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"You have rage in your curiosity..." Astrophysicist @neildegrassetyson and legendary actor William Shatner formed a “bromance” on an Antarctic expedition and decided to take their lively discussions about life, work, and the cosmos on the road.
Listen to Kim Masters' two-part conversation with the pair ahead of their two-night live event, The Universe is Absurd, at @sabantheater on May 19-20.
🎥: Emma Kopelowicz and Tohar Zamir
📸: Tohar Zamir
Legendary actor William Shatner has been to space... but famed astrophysicist @neildegrassetyson doesn't want to go unless he gets to cross the Kármán line.
The pair, who developed a “bromance” on a trip to Antartica, joined Kim Masters on The Business in a sprawling two-part conversation. Their discussion ranges from Shatner’s deeply emotional journey to space at age 90 to Tyson’s personal rule for taking Hollywood jobs: say yes, because it means they still value science.
Listen to both episodes in the KCRW app 📲
🎥: Emma Kopelowicz and Tohar Zamir
📸: Tohar Zamir
“My hobby is bleeding money” 😂💸
@jimmyoyang and @samsanders talk comedy, collecting, and making friends as an adult.
Watch the full episode on YouTube 🔗 in bio.
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The new D-Line route lies along a good path for tourists, with stops along Museum Row, but it’s been a long process to get Angelenos to ditch their cars and take the subway to work, theaters, and museums.
Author David Ulin, who teaches at USC and writes about LA city life, says a subway line connecting Union Station with Beverly Hills and, next year, with the UCLA Campus in Westwood, will be a game-changer for LA.
Full story at link in bio 🔗
Original reporting by Kerstin Zilm
Photos by Kerstin Zilm and Zoha Malik. Archival imagery courtesy of LAPL
@mccabesguitarshop on Pico has sold strings to big stars and hosted intimate concerts for decades. Peter Lesser’s new book explores how a small Santa Monica guitar shop became an important part of LA’s music scene.
Full story at link in bio 🔗
Students at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena are working with algae to create products that work as well as plastic, but won't last thousands of years.
Over 14 weeks students explored the design potential of seaweed and algae (which is what seaweed is made of). All in service of getting at a question posed by architect David Martin, an @artcenteredu trustee who sponsored this class: “How can you make a chair out of seaweed?”
Full story at link in bio 🔗
Original reporting by Brandon Reynolds
“it’s not that serious.” 💅
@trixiemattel : worry less about making something perfect and focus more on having fun while making it. No wiser words, honestly.
Full episode on YouTube. Link in bio.
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