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Got Science?
by KKFI Community Podcasts
Get your science on with the new podcast from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Our hosts take on technology, attacks on science, climate change, and more, as they channel the power of science to make the world a better place.
Episodes
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Ep. 117: Why Tyson Foods is Bad for Workers, Farmers, and the Entire State of Arkansas
Economist Rebecca Boehm and Nina Lakhani, journalist at The Guardian, expose the harms of near-monopolistic chicken production practices at Tyson Foods.
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Ep. 116: Too Hot to Work: How Climate Change Threatens Outdoor Workers
Climate scientist Dr. Rachel Licker discusses how climate change will affect outdoor worker’s health and earnings.
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Ep. 115: What Traditional Ecological Knowledge Can Teach Us
Dr. Daniel Wildcat, a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation, explains how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can work in tandem with science to help us understand the natural world.
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Ep. 113: A Plan for Coal Workers as the Industry Dies
Coal miners like Dr. Jeremy Richardson’s family members helped power the country for generations—now he and Lee Anderson of the Utility Workers Union of America are working on how best to support them in a clean-energy economy.
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Ep. 112: Big Oil Upheaval and Growing Voter Restrictions
Climate accountability expert Kathy Mulvey discusses developments in the fossil fuel industry and Dr. Michael Latner fills us in on post-election voter rights.
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¿Cuál es la diferencia entre los autos eléctricos e híbridos?
¿Son seguros los autos eléctricos? ¿Cómo funcionan y cuánto dura la batería? La Dra. Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura, ingeniera sénior de la Unión de Científicos Conscientes explica las diferencias entre varios tipos de vehículos eléctricos y cómo lograr que más gente se cambie a un auto eléctrico.
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Ep. 111: Empty Trains, Packed Trucks: How COVID-19 Changed Transportation
Senior transportation analyst Elizabeth Irvin walks us through some surprising transportation patterns she’s been following throughout the pandemic.
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Los carros, camiones y buses eléctricos sí son mejores para el clima y el aire
La ingeniera Dra. Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura explica porqué la electrificación de transportes es un paso imprescindible para el clima y para reducir la contaminación del aire.
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Ep. 110: An Analysis of President Biden’s Plan to Combat Climate Change
Economist Dr. Rachel Cleetus digs into the specifics of the Biden administration’s ambitious climate plan.
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Cómo conectar el pueblo "glocal" a la ciencia y combatir la desinformación
La Dra. Mónica Feliú-Mójer habla sobre la desinformación y como la comunicación científica tiene que informar al público de forma accesible, auténtica y divertida.
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Ep. 109: A Science-Fiction Solution to Climate Change?
Dr. Peter Frumhoff weighs in on a controversial idea for slowing down global warming: shooting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet.
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Ep. 108: How Science and the Law Can Make Polluters Pay
Climate accountability expert Kathy Mulvey shows the path from rigorous attribution science holding fossil fuel companies responsible for climate harms
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Bonus: A Long Record of Lies on Climate Change
How did fossil fuel companies get away with deceiving the public for so long about climate change, and how their products contribute to it?
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Ep. 107: What Bill Gates Has Wrong About “Advanced” Nuclear Reactors
Physicist Dr. Edwin Lyman discusses the safety, security, and environmental impact of several proposed “advanced” nuclear reactors.
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Ep. 106: The Science of Disinformation on Social Media
Social media analyst Erin McAweeney pulls back the curtain on how disinformation spreads across Facebook and Twitter.
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Ep. 105: COVID-19 Vaccine Questions Answered
Infectious disease expert and Arkansas Secretary of Health Dr. José R. Romero answers key questions about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Respuestas a preguntas importantes sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19
Médico especialista en enfermedades infecciosas Dr. José Romero contesta las preguntas más importantes sobre la vacuna contra el COVID-19 y explica cómo funcionan las distintas vacunas.
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Ep. 97: From Wolves to Wildfires: A Firefighting Biologist’s Tale
Forest firefighter and conservation biologist Jon Trapp talks about analyzing wildfires, close calls with endangered wolves, and the urgency of global warming.
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Ep. 96: Election Day 2020: The Trustworthiness of Science
Today’s episode starts with part four of our series on who pays for climate damages followed by a rerun of Dr. Naomi Oreskes discussing her book, Why Trust Science?
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Ep. 95: Do Hypersonic Weapons Live Up to the Hype?
Global security expert Dr. Cameron Tracy discusses misconceptions about hypersonic weapons and how they could lead us into another arms race.
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Ep. 94: The Racist History of Race Science
Author Angela Saini discusses biological myths and racist biases in the sciences from past to present
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Ep. 93: The Cascading Disasters of Wildfire Season
Climate scientist and Bay Area resident Dr. Kristy Dahl discusses how global warming is fueling wildfire season and its impacts on the most vulnerable.
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Ep. 92: Energy Storage Technology Will Ramp Up Renewables
Dr. Elena Krieger explains how an unsung technology can increase reliable access to clean energy
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Ep. 91: The Afterlife of Electric Car Batteries
When electric vehicles start retiring, what happens to their batteries? Transportation expert Hanjiro Ambrose discusses the importance of recycling EV batteries.
