StarTalk SoundBite: Teamwork on the Tour de France, with Lance Armstrong and Neil Tyson
What role does teamwork play in bicycling? Listen as Lance Armstrong tells Neil deGrasse Tyson how teamwork helped him win the Tour de France 7 times. If you like this StarTalk SoundBite, be sure to c...
31 Mars 20172min
Hockey: Physics on Ice (Part 1)
Get your skates, grab your stick, and join Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly as they find out why hockey has more science in it than any sport on Earth! With physics professor Alain Haché, Bauer Hockey’s C...
27 Mars 201749min
March Madness!
It’s time for the NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament, aka March Madness. To make sense of it all, hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly welcome bracketologist Chris Dobbertean, and Prof. Alan Zaremba,...
19 Mars 201754min
Out of This World Sports, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
This week, Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore what it would be like if we held the Olympics on Mars, or went ice skating on Europa, or played baseball on the Moon, using Neil deGrasse Tyson’s popula...
12 Mars 201757min
How Technology Is Changing Football
Find out how helmet sensors, virtual reality, big data and radio controlled tackling dummies are revolutionizing football with hosts Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice. Guests include Neil Tyson, NY Jets QB...
6 Mars 201756min
Soccer: The Art of Goalkeeping, with Hope Solo
GOOOAAALLL! Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice look at the science behind the most underrated position in the world’s most popular sport. With Neil Tyson, 2-time Olympic gold medal goalkeeper Hope Solo, ath...
27 Feb 201736min
StarTalk SoundBite: What Makes a Great Wide Receiver
What are some qualities of a great wide receiver? Tune in as former Arizona State University wide receiver coach and current University of Nevada head coach Jay Norvell talks about how today there are...
21 Feb 20172min
Basketball – Inside the 3-Point Shot
Has Steph Curry “broken the game” of basketball? Gary O’Reilly and Chuck Nice explore the physics of the 3-point shot, and Curry’s impact on the game, with physicist John Fontanella, Columbia Universi...
19 Feb 201748min
