In “The End is Nye,” Bill Nye the Science Guy teaches audiences how to survive, mitigate and even prevent epic global disasters. The Emmy Award-winning science educator, engineer, author and inventor’s new series is streaming on Peacock. Nye joined "LA Times Today" host Lisa McRee to talk about the show.

The series focuses on six disaster scenarios and addresses the real-life danger they present. Nye talked about why he and collaborator Seth MacFarlane created "The End is Nye." 

"When things are going well in the world, we watch romantic comedies. When things are somewhat grimmer — say we have a global pandemic — then people watch 'Contagion.' People want to get even deeper into the disasters. So, what we have done with the show is create six disaster movies, because that's what people want to watch. This is how we believe we can raise awareness of what we can do to address these sorts of things," Nye said. 

With vaccine resistance and disavowal of climate change, Nye spoke about how science has been politicized in America.

"It's just easier to blame somebody else than yourself. And that's what people are denying science are doing. It's trying to make it someone else's fault rather than their own. Plus, all this stuff is out there that 'scientists are out to get you.' But I want to remind people in the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 in 1786 refers to the progress of science and useful art. In other words, science denial is unconstitutional. How about that? It's not sustainable," he said.

The series brought Nye together with "Star Trek" writer Brannon Braga and "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane. 

"People respond to being scared. So, let's scare people. Then in the second half of the show, this is the unique parallel structure, we show you how we can address these problems, how we can save ourselves with science... In the first half [of the series], I get killed. I get killed six times, but then I come back in the second half to show that if we had science, if we had systems in place, if we all work together, things would be pretty good," Nye said.

Nye is the CEO of the Planetary Society, which educates people about space.

"We have 50,000 members around the world who think space science is cool. Right now, we've got red states, blue states, we're not getting along. But when it comes to space exploration and investment in space, it brings people together. That's unique in this regard. And by the way, it is all science based. It's rocket science. Check us out at Planetary.org.”

“The End is Nye” is now streaming on Peacock. 

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