StarTalk Radio
is creating Space & Science Podcasts & Videos- Exclusive Patreon feed
- Priority invitations to special events
- Early access to live event ticket sales.

- Ad-free audio downloads
- Ad-free streaming video
- Priority Cosmic Queries - we’ll answer at least two patron questions in each Cosmic Queries episode.
- Includes all previous rewards

- We will include 5 active patron names in each StarTalk podcast description.
- StarTalk Sticker (exclusive design coming soon)
- Monthly Q&A with Neil
- Includes all previous rewards
- Sticker Reward activates after 3 months

- We will thank 3 active patrons on-the-air in each episode of StarTalk.
- StarTalk Mug (exclusive design coming soon)
- Includes all previous rewards
- Rewards activate after 3 months
- Meet & Greet at select live shows (ticket purchase required)
- Priority Invitations to special events
- Record an introduction for Neil, to be aired on StarTalk, e.g., “I’m ________, and I support StarTalk on Patreon. This is StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson! (Activates after 3 months)
- Includes all previous rewards
- Invitation to exclusive annual StarTalk party
- Includes all previous rewards
- Rewards activate after 6 months
- Join us in-studio or remotely to ask Neil your Cosmic Queries in your own 10-minute segment that will appear in an actual StarTalk episode. (Questions subject to producer approval)
- Includes all previous rewards
- Rewards activate after 12 months
About StarTalk Radio
Proceeding with the courage of our vision, we applied for a grant from the National Science Foundation to test the concept. They approved a multi-year grant for this experiment. After some follow-up "bridge" support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, we finally broke even in 2014. Today, StarTalk supports a free-lance staff of nearly two-dozen people, and our branded show and show snippets appear as Podcasts, YouTube videos, SiriusXM broadcasts, and as a TV show on the NatGeo Channel, we’ve been Emmy-nominated four times for Outstanding Informational Programming.
All good news. But what we learned along the way is that the marketplace of sponsors is risk-averse. In retrospect, no surprise, But we still generate active, creative ideas on how to grow our reach further -- on different platforms, with different demographics, in different media, using variations of our show model, and so forth. In nearly all those untested pathways, no sponsor awaits us.
So we create this page, humbly asking your support of our ongoing experiments in bringing the Universe down to Earth.
Respectfully Submitted,
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysicist
Host and Executive Producer of StarTalk