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Ep. 7: Los huracanes son más fuertes con el cambio climático y complican respuesta al COVID-19
La Dra. Astrid Caldas de UCS habla sobre los retos que tendrán que enfrentar las comunidades cuando choquen los huracanes con las áreas más afectadas por COVID-19
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Ep. 90: Climate Change Brings Stronger Hurricanes and Threatens Pandemic Response
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.
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Ep. 89: Voting During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the 2020 Election, Part 2
Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner explains how science can keep us safe when casting our votes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ep. 88: Voting During a Pandemic: COVID-19 and the 2020 Election, Part 1
Voting rights expert Dr. Michael Latner explains how science can keep us safe when casting our votes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Ep. 87: The Deadliest Intersection: COVID-19, Air Pollution, and Racism
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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Ep. 86: Science Is Not Immune to Racism (and That Includes Us)
A message from our host.
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Ep7: Promesas rotas: comunidades marginadas pagan el precio por políticas de la administración Trump
El Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto discute el estudio de UCS ´La ciencia abandonada, promesas rotas´ sobre cómo la administración Trump ha rechazado métodos científicos y leyes basadas en evidencia diseñadas para protegernos. Sus acciones han empeorado las desigualdades que enfrentan las personas de raza...
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Ep. 85: How Will COVID-19 Impact Clean Energy Progress?
Renewable energy expert John Rogers is back on the podcast to talk about COVID-19 is affecting clean energy jobs, and how we can create a stronger, healthier clean energy economy for everyone.
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Ep. 6: ¿Cómo afectará COVID-19 al progreso en la energía limpia?
John Rogers, experto en energía, regresa al podcast para hablar de impactos de la crisis creada por COVID-19 en el sector de energía limpia, y cómo creamos una economía más fuerte y sana para todos.
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Ep. 84: Sidelining Science During a Pandemic
Science policy expert Michael Halpern exposes how the Trump administration is unraveling health and safety standards during COVID-19.
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Ep. 83: Reopening with COVID-19: Why Social Distancing, Contact Tracing, and Herd Immunity Matter
Infectious disease epidemiologist Dr. Beth Linas discusses how we move forward after flattening the curve of the coronavirus.
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Ep. 82: When Floods and Coronavirus Collide: Dealing With a Disaster During a Pandemic
Dr. Kristy Dahl reviews NOAA spring flooding and maps the potential collision with COVID-19.
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Ep. 5: ¿Podemos lidiar con desastres naturales durante una pandemia?
El Dr. Juan Declet-Barreto analiza los datos de NOAA y mapea una posible colisión entre las inundaciones que veremos este año con la pandemia del COVID-19
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Ep. 81: Understanding Vaccines During COVID-19
Dr. Jo Anne Welsch, currently working on vaccine development for low and middle income countries at a global health organization, discusses how vaccines are developed and tested, and the implications of the process for the coronavirus.
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Ep. 80: How Will Climate Change Affect Island Nations? An Expert Weighs in
Dr. Kim Waddell, a biologist living in the Caribbean, discusses threats and responses to climate change.
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Ep. 79: Are Uber and Lyft Rides Bad for the Climate?
Transportation expert Don Anair discusses why ride-hailing is a problem for the climate, and what we can do about it.
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Ep. 78: Five Ways to Start a Nuclear War
Physicist David Wright discusses the nuclear weapons policies and scenarios that threaten our safety, and how to mitigate those risks.
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Ep. 77: This is What Climate Change Looks Like: Wildfires in Australia
Climate scientist and educator Dr. Mel Fitzpatrick dissects Australia's wildfires and explores how climate change has made them more catastrophic.
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Ep. 76: When Science is Neglected, Who’s Hurt Most?
Research scientist Anita Desikan digs into the data to uncover the communities most at risk from the Trump administration ignoring science.
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Ep. 75: Rush Hour In Orbit: The Science (and Politics) of Keeping Satellites Safe
Physicist and global security expert Dr. Laura Grego fills us in on the past, present, and future of satellites.
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Ep. 74: As Carbon Emissions Rise, Rice Nutrition Falls
Former USDA senior scientist Lewis Ziska discusses his research on rice and carbon dioxide – and how the Trump USDA suppressed his findings.
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Ep. 73: How “Evidence-Based” Became a Dirty Word
Dr. Jacob Carter explores the consequences of the Trump administration’s attacks on science.
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Ep. 72: Coal Plants, Turn the Power Off and You’ll Make More Money
Energy analyst Joe Daniel explains why seasonal shutdowns can save utilities, and customers, money.
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Ep. 71: Stressed-Out Fish and Ocean Acidification: Consequences of Climate Change
Dr. Sarah Cooley explains how changes in ocean chemistry are having a ripple effect on sea life and our economy.
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Ep. 70: Why Trust Science? with Author Naomi Oreskes
Science Historian Naomi Oreskes explains why science's social character makes it trustworthy, and what we can learn from science's past.
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Ep. 69: From H-Bomb to iPhone: A Scientist’s Journey
Dr. Dick Garwin, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, discusses his work developing the hydrogen bomb, GPS, and touch screens, as well as his advocacy for arms control
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Get your science on with the new podcast from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Our hosts take on technology, attacks on science, climate change, and more, as they channel the power of science to make the world a better place.
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Get your science on with the new podcast from the Union of Concerned Scientists. Our hosts take on technology, attacks on science, climate change, and more, as they channel the power of science to make the world a better place.
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