What Are We Willing to Sacrifice? Aimée Christensen on Data Centers, Water, and the American West
Idaho has sun, wind, geothermal heat, and wide open land. It also has a shrinking aquifer and data center developers who want its power and water. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica sit...
2 Okt 46min
From Prime Video to Net Zero: Sally Fouts on Leading Amazon's Climate Pledge
In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Sweta and Monica sit down with Sally Fouts, who leads The Climate Pledge at Amazon. Sally started out as a journalism major, worked on the Prime Video and Am...
11 Sep 29min
Earth Supremacist: Kate Marvel on Feelings, Physics, and the Only Good Planet
Kate Marvel spent years studying the entire universe. Her conclusion: most of it is garbage, and Earth is the only good planet. So the astrophysicist became a climate scientist, and in this live conve...
12 Aug 17min
Dr. Amita Gupta on Science Diplomacy, Setbacks, and the Long Haul
Forty-three percent. That's how much research funding Johns Hopkins has lost in the past year, and Dr. Amita Gupta can tell you exactly what disappears with it: HIV treatment programs, clinical trials...
29 Juli 38min
Not a Belief System: Maxine Dexter on Defending Science in Congress
What happens when a lung and critical care physician trades the exam room for the House floor? For Congresswoman Maxine Dexter of Oregon, the answer is a kind of governing most politicians never learn...
9 Juli 35min
Scientista Currents: Debunking the Ebola Myths — Inside the Congo's Most Dangerous Outbreak
A deadly Ebola outbreak is tearing through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — and alongside the virus, something almost as dangerous is spreading: disinformation. False claims that the outbrea...
17 Juni 17min
It's Not About the Fish, It's About the People — Inside WWF's Ocean Work
Most people think saving the ocean is about counting fish. Sarah Glaser and Gabby Ahmadia spent years learning it's about something harder: people. On World Ocean Day, the two WWF vice presidents jo...
8 Juni 45min
We Had a Plan for Viruses Like This. Then We Dismantled It. Dr. Nikki Romanik on Hantavirus
Nikki Romanik helped build America's pandemic preparedness infrastructure from inside the White House. She's watching it come apart from the outside. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Sweta a...
20 Maj 31min
