Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEnvironmental and Economic Impacts of Biotech Crops
Episode 97
The annual report by agricultural economists Brookes and Barfoot is a helpful resource to understand the impacts of agricultural biotechnology. The …
9 years ago
Biotech Regulatory Affairs
Episode 96
Regulation of new technology in food crops is important for many reasons. It is critical to ensure safety, but a robust regulatory system also shapes…
9 years ago
Imaging Animal Behavior / Targeted for Your Science
Episode 95
Understanding animal stress is important for many reasons. If we know how the animal brain responds to change it helps us understand habitat destruc…
9 years ago
Bioactive Small RNAs (and the cool paper that wasn’t)
Episode 94
Back in 2012 a paper rocked the scientific community. The claim was that small RNA molecules in dietary plant products could escape digestion, move …
9 years ago
Ben and Jerry’s Roundup
Episode 93
A story exploded in the New York Times claiming that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup and a potent herbicide, was detected in 10/11 flavo…
9 years, 1 month ago
Abiotic Stress Resistance in Soybean/Regulation Consequences
Episode 92
Dr. Sabina Vidal is a professor at the National Republic University in Uruguay. Her lab is interested in the genetic improvement of soybean, especia…
9 years, 1 month ago
Early Molecular Biology / Nobel Laureates’ Social Mobilization
Episode 91
Today’s genomics explosion has foundations in seminal discoveries in molecular biology almost 50 years ago. Today’s guest, Sir Richard Roberts, was …
9 years, 1 month ago
Collateral Neonic Impacts
Episode 90
Neonicotinoids (neonics) are a class of insecticides based on natural plant compounds that disrupt the insect nervous system. They are used because t…
9 years, 1 month ago
de novo Domestication
Episode 89
Domestication Dr. Lazaro Peres De novo domestication also has the potential to expand genetic diversity in crops, potentially conferring additional…
9 years, 2 months ago
Food Evolution, the Movie
Episode 88
The representation of crop biotechnology in film has been an asymmetrical assault on science and reason. Food Evolution breaks that trend. The film …
9 years, 2 months ago