Episode · StarTalk Radio · 2023-11-16
Books mentioned on How Two Movies Prevented Nuclear War with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris. Nicholas Meyer discussed Apocalypse Television by David Craig.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
Discussed“I don't think Edmund Mars, who was in the White House, who was his official biographer, and I also got to know Mars because he wrote "The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt," which I wrote as a screenplay for Martin Scorsese at one point.”
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Apocalypse Television
Discussed“it's called apocalypse television how the day after helped end the Cold War sweet by David Craig um just got it in the mail this morning it it comes out on the 15th and I I read it course 15th of November 2023 immediately went to the index to see how I turned out and yeah I come off like”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
“and I also got to know Mars because he wrote the rise of Theodore Roosevelt which I wrote as a screenplay for Martin scorsi at one point”