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Humanist Network News	Acceptance speech for the Isaac Asimov Award from the American Humanist Association.
Point of Inquiry: The Pluto Files	In this Point of Inquiry conversation, recent discoveries in astronomy are discussed along with the controversy regarding the status of Pluto and whether teaching the controversy over Pluto's status is helpful in teaching astronomy, and how this compares to the "teaching the controversy" argument regarding evolution versus intelligent design creationism.
Voice of America	Voice of America News profile with Adam Phillips.
BBC's The Forum	A discussion of Pluto and planethood on the BBC's The Forum.
Science Friday	Discussion of Pluto, teaching science, and the state of NASA.
American Freethought	The American Freethought interviews Dr. Tyson and looks at the cosmic dust-up that resulted from the demotion of the planet Pluto to dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union.
Astrophysicist Chronicles the Battle Over Pluto	NPR's All things Considered interview about the battle over Pluto and its planethood.
The Brian Lehrer Show	Interview on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show with reflections on Pluto and the night sky.
Living On Earth: The Pluto Files	Neil deGrasse Tyson didn't mean to get Pluto demoted from planet status; he just wanted people to think about the solar system differently. But changing the number of planets from nine to eight is just what happened when a debate sparked by the astrophysicist's Hayden Planetarium exhibit—sans Pluto—ended with the re-categorization of the icy rock to dwarf planet status.
Carl Sagan's Search for God	Discussion with Ann Druyen and Steve Soter on Carl Sagan's perspective on science, his spiritual experience, and his search for God.