Bill Nye: Science Guy

For Bill Nye—yes, the Science Guy—having the eternal adulation of the 90s kids who grew up with his show and now rush to take selfies with him when he’s spotted in public simply isn’t enough. For his second act, Nye has reinvented himself as a passionately vocal defender of scientific concepts like climate change that are under assault from a combination of willful ignorance and blatant political agendas. So the guy who taught a generation of Americans about the joys of the scientific method is back on the beat. These days, creation “museums” are all the rage, and body-building TV weathermen challenge Nye to throw-down debates where he has to defend not only his credentials (don’t worry, Neil deGrasse Tyson has his back), but also science itself. Pairing insight into Nye’s many projects—including work with his mentor Carl Sagan—with informative lessons on modern subjects that would do his old TV character proud, David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg give us riveting insight into the intellectual crusader behind the iconic lab coat and garish bow ties in this engrossing new documentary.

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