Hes a professor, with tenure, and the director of the hayden planetarium....and he has his own tv show, and his own podcast...he is his own brand.

Im surprised he doesn't earn more to be honest.

This is from a presentation by Neil deGrasse Tyson at the 2006 Beyond Belief conference. Neil is the director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Center For Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. In this Powerpoint entitled "Stupid Design" Tyson points out some of the glaring evidence for a universe without a designer.

A "Beyond belief" talk on the topic of atheism (and much much more) given by Neil deGrasse Tyson (director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History) which makes its case with stunning comprehensive incisiveness, humor and the kind of eye widening wonder at the sheer majesty of the universe presented in a way I have not seen since Carl Sagan himself. The sort of second half of this post (which I consider significantly better even than the above) is here http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2417032549356504070&q but starts only at 58 minutes in; I couldn't find his speech alone from that session in a separate video.

I took a trip to new york recently and had the pleasure of seeing a similar talk to this one featuring Dr. Tyson and Ann Druyan. Turns out he was a student of Carl Sagan's at Cornell and runs the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History. Very personable guy.

Neil deGrasse Tyson , the new host of the PBS-TV program "NOVA scienceNOW", is director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Center For Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.

Another video of his - Stupid Design: God Is A Lousy Engineer

Neil deGrasse Tyson , the new host of the PBS-TV program "NOVA scienceNOW", is director of the Hayden Planetarium in the Rose Center For Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History. He is the recipient of seven honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal.

http://beyondbelief2006.org/

("An entertainment complex in the middle of a sewage system" made me LOL.)