuss the importance of and progress toward ending fatal epidemic diseases. Mark Siddall, curator of the division of invertebrate zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, and comedian Chuck Nice share their views on this matter.

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - George Takei
• s01e02 - Christopher Nolan
• s01e03 - Dan Savage
• s01e04 - Arianna Huffington
• s01e05 - Richard Dawkins
• s01e06 - Jimmy Carter
• s01e07 - Chris Hadfield
• s01e08 - Biz Stone
• s01e09 - Charles Bolden/NASA
• s01e10 - Norman Lear

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson Show Summary

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to to 'keep looking up'.