Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Are Aliens Living Among Us? - Dropouts #126

This week we have the astrophysicist phenom, Neil DeGrasse Tyson on the podcast! We talk about everything from Elon Musk, AI Robots, if the moon landing was fake, are aliens walking among us now?, as well as a really deep conversation about dogs' joy for life. If you were ever going to miss a podcast, this shouldn’t be the one!

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[christycullen]

I like that Neil is willing to go on younger podcasts. He's actually a good guest

[amandaf.]

Great episode! They were prepared with good questions, they ACTIALLY knew details from the book, and made it so enjoyable. Bravo!

[ryanmclean]

damn dropouts is getting bigger been here since episode 30 ish and so proud of yall and your growth

[its_joey]

next guest should be random people that have zero influence on society just to show your range

[XBojangsX]

the collaboration we didn’t know we needed

[stephanyc]

How do these episodes keep getting better and better? I love it! By far the best podcast and the highlight of my week!

[sabrinagiang]

This is kinda weird but I only found this podcast because Zach was on a dating show episode or something? I looked him up because of his dry humor and now I found this amazing podcast featuring Neil Degrasse Tyson. I usually don’t find podcasts appealing either but this has been enticing to listen to. Thank you!

[emma.___.bell.___.]

I love how a podcast can change the genre so drastically just depending on the guest (Neil killed it and to answer his question I'm a 17 year old girl in Australia who loves to read and will be adding this mans book to my TBR)

[its_joey]

26:55 i love how neil talking about self driving cars being the norm in the future was basically just describing adequate public transit

[alixmoody]

Ordered the book within 15 minutes of watching. Love this crossover. Jared making a Harry Potter and Spider-Man reference made me melt.

[_rat_]

Wow.
Neil has always been one of my favorite scientists
I’m not done with the episode but here’s some of the quotes I’ve written down:

“ I claim that if the knowledge of death gives me meaning to life, than to live forever is to live a life without meaning it all” -, 36:27

“When you give flowers to a loved one….they’re almost always appreciated… and you snip the bottoms and you monitor them throughout the week…. OK they might last week, right through their senescence as the bulb drips down and then there’s no point. You have to discard them. Your loved one could’ve brought you plastic flowers, or even silk flowers but if you receive them I’m betting that they would mean less to you than if they were fresh flowers…. fake flowers require no care and feeding, they don’t have a smell, they live forever yet curiously deliver hardly any pleasure to you.” -, 36:47


“You dont want to regret not said things in life that you thought only in death” -, 46:17

“To hold on to the past might restrict you from continuing to enter the future which is unfolding in front of you every moment of your life. Consider that at will we have full mobility in space but not in time. We are prisoners of the present, forever transitioning from our inaccessible past to our unknowable future.” -, 47:00

[lilibcmv]

My bestfriend is a masters student in astrophysics. I was fan-girling for her watching this. I wish I could get her a signed book from him! 🤗 you guys do AMAZING at these podcasts with people of different niches. My fave podcast ever ❤️

[michaelfreakinlima]

Awww that scenario of the dog living one day is equal to a week for us literally had me tearing up and I can’t wait to see my dogs when I get home

[watumutiz]

This is hands down one of the BEST podcasts I've seen Neil DeGrasse on!! And he's AWESOME on all the podcasts he's on. Guys this was AWESOME!! 👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾👌🏾

[irishkisserxoxo]

Did not expect this guest. Love that you’re getting away from the typical YouTube and TikTok influencers. Good job dropouts

[Druseph]

"What punk rock band are you from sir" quote of the century by Zach to Neil DeGrasse Tyson of all people lmaooo

[mrspaceman]

The fact that Neil reads for his own audio books is why I always buy the audio version along with the physical book.

[yibeyupower]

those who came for the short, 1:14:20

[MixedBS]

This is one of the best interviews I’ve seen with him, great job! It’s clear that y’all did your homework

[Cam-onjw]

around 1:06:00 when they're talking about sliding doors, it reminds me of how far ahead people like the ancient romans/greeks were. Shopkeepers in Pompeii developed sliding doors, being that the shops were small, and having a door open into the shop or out into the walkways/roads was a waste of space. the sliding doors made it to where they didnt have to sacrifice space to open and close doors