World Series Slugfest, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
The 2017 World Series is the greatest slugfest in the Fall Classic’s history. After 8 different batters hit home runs in a record-setting Game 2, Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice searched for scientific e...
15 Nov 201749min
Physics on Wheels, with Dr. Skateboard & Othello Clark
Chuck Nice takes Gary O’Reilly for a ride down memory lane when he revisits his skateboarding youth with a couple of real pros: 2x US Master’s Champion Dr. Bill Robertson, aka Dr. Skateboard, and form...
8 Nov 201737min
Baseball: The Perfect Game
There have only been 23 perfect games in baseball’s 140-year history – and only one in the World Series, by Don Larsen in 1956. Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly explore what it takes to pitch a perfect ga...
1 Nov 201737min
StarTalk SoundBite: Teaching Baseball Players How to Hit
What is the key to teaching a baseball player to hit a baseball? Listen to former Los Angeles Dodgers General Manager Ned Colletti tell Chuck Nice and Gary O'Reilly about how he did it with the Dodger...
30 Okt 20172min
World Series Throwback Special
Just in time for the 2017 World Series, Gary and Chuck revisit iconic plays from the Fall Classic. Featuring physicist John Eric Goff, Houston Astros Announcer and 2005 World Series winner Geoff Blum,...
25 Okt 201745min
Surf's Up - The Big Waves
Aloha, Dudes! It’s time to shoot the curl when Gary and Chuck dive into the serious science of surfing the big waves. Their guides: California surfer – and NASA oceanographer – Bill Patzert, and, from...
18 Okt 201739min
Golf Science, with Geoff Ogilvy and Neil deGrasse Tyson
Aerodynamics, Doppler radar, laser tracking, and big data! Gary and Chuck find out how science has guided the evolution of golf, from why balls have dimples to how clubs are designed, with astrophysic...
11 Okt 201732min
Gymnastics: Leap, Bounce & Balance
Chuck Nice and Garry O’Reilly vault into the world of competitive gymnastics with the help of two former Olympic gymnasts: Dr. Phil Cheetham, Senior Sport Technologist for the US Olympic Committee, an...
4 Okt 201736min
