Podcasts

Analyst Sarah Reinhardt explains why the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program needs to be strengthened, not weakened, in the next Farm Bill.

Follow the journey of Dr. Giovanna Guerrero-Medina as she grows from neurobiology researcher to organizer and science advocate for Puerto Rico before and after Hurricane Maria.

A discussion about why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention can’t study gun violence injuries and death, and how this leaves the public in the dark and at risk.

Voting Rights expert Dr. Michael Latner uses science to level the playing field for voters.

Physicist Dr. Laura Grego explains in lay terms just why the US ground-based midcourse missile defense system doesn't work.

Dr. Peter Frumhoff discusses how science is pinpointing companies’ impacts.

Sally Jewell, former Secretary at the Department of the Interior, talks about the Trump administration’s effort to rollback scientific and conservation safeguards.

Straight from the Los Angeles auto show, UCS engineer David Reichmuth talks about the drive to make EVs more accessible, affordable, and ubiquitous.

Former EPA administrator Gina McCarthy talks about the state of affairs at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Five esteemed scientists, including a Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, tell us why they are grateful for science.

Climate scientist Dr. Ben Santer, one of the first scientists to identify how humans are influencing the global climate, talks about his work and how he became the target of vicious attacks by fossil-fuel interests.

Former NFL player Chris Borland joins UCS science and policy analyst Genna Reed to discuss how powerful interests deceive, misinform, and buy influence at the expense of public health and safety.