StarTalk Radio · 2025-07-11 · 64 min · 10,545 words

Do We Have to Die? with Venki Ramakrishnan

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Why are you bombing us out with the topic on why we die? Because we have a Nobel Prize winner as our guest. Dude, we have a comedian. It's a happy show. It is a happy show because we're not talking about me dying on stage for once.

Coming up on Star Talk, How and Why We Die. Welcome to Star Talk. Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide. Star Talk begins. right now.

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