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Science, pop culture, and comedy collide on StarTalk Radio! Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium, and his comic co-hosts, guest celebrities, and scientific experts explore astronomy, physics, and everything else there is to know about life in the universe. New episodes premiere Tuesdays. Keep Looking Up! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of StarTalk

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The Longevity Playbook with Rhonda Patrick
Nov 2026 · 1 book
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
National Geographic Kids
“And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. Lost in space is now available. Wherever you get your books”
Cosmic Queries – Curiosity, Conspiracies & the God Particle with Jordan Klepper
Nov 2026 · 5 books
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Opticks
Isaac Newton
“So in Isaac Newton's publication of Optics seventeen oh four. Unusual because it was published in English”
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Not That Kind of Girl
Lena Dunham
“If I got to the end of like Lena Dunham's memoir and she was like I wonder what I did after girls. Tell me, Lena, that's why I bought your book”
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you like that fact. You can find Four thousand. Nine hundred and ninety-nine more. And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available”
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Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“A starry messenger. Cosmic perspectives on civilization. This came out a few years ago”
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Merlin's Tour of the Universe
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“And I wrote a book. This is one of the p hole punches. And Merlin's Tore the Universe, this came out a couple of years ago”
The Habitable Worlds Observatory with Evgenya Shkolnik
Nov 2026 · 1 book
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Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Star Talk and National Geographic Books
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available. Wherever you get your books”
The Game Theory of AI with Aza Raskin
Oct 2026 · 1 book
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
National Geographic Kids
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. Lost in space is now available. Wherever you get your books”
Bose-Einstein Condensate, Collisions, The Physics of Fire –TYTYK
Oct 2026 · 1 book
Cover of StarTalk: Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
StarTalk: Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you like that fact. You can find four thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine more. And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available”
Spooky Science with Mary Roach
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife
Mary Roach
“one of her books was called Spook. Science tackles the afterlife”
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Star Talk and National Geographic Books
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available. Wherever you get your books”
In Theory with Janna Levin
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
Janna Levin
“the black hole blues. Oh black hole blues, yes”
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Black Hole Survival Guide
Janna Levin
“And then you have the black hole survival guide”
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Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
“Moby Dick was a bomb. Oh my God, it bombed. Really? The most vicious reviews. Wow. Melville died. Thinking His great work Call Me Israel”
The Science of Lookmaxxing with Dr. Noc
Oct 2026 · 1 book
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Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“If you like that fact. You can find four thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine more. And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. to help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available”
The Chemistry of Life with Kate the Chemist
Oct 2026 · 3 books
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It's Elemental: The Hidden Chemistry in Everything
Kate Biberdorf
“you've got a few books out there. It's Elemental the hidden chemistry in everything”
Cover of The Awesome Book of Edible Experiments for Kids
The Awesome Book of Edible Experiments for Kids
Kate Biberdorf
“It's the awesome book of edible experiments for kids”
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts
National Geographic Kids
“If you like that fact. You can find Four thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine more. And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe”
Cosmic Queries – Light Sails & Quantum Scales
Oct 2026 · 2 books
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Universe Down to Earth
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“My second book ever. Was titled Universe down to earth”
Cover of Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I've written about that in In the In the risk and reward chapter. Of Of the book Starry Messenger Cosmic Perspectives”
What Is Intelligence? With David Krakauer
Oct 2026 · 6 books
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Cosmos
Carl Sagan
“Might have been in one of the episodes of Cosmos. The original cosmos”
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The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf
“And actually my friend Andrea Wolf wrote his biography, The Invention of Nature, beautiful book”
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Lost in Space: Five Thousand Facts
unknown
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. Lost in space is now available. Wherever you get your books”
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick
“Do Androids dream of electric sheep”
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Creative Evolution
Henri Bergson
“in nineteen oh seven he writes this book, Creative Evolution”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
“I always loved um Douglas Adams like Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy”
Quantum Anomalies with Lara Anderson
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions
Edwin Abbott Abbott
“We're familiar with the story the book Flatland by Edwin Abbott”
Cosmic Queries – Space Junk! with Moriba Jah
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts About Space!
Star Talk and National Geographic
“If you like that fact, you can find 4,999 more in Lost in Space. 5,000 facts to help navigate the universe. Lost in Space is now available wherever you get your books”
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Cosmic Queries
Neil deGrasse Tyson
“Dr. Tyson, just love you and uh love uh your Cosmic Queries book”
Lost in Space Game Night
Sep 2026 · 4 books
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Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Star Talk and National Geographic Books
“once again Star Talk has collaborated with National Geographic Books to release our latest installment titled Lost in Space. 5,000 facts to navigate the universe”
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Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Navigate the Universe
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Lindsay Nix Walker
“collaborated with National Geographic Books to release our latest installment titled Lost in Space. 5,000 facts to navigate the universe”
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
“The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frankbaum, he supposedly communicated with this mystical land full of exotic beings”
Cover of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
“The author of The Wizard of Oz, L. Frankbaum, he supposedly communicated with this mystical land full of exotic beings through radio”
Cosmic Queries – The Fractal Universe with Charles Liu
Sep 2026 · 2 books
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The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book
Charles Liu
“I'm just remind people that you recently published a book, the Handy Quantum Question Book. Give me the full title of that. The Handy Quantum Physics Answer Book”
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(Super) Natural Science: The Real Science of Superheroes, Mythic Creatures, and the (Sci-Fi) Universe
Charles Liu
“Charles, you've you I I was checking, you've got an a whole other book coming out ... It is on supernatural science. What? Nice. The real science of superheroes. Mythic creatures and the sci-fi universe”
Why Do We Exist with Hakeem Oluseyi
Sep 2026 · 2 books
Cover of Why Do We Exist?: The Nine Realms of the Universe That Make You Possible
Why Do We Exist?: The Nine Realms of the Universe That Make You Possible
Hakeem Oluseyi
“Last you were here, you've been busy and you wrote a book. A book with the audacious title, the bodacious title. The out of this world title, why do we exist? Wow. The nine realms of universe that make you possible”
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Star Talk and National Geographic Books
“If you like that fact, you can find 4,999 more in Lost in Space. 5,000 facts to help navigate the universe. Latest collaboration between Star Talk and National Geographic Books”
Why Craters Are Round, Size of Life, The Real Length of Day – TYTYK
Sep 2026 · 2 books
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts About Space
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts About Space
StarTalk and National Geographic
“From Lost in space. The latest collaboration between Star Talk. and National Geographic ... If you like that fact. You can find four thousand Nine hundred and ninety-nine more. And Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Lost in space is now available. For pre-order. Wherever books are sold”
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The Bible
Various Authors - Compiled by Mark T
“there's one something that's sc That walks on the water swiftly. And in some regions they call it a Jesus spider, I ... because Jesus in the Bible walked on water”
This Is Your Brain on Psychedelics
Sep 2026 · 1 book
Cover of Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
Star Talk and National Geographic Books
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. To help navigate the universe. Latest collaboration between Star Talk and National Geographic Books”
Rogue Planets & Exomoons with David Kipping
Sep 2026 · 1 book
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Lost in Space: Five Thousand Facts to Help Navigate the Universe
StarTalk and National Geographic
“Lost in space. Five thousand facts. to help navigate the universe. Latest collaboration between Star Talk And National Geographic books. Lost in space is now available. For pre order”
Solving AI’s Energy Problem with Kathryn Huff
Aug 2026
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