Risk is Our Business with William Shatner & Scott Kelly

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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What happens when you put Captain Kirk, a NASA astronaut, and Neil deGrasse Tyson on a ship to Antarctica? Recorded on board with William Shatner and Scott Kelly, this episode explores the thrill of discovery — from rough seas to deep space — and what it means to boldly go.

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0:00.0	This past December, 24, I was on a ship to Antarctica.
0:05.0	That's one of my bucket list items.
0:07.0	And I couldn't resist because there were some notables on board,
0:11.0	and I said, this would make a good StarTalk episode.
0:15.0	So I snared the one and only William Shatner, Captain Kirk. I don't know if you know, but he is a big fan of
0:24.0	exploration. That's not a hard stretch given what he's known for crossing the universe during the
0:33.2	TV commercials using warp drives. But he's also a deep thinker and he loves science. So I had to get him on the program and also on board was NASA astronaut Scott Kelly. You may remember he's a twin with Mark Kelly and both of them have been in space, but Scott Kelly in particular was sent into orbit,
0:58.3	into the International Space Station for 340 days,
1:02.4	almost an entire year.
1:04.0	He holds the record for continuous time and space for an American.
1:08.2	He has a lot to say about exploration, and he's a big fan of Shackleton.
1:13.2	And let's remember that every explorer who goes where no one has gone before is a risk
1:18.9	taker. So if you encounter a challenge where you say, this might not work, this could be dangerous.
1:26.4	For some people, Captain Kirk included, risk is their
1:32.2	business. It's a conversation I'm having with both of them for StarTalk on board, a ship
1:39.3	to Antarctica. Check it out. Welcome to StarTalk.
1:45.7	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
1:51.7	StarTalk begins right now.
1:57.1	Scott, we're in the Drake Passage right now.
1:59.3	Could you give us a little background on that?
2:01.9	Why are we listening?
2:03.7	Why are we feel nausea?
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