H-Net Home Office was just contacted by National Geographic. They are taping an installment of Neil deGrasse Tyson's "StarTalk" tomorrow night in New York City and are looking for an expert on 1960's pop culture/music. The expert will be involved in discussing an interview with David Crosby. More info is below. This is very last minute, so if you're interested, contact producer Drew Pulley in the message below directly, and tell them H-Net sent you.
DATE: July 21, 2015 at 5:16:37 PM EDT
SUBJECT: INQUIRY FOR NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON'S "STARTALK" ON NAT GEO
FROM: "Pulley, Andrew" <anpulley@ngs.org>
TO: draperje@mail.h-net.msu.edu
Hello ,
National Geographic is searching for an expert to participate in a
live panel discussion with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for
"StarTalk", the new Nat Geo talk show where "science and pop culture
collide".
The format of our show is for Dr. Tyson, a topical expert, and a
comedian co-host to discuss a featured pre-taped interview. Dr. Tyson
landed a last minute interview last week with David Crosby, and their
conversation was focused primarily on culture, the 60s, and the
message of music.
The taping we'd like to invite you to our taping tomorrow night, this
WEDNESDAY JULY 22ND IN NYC AT 10PM
Some links to recent press are also listed below - Please let me know
if there is any additional information I can provide.
Thanks for your consideration! p lease let me know asap if this might
work. thanks!
The official "StarTalk" website:
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/startalk/ [1]
LA Times Review:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-st-neil-tyson-startalk-20150420-column.html#page=1
[2]
USA Today Article:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2015/04/19/neil-degrasse-tyson-show-natgeo/25906903/
[3]
NYT Feature:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/science/neil-degrasse-tyson-expands-startalk-to-tv.html?...
[4]
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Drew Pulley
Producer, National Geographic
202.277.7539
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