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Chemical Causes of Obesity: Bruce Blumberg
Season 1 Episode 6
The obesity epidemic has spread throughout much of the world and is one of the leading drivers of impaired health and skyrocketing healthcare costs. In today's episode, we are focusing on a neglecte…
Published on 7 years, 6 months ago
Explorers and Extinction in Hawaii: Dan Lewis
Season 1 Episode 5
Today we are exploring natural history investigations in the Hawaiian archipelago. My guest, Dan Lewis, is a research professor of history at Claremont Graduate University and the Dibner Senior Curat…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
Finding Pluto: Kevin Schindler and Will Grundy
Season 1 Episode 4
The discovery and subsequent study of Pluto has captivated the public for nearly a century. Even the question of whether Pluto should be categorized as a planet or a dwarf planet has stirred passion…
Published on 7 years, 7 months ago
U.S. Congressional Attacks on Science: Melinda Baldwin and Josh Shiode
Season 1 Episode 3
Attacks on science and scientists have been a hallmark of the Trump administration, but such attacks emanating from the U.S. federal government are not new, nor are they restricted to one political p…
Published on 7 years, 8 months ago
Nuclear Weapons and the Cold War: Jose Goldemberg and Frank N. von Hippel
Season 1 Episode 2
The possibility that world annihilation rests with the twitching fingertips of a dictator in North Korea and a narcissist in Washington motivated me to focus the second science history podcast on nuc…
Published on 7 years, 10 months ago
Endocrine Disruption: Pete Myers
Season 1 Episode 1
My guest Pete Myers has spent the past 30 years calling media attention to findings about toxic chemicals, while the industry producing those chemicals has worked to discredit the science and scienti…
Published on 7 years, 11 months ago