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As you will note in this series, the history of science - in any form, is not simply a fact-founded narrative. Rather, it is fraught with political, religious, social and economic challenges and pushbacks, all of which make my conversations with scholars highly informative and engaging.
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HbN guest: Dr. Ken Albala
Author of: Eating Right in the Renaissance
About our guest: Dr. Albala of the University of the Pacific has authored or edited 25 books on food.
In the news: Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, weight loss drugs that are all the rage.
In this episode (Aug. 11, 2023):
HbN guest: Prof. Samantha Zyontz
About our guest: Prof. Zyontz of Stanford Law School is a Research Fellow of Intellectual Property and a Fellow at the Center for Law and the Biosciences. She is a CRISPR expert.
In the news: The biggest names (Nobel Prize winners) and institutions in science fight over ownership of CRISPR in the US Patent Office.
In this episode (Apr. 1, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Gil Rabinovici
About our guest: Dr. Rabinovici is a Distinguished Professor in Memory and Aging, in the Departments of Neurology, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, at UCSF. He is the principal investigator of one of the largest AD clinical studies.
In the news: how ADUHELM, the highly anticipated Alzheimer's Disease drug, didn't live up to its potential.
In this episode(Feb. 18, 2022):
HbN guest: Prof. Dorit Reiss
About our guest: Prof. Dorit Reiss of U.C. Hastings College of the Law has written extensively about vaccine mandates and policy responses to non-vaccination.
In the news: States are ready to roll back mask mandates and proof of vaccination requirements. But the CDC says "We are not there yet".
In this episode (Feb. 11, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Golnaz Agahi
About our guest: Professor Agahi of the University of Massachusetts Global, School of Social Work, has over 20 years of expertise in alcohol and drug prevention and treatment, as well as suicide prevention and treatment - a subject she feels quite passionately about.
In the news: more than 100,000 opioid overdose deaths.
In this episode (Jan. 28, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Meredith Wadman
Author of: The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease
About our guest: Dr. Meredith Wadman. She is a staff reporter at the journal Science, and has worked in public health clinics in many countries. She is the author of The Vaccine Race: Science, Politics and the Human Costs of Defeating Disease.
In the news: President Biden is urging Americans to get vaccinated, to get their booster shots.
In this episode (Dec. 9, 2022):
HbN guest: Mr. John M. Barry
Author of: The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History
About our guest: Mr. Barry is the author of the New York Times Best Seller The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Greatest Plague in History, which won the 2005 Keck Communication Award from the United States National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the year's outstanding book on science or medicine. In 2005 Mr. Barry also won the "September 11th Award" from the Center for Biodefense and Emerging Pathogens at Brown University.
In the news: more than 1,000 schools across 31 states have closed, because of Covid-19.
In this episode (Sept. 23, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Greg Eghigian
Author of: “Making UFOs Make Sense: Ufology, Science, and the History of Their Mutual Misunderstanding,” Public Understanding of Science.
About our guest: Dr. Eghigian is a professor of history at Penn State College of the Liberal Arts and the Former Director of the Science, Technology, and Society Program there. His interest is now focused on studying the history of supernatural and paranormal phenomena. In particular, he is writing a book about the history of UFO sightings and claims of alien contact throughout the world.
In the news: UFO Congressional hearings.
In this episode (June 3, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Moriba Jah
About our guest: Dr. Jah is a well-recognized expert on space junk. He is an associate professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin.
In the news: a four-ton Chinese rocket booster was anticipated to crash into the moon.
In this episode (May 6, 2022):
HbN guest: Dr. Avi Loeb
Author of: Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
About our guest: Dr. Loeb is a professor and the former chair of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University. He is the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and a former member of the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White House. He has authored four books and some 700 research articles. His latest book is Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth.
In the news: UFO Congressional hearings. Former Pres. Obama: "I am actually being serious here. There is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don't know exactly what they are."
In this episode (July 9, 2021):
HbN guest: Dr. Jonathan Marks
Author of: The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Is Science Racist?
About our guest: Dr. Marks is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches biological anthropology, human variation and human origins. He is the author of many books, including The Alternative Introduction to Biological Anthropology, Is Science Racist? and Tales of the ex-Apes: How We Think about Human Evolution.
In the news: strong evidence of human existence in America some 10,000 earlier than previously believed by the scientific community
In this episode (Oct. 29, 2021):
HbN guest: Prof. Robert Verchick
Author of: Octopus in the Parking Garage: Beyond Carbon Toward Climate
About our guest: Prof. Verchick is the Chair in Environmental Law at Loyola University New Orleans, a Senior Fellow in Disaster Resilience at Tulane University, and President of the Center for Progressive Reform. He served in the Obama administration as Deputy Associate Administrator for Policy at the EPA. He has testified before Congress many times. He is the author of Octopus in the Parking Garage: Beyond Carbon Toward Climate.
In the news: July and August floods devastate the U.S. and other countries. Yellowstone flooded.
In this episode (Sept. 16, 2022):
HbN guest: Prof. Robin Craig
Author of: The Clean Water Act and the Constitution
About our guest: Professor Robin Craig of USC Gould School of Law specializes in all things water, and has authored, co-authored and edited many books on the subject, including The Clean Water Act and the Constitution.
In the news: In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court rejected Mississippi’s claim that Tennessee is stealing its water right from under it.
In this episode (Dec. 10, 2021):
HbN guest: Dr. David Takacs
Author of: The Idea of Biodiversity
About our guest: Dr. Takacs is a professor at U.C. Hastings College of Law. His scholarly work addresses forest carbon offsetting, biodiversity conservation law, environmental and ecological democracy, rights for nature and the human right to water. He is the author of the book titled The Idea of Biodiversity. He has been a consultant for international NGOs and U.S. government agencies, analyzing legal and policy issues pertaining to global climate change and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation. In 2017, he received the Rutter Award for Outstanding Teaching.
In the news: Pres. Biden calls for decisive action to combat climate change.
In this episode(Nov. 5, 2021):
HbN guest: Prof. KK DuVivier
Author of: The Renewable Energy Reader
About our guest: KK DuVivier is a professor at the University of Denver, Sturm College of Law and Chair in Natural Resources Law. She has won the Teacher of the Year award, and the Excellence Award for "Best Professor". In addition to teaching law, she has served as a Trustee-at-Large for the Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation.
In the news: Pres. Biden's $3.5 billion budget includes measures for green energy. But many environmentalists are crying out against green energy projects, not in my backyard!
In this episode (Aug. 13, 2021):
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