Got Science?

Series produced by This Is Science With Jess Phoenix

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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.

Got Science? is a podcast from the Union of Concerned Scientists. It’s about how science makes the world a better place, and how scientists are standing up for science in the age of Trump. It’s the science, the people, the issues, the technologies, the policies, the public debate (or lack thereof).

We’ll be with you every other Tuesday to share inspiring stories of technical experts and citizens who are standing up for science, and cover new developments in science and technology that can help people live safer, healthier lives. And we’ll of course be pulling back the curtain on at attacks on science from the Trump administration and Congress.


116 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
From Wolves to Wildfires: A Firefighting Biologist’s Tale
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Forest firefighter and conservation biologist Jon Trapp talks about analyzing wildfires, close calls with endangered wolves, and the urgency of glo...

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  • Added: Nov 17, 2020
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
Reviving the Gulf Coast Dead Zone
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Series: Got Science?
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What happens upstream… goes downstream. Dr. Rebecca Boehm explains how excess fertilizer on Midwest farms contributes to “dead zones” in the Gulf, ...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
How Can We Distribute a COVID-19 Vaccine Equitably?
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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How do we make sure that vulnerable populations have access to a COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Ana Diez Roux discusses an equitable distribution plan.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2020
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 2
Farming While Black: How One Community Farm is Uprooting Racism
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Series: Got Science?
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Leah Penniman, founder of Soul Fire Farm and author of Farming While Black, discusses Afro-Indigenous centered community farms

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
A Roadmap to Restoring Federal Science
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Dr. Gretchen Goldman details what is needed to bring back and strengthen the role of science in government.

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2021
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lessons from a Community Living the Climate Crisis
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Dr. Pablo Ortiz discusses the intersecting impacts of climate change in the San Joaquin Valley, and how inequities are hurting the most vulnerable ...

Bought by WCNY and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Feb 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Clean Energy in 2021 and Beyond
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Energy expert John Rogers is back with new renewable energy milestones and advances in wind and solar power

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 2
The EV Promise: Taking Automakers to Task
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Vehicles expert Dr. Dave Cooke explains how US automakers make big environmental promises while lobbying to pollute, and what we can do about it.

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  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
The Science of Disinformation on Social Media
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Social media analyst Erin McAweeney pulls back the curtain on how disinformation spreads across Facebook and Twitter.

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
What Bill Gates Has Wrong About “Advanced” Nuclear Reactors
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Physicist Dr. Edwin Lyman discusses the safety, security, and environmental impact of several proposed “advanced” nuclear reactors.

Bought by WCNY and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Apr 13, 2021
  • Length: 28:14
  • Purchases: 2
How Science and the Law Can Make Polluters Pay
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Climate accountability expert Kathy Mulvey shows the path from rigorous attribution science holding fossil fuel companies responsible for climate h...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2021
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
A Science-Fiction Solution to Climate Change?
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Dr. Peter Frumhoff weighs in on a controversial idea for slowing down global warming: shooting particles into the atmosphere to cool the planet.

Bought by WCNY, KICI Iowa City, and WYAP


  • Added: May 11, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
An Analysis of President Biden’s Plan to Combat Climate Change
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Economist Dr. Rachel Cleetus digs into the specifics of the Biden administration’s ambitious climate plan.

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  • Added: May 25, 2021
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Empty Trains, Packed Trucks: How COVID-19 Changed Transportation
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Senior transportation analyst Elizabeth Irvin walks us through some surprising transportation patterns she’s been following throughout the pandemic.

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2021
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 3
Big Oil Upheaval and Growing Voter Restrictions
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Series: Got Science?
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Climate accountability expert Kathy Mulvey discusses developments in the fossil fuel industry and Dr. Michael Latner fills us in on post-election v...

Bought by WCNY and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 22, 2021
  • Length: 40:55
  • Purchases: 2
A Plan for Coal Workers as the Industry Dies
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Series: Got Science?
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Coal miners like Dr. Jeremy Richardson’s family members helped power the country for generations—now he and Lee Anderson of the Utility Workers Uni...

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  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Off the Charts Heat: Zombie Fires, Drought, and Heat Domes
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Climate scientist Dr. Kristina Dahl checks in with the Got Science? team on this summer’s dangerously hot and dry weather.

Bought by WCNY and KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jul 20, 2021
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
What Traditional Ecological Knowledge Can Teach Us
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Dr. Daniel Wildcat, a Yuchi member of the Muscogee Nation, explains how Traditional Ecological Knowledge can work in tandem with science to help us...

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  • Added: Aug 03, 2021
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2
Too Hot to Work: How Climate Change Threatens Outdoor Workers
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Series: Got Science?
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Climate scientist Dr. Rachel Licker discusses how climate change will affect outdoor worker’s health and earnings.

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2021
  • Length: 57:01
  • Purchases: 1
Why Tyson Foods is Bad for Workers, Farmers, and the Entire State of Arkansas
From: This Is Science With Jess Phoenix
Series: Got Science?
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Economist Rebecca Boehm and Nina Lakhani, journalist at The Guardian, expose the harms of near-monopolistic chicken production practices at Tyson F...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:05
  • Purchases: 2

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