Podcasts

Global security expert Dr. Cameron Tracy discusses misconceptions about hypersonic weapons and how they could lead us into another arms race.

Author Angela Saini discusses biological myths and racist biases in the sciences from past to present

Climate scientist Dr. Kristy Dahl discusses how global warming is fueling wildfire season and its impacts on the most vulnerable.

Dr. Elena Krieger explains how an unsung technology can increase reliable access to clean energy

When electric vehicles start retiring, what happens to their batteries? Transportation expert Hanjiro Ambrose discusses the importance of recycling EV batteries.

Senior climate scientist Dr. Astrid Caldas discusses the connections between climate change and more intense hurricanes and underscores the challenges when they converge with COVID-19.

Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner explains how science can keep us safe when casting our votes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner explains how science can keep us safe when casting our votes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientist and lawyer Dr. Adrienne Hollis connects the dots of the pandemic, and why a disproportionate number of Black and Brown people are dying.

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Renewable energy expert John Rogers is back on the podcast to talk about how COVID-19 is affecting clean energy jobs.

Science policy expert Michael Halpern exposes how the Trump administration is unraveling health and safety standards during COVID-19.

Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Beth Linas discusses how we move forward after flattening the curve of the coronavirus.

Dr. Kristy Dahl reviews NOAA spring flooding and maps the potential collision with COVID-19. Available in English and Spanish.

Dr. Jo Anne Welsch discusses how vaccines are developed and tested, and explores the implications of the process for the coronavirus.

Dr. Kim Waddell, a biologist living and working in the Caribbean, discusses threats and responses to climate change.

Transportation expert Don Anair discusses why ride-hailing is a problem for the climate, and what we can do about it.

Physicist David Wright discusses the nuclear weapons policies and scenarios that threaten our safety, and how to mitigate those risks.

Climate scientist and educator Dr. Mel Fitzpatrick dissects Australia's wildfires and explores how climate change has made them more catastrophic.

Research scientist Anita Desikan digs into the data to uncover the communities most at risk from the Trump administration ignoring science.

Physicist and global security expert Dr. Laura Grego fills us in on the past, present, and future of satellites.

Former USDA senior scientist Lewis Ziska discusses his research on rice and carbon dioxide—and how the Trump USDA suppressed his findings.

Dr. Jacob Carter explores the consequences of the Trump administration’s attacks on science.

Energy analyst Joe Daniel explains why seasonal shutdowns can save utilities, and customers, money.