--- title: Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Bill Clinton to Be on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere description: The former president will appear alongside show host Neil DeGrasse Tyson canonical: https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-07-29T21:46:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T09:43:55.142Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Bill Clinton to Appear on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere og:description: The former president will appear alongside show host Neil DeGrasse Tyson og:url: https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9420029575b9ef0d/69885d255f570f1a3cb1cae7/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Former President Bill Clinton and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the 65th Anniversary Artists & Writers Celebrity Softball Game at Herrick Park on Aug. 17, 2013 in East Hampton, New York. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Bill Clinton to Appear on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere twitter:description: The former president will appear alongside show host Neil DeGrasse Tyson twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9420029575b9ef0d/69885d255f570f1a3cb1cae7/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Bill Clinton to Appear on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Jul 29, 2015 9:46 PM UTC  Former President Bill Clinton and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the 65th Anniversary Artists & Writers Celebrity Softball Game at Herrick Park on Aug. 17, 2013 in East Hampton, New York. Former President Bill Clinton and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the 65th Anniversary Artists & Writers Celebrity Softball Game at Herrick Park on Aug. 17, 2013 in East Hampton, New York.Steven A Henry—Getty Images by [Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly Jul 29, 2015 9:46 PM UTC Neil DeGrasse Tyson will sit down with President Bill Clinton for the season 2 premiere of _StarTalk_, NatGeo announced at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour. “I couldn’t think of a more appropriate guest to kick off our second season,” said Tyson. “President Bill Clinton is a public figure whose impact and influence spans politics, pop culture and science—with an occasional dose of humor. That’s exactly the mission statement for _StarTalk_, and I look forward to sharing our conversation with viewers.” Other season 2 guests include Susan Sarandon, David Byrne, Larry Wilmore, Mars One CEO Bas Lansdorp and Penn and Teller. _StarTalk_ returns Sunday, Oct. 25 at 11 p.m. ET on NatGeo. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/29/startalk-bill-clinton-appear-season-2-premiere) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/29/startalk-bill-clinton-appear-season-2-premiere) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/"},"headline":"Bill Clinton to Appear on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere","datePublished":"2015-07-29T21:46:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:43:55.142Z","description":"The former president will appear alongside show host Neil DeGrasse Tyson","url":"https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/","keywords":["Television","Bill Clinton","neil degrasse tyson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9420029575b9ef0d/69885d255f570f1a3cb1cae7/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natalie Abrams / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9420029575b9ef0d/69885d255f570f1a3cb1cae7/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former President Bill Clinton and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the 65th Anniversary Artists & Writers Celebrity Softball Game at Herrick Park on Aug. 17, 2013 in East Hampton, New York.","caption":"Former President Bill Clinton and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson attend the 65th Anniversary Artists & Writers Celebrity Softball Game at Herrick Park on Aug. 17, 2013 in East Hampton, New York.","creditText":"Steven A Henry—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3977898/bill-clinton-neil-degrasse-tyson-startalk/","name":"Bill Clinton to Appear on StarTalk Season 2 Premiere"}}]}] ```