The BEST episodes of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson season 4

Every episode of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson season 4, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson season 4!

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson brings together celebrities, scientists and comedians to explore a variety of cosmic topics and collide pop culture with science in a way that late-night television has never seen before. Weekly topics range from popular science fiction, space travel, extraterrestrial life, the Big Bang, to the future of Earth and the environment. Tyson is an astrophysicist with a gifted ability to connect with everyone, inspiring us all to "keep looking up." The studio audience portion of the series is filmed in the Cullman Hall of the Universe at the American Museum of Natural History’s Rose Center for Earth and Space in New York City — where Tyson serves as the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium.

Last Updated: 11/26/2024Network: National GeographicStatus: Ended
Interstellar Space Travel
star
7.80
41 votes

#1 - Interstellar Space Travel

Season 4 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Mae Jemison and discusses the challenges of interstellar travel with Godfrey and Lawrence Krauss.

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Stephen Colbert
star
7.80
44 votes

#2 - Stephen Colbert

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/14/2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Stephen Colbert and discusses the intersection of science and comedy with Adam Conover and Sophia McClennen.

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star
7.64
14 votes

#3 - Lance Armstrong

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/1/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Lance Armstrong and discusses the science of cycling with Scott Adsit, Max Glaskin, and Arthur Caplan.

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star
7.64
11 votes

#4 - James Cameron

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/26/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews filmmaker and Nat Geo explorer-in-residence James Cameron.

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Astronaut Scott Kelly
star
7.57
7 votes

#5 - Astronaut Scott Kelly

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/25/2018

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with astronaut Scott Kelly.

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Alan Alda
star
7.25
12 votes

#6 - Alan Alda

Season 4 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/7/2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Alan Alda and discusses science communication with Matt Kirshen and Heather Berlin.

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Stephen Hawking
star
7.25
12 votes

#7 - Stephen Hawking

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/4/2018

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.

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star
7.14
14 votes

#8 - Jane Goodall

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/15/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Jane Goodall and discusses chimpanzee behavior with Chuck Nice and Jill Pruetz.

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star
7.11
9 votes

#9 - Sylvia Earle, Fabien Cousteau & Adrian Grenier

Season 4 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/19/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews legendary oceanographer Sylvia Earle and aquanaut Fabien Cousteau.

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star
7.10
10 votes

#10 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/8/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and discusses the science of basketball with Chuck Nice and Charles Liu.

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star
7.00
17 votes

#11 - Kevin Smith

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/29/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Kevin Smith and discusses science fiction and the science of superheroes with Chuck Nice and Charles Liu.

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Frank Oz and the Science of Puppeteering
star
7.00
12 votes

#12 - Frank Oz and the Science of Puppeteering

Season 4 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/4/2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with puppeteer Frank Oz, then discusses puppets in pop culture and the people "behind the curtain" with Adam Conover and Charles Liu.

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star
6.86
14 votes

#13 - SciFi Meets National Defense

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/5/2017

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with former head of DARPA Arati Prabhakar.

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star
6.83
12 votes

#14 - Katy Perry

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/12/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Katy Perry and discusses the answers to some of Perry’s “Cosmic Queries” with Sasheer Zamata and Charles Liu.

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Sam Harris and the Science of Belief
star
6.71
7 votes

#15 - Sam Harris and the Science of Belief

Season 4 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/28/2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews neuroscientist Sam Harris, and discusses everything from free will to religion with Godfrey and Andrew Newberg.

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star
6.63
8 votes

#16 - Celestial Navigation

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/3/2017

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with master navigator Nainoa Thompson.

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star
6.55
11 votes

#17 - Salman Rushdie

Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews Salman Rushdie and explores the science of storytelling with comedian Eugene Mirman and literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall.

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True Story of Hidden Figures
star
6.50
10 votes

#18 - True Story of Hidden Figures

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/21/2018

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson interviews author Margot Lee Shetterly ("Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race") and actress Janelle Monáe, who starred in the movie.

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star
6.20
10 votes

#19 - Katie Couric

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/2017

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with Katie Couric and discusses the intersection of science and journalism with Eugene Mirman and Jeff Jarvis.

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star
6.13
8 votes

#20 - Kelly Slater and the Science of Surfing

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/18/2018

Neil deGrasse Tyson features his interview with surfer Kelly Slater, then discusses the science of surfing with Chuck Nice and William Finnegan.

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