![]() ![]() I’ll add, you didn’t ask, but I’ll add, while my expertise is astrophysics, there’s science in it that’s not my expertise. These are all good people doing the right things in exactly the right places. Plus, he actually has a Hugo award for one of the science-fiction stories that he told for Star Talk, so he’s also a storyteller. The original Cosmos didn’t have commercials because it was on PBS. ![]() He knows how to arc stories to fit between commercials. For 2020, we have Brannon Braga who is one of the long-time writers, producers, and directors of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Steve Soder reprised his co-authorship in 2014. Her co-writer in 1980 was, of course, Carl Sagan, but also a guy named Steve Soder. How did these episodes come together this time? Was it any different than the last time with the way you worked with Ann?Īnn is the secret sauce of all three Cosmos: 1980, 2014, 2020. There’s the world of the mind, there’s the quantum, there’s the mycelium that’s a network of roots that communicates electrochemically between and among plant species… You combine the power of all of this, we are showing you not only worlds such as exoplanets, that’s the first and obvious interpretation of possible worlds from the subtitle, but also worlds within us. We brought them on to lend their … Not lend, of course they were compensated, but to give of their talents. ![]() We’re talking about all the people who typically make high-budget cinema. I think if you watch enough of the episodes, I think you’ll agree. That sounds cliche because everybody always says that about their most recent project. In fact, personally, I think it’s the best in every way. This is the most hopeful of the three Cosmos. We need some hope given our current circumstances. What was the goal of this new series? Obviously this time it’s about possible other worlds, but what else? ![]() Otherwise, we’re stuck compartmentalizing knowledge that nature does not. This goes on and on and on, and we have to be nimble as we move across those fields. We have biology thriving inside of rocks with chemical environments. One of the DNA strands of Cosmos is how seamlessly it blends the brands of science that we otherwise think of as separate and distinct entities taking at different times of the day with different textbooks in different professors. Before we get started, when I was in New York, I used to go in the mid-2000s to the Hayden Planetarium to see the awesome “Frontiers” lectures you hosted. Thank you so much for doing the interview with ExtremeTech. Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and host of the new show, spoke with us about Cosmos and the need for an understanding of science. The show also tells poignant stories about the advances and setbacks scientists have faced throughout human history. But then it quickly branches off into all-new material, including the latest discoveries of planets orbiting other stars and the wonders we might find one day if we ever made it to one. It covers the beginnings of the universe and life on Earth, with a brief refresher of the cosmic calendar that condenses all of this into one “year,” as seen in 2014’s Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. The new 13-episode television series was created by Ann Druyan, who also co-created the original Cosmos with her late husband Carl Sagan. Cosmos: Possible Worlds debuts March 9th on National Geographic. ![]()
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