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We had to do an episode on the physics of monsters. We had to.
Oh my gosh. I've learned so much, and I don't look behind you right now, but I think there's something creeping up on you.
It's not just the physics, but the biology of monsters, the chemistry of monsters, all that coming up on StarTalk. This is StarTalk. Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist. Today, we're talking about the physics of monsters. I got with me Matt Kirshen. Hey.
How you doing?
Professional comedian.
Yeah, that's the that's the job title.
You're on tour now.
I am on tour. I'm on a couple of tours at the same time. Well, I'm I'm I'm opening for Sarah Millican, who's a fantastic UK comedian. And we're doing some lovely theaters around the country. And then I'm doing kind of off the back of that.
I'm doing some club headlining sets where I'm telling her many, many audience members like, hey, if you enjoyed me for 15 minutes, you want to bring her audience. I am shamelessly, I'm shamelessly siphoning off some of her success. Siphoning, oh my gosh. So yeah, mattkirshen.com for all of the dates I'm going to be around the country.
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