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The Science Revolution is about science that matters and brings revolutionary ways of thinking about science. We cover the science important to the world as well as to our everyday lives. You will learn how an entire spectrum of scientific disciplines meaningfully impacts your life and our world. From climate change to neuroscience to physics and medicine - and sometimes the politics & religion that tie them to us all - this podcast will entertain and deeply inform you. Science comes alive i ...
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Will America hold Trump & his enablers accountable for 400,000 unnecessary deaths? Is this manslaughter, now that Trump brags that he actively ignored the scientific advice? Prof. Richard Wolff is here on rising food prices and the impact on global unrest. If prices continue to rise — on top of the pain of the pandemic — the world could be in for a…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution this week, look out, as Rand Paul may be infecting America with a brand new COVID epidemic, and we may have no protection. Investigative Journalist, Greg Palast is here on the Exxon Valdez disaster 33 years ago. He's saying, "don't buy Exxon's fable of the drunken captain." We just passed World Water Day and Rian…
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Coming up this week on the Science Revolution is Dr. Justin Frank, author of Obama on the Couch & Bush on the Couch. He's here on how to deal with the trauma of both the pandemic and 4 years of Trump... It's been a stressful time! Some of us have lost family and friends and have found it difficult to stay safe and pay the bills. The Trump years hav…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution is Beyond Nuclear's Kevin Kamps. On the 10th anniversary of the Fukushima Crisis, in a similar fashion to the current COVID-19 pandemic, opinion on Fukushima is diverging between those who are horrified by the health risks, and those who are angry at the possible economic damage that could be done to the communit…
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Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
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This week on The Science Revolution is Neil DeGrasse Tyson. He's here about his new book -"Cosmic Queries: StarTalk’s Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going". We'll be talking about, what is life on Earth and in the universe? How did the universe get to be this way, and not some other way? What is the universe made of? See Priv…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution is Nick Dearden with Global Justice Now. Should America have a "People's" Vaccine? Nick is calling for an immediate suspension of patents on Covid-19 vaccines, and an international plan to ramp up production as rapidly as possible.Barry C. Lyn from Open Markets Institute drops by on how monopolies have created a …
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Coming Up on The Science Revolution this week is Thom and Dr. Michael Mann on our fossil fuel addiction & how it's leading to “Bomb Cyclones” & Famines. If this week’s wild weather is a forecast of what’s to come, we need to get our carbon emissions under control quickly. As the Jet Stream to our north, and the Gulf Stream to our east continue to w…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution this week is - Dr. Bandy Lee, Yale School of Medicine, author of The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump. She joins us on how Trump and other cult leaders infect their disciples. Plus Professor Richard Silberstein, Chief Scientist & Director of Neuro-Insight’s research program, drops by to explain the neuroscience of …
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On The Science Revolution this week is Dr. Michael Mann on the new Climate War. He shares how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change. And Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding drops by warning us the coronavirus could be a ‘thermonuclear pandemic.’ He'll also talk about the new C…
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Coming up on The Science Revolution today - Dr. Justin A. Frank is here on the psychology of mob mentality & violence; what propels a mob? Dr. Sam Metz, a member of Mad as Hell Doctors, drops by, on the need for federal legislation to allow individual states to create true state-wide universal healthcare plans, especially single payer plans. Stay t…
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On the Science Revolution this week - Will AI Robots Destroy the Human Race? And why does AI intelligence bond more with the far right? John Noël Greenpeace USA is here on how, he thinks, big oil & gas funded the attempted coup on Jan 6th. Latricea Adams of Black Millennials 4 Flint drops by saying, finally...charges on the Flint water crisis! It's…
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On the Science Revolution this week is Dr Justin Frank, MD. He's here on the Psychology of Authoritarianism. We'll be taking a deep dive into the mind of Trump and his followers; where and how does the authoritarian mind begin? Plus - The vaccine effort has failed - Can it be fixed or should we just do the one shot approach? See Privacy Policy at h…
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Dr. Edwin C. May Joins the Science Revolution this week for an in-depth interview on how the federal government used ESP to spy on foreign governments. In brief: The US Military and Intelligence communities funded a 20 year program to collect intelligence during the Cold War by using so-called psychics. Did it work? Was it successful? What happened…
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This week's Science Revolution is an in-depth interview with Dr. Michael Mann on the topic of climate change. Some of the climate issues we'll be covering are- what are the systemic things in business and politics we need to address? Will there be “safer” places on earth? What’s the lag time between emissions and tipping points or other changes? Wh…
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On The Science Revolution this week is Melissa Troutman & Joshua Boaz Pribanic on their new documentary, with Mark Ruffalo, called The Invisible Hand. The Rights of Nature movement captured in INVISIBLE HAND changes Nature’s status from property to living entity. This fixes a fundamental flaw within societies worldwide that contributes to everythin…
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On this week's Science Revolution, Vien Truong, with Tom Steyer's Climate Justice, joins the show, with a vision for a Green, a Red, and a Blue New Deal. That vision includes Native Americans, a blue new deal for our threatened oceans, and a green new deal for our coastal communities. Dr. Michael Greger joins us. Have you gained a few Covid-pounds?…
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Covid has made it excruciatingly obvious that the Republican Party has devolved into a sort of wealth-worshiping death cult devoted only to wealthy people and big corporations who, in turn, fund their campaigns. Ellen Montgomery with Environment America is here on the Trump administration's rush to open ANWR to oil drilling- this could be catastrop…
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Dr. Michael Mann joins The Science Revolution for the full episode this week. He is the distinguished Professor of Meteorology & Director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University- his latest book is "The New Climate War". There's a new study out - have humans passed the 'point of no return' in the Climate Crisis and is there hope…
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Coming up on The Science Revolution - Why are Republicans are saying the mask mandate is "anti-freedom?" If you're hooked up to a ventilator and can't breathe, you're not free. The republican idea of “freedom“ is literally killing us. Nick Dearden, with Global Justice Now, joins me to ask, who should own the COVID vaccine that was funded by "we the…
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On this week's Science Revolution is Dr. Jason Hill with the University of Minnesota- he says cutting greenhouse gases from food production is urgent & that our food systems may be the "dark horse of climate change." Investigative Journalist Katherine Eban drops by on her new book, 'Bottles of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom'. Mari …
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On The Science Revolution this week is Brian C. Muraresku talking about how psychedelics played a role in the founding of Christianity. Did Christian beliefs and traditions evolve in part from incorporating pagan rituals that used psychedelic drugs? Also, senior nuclear specialist with Greenpeace, Shaun Burnie is here. Do toxic releases from Fukush…
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Coming up on The Science Revolution is how a green new deal could save hundreds of thousands of lives. Also, Dr. Justin A. Frank MD is here on Bush v Gore from a psychoanalytic and family dynamic perspective. Thom weighs in on how the GOP is an organized gang of sociopaths. Meet the 12 year old climate activist Haven Coleman. She'll be discussing h…
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In The Science Revolution this week - how does a nation best deal with a leader who intentionally kills its citizens? Kelsey Lamp with Oceans Advocate is here reporting on the new American blueprint for our oceans. This could be a sea change. Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear drops by on how more Fukushima water is being released Into the Pacific oce…
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On The Science Revolution this week there is more news from the republican death cult. We need to start calling things what they are. The Republican Party is a death cult. Ryan Felton drops by on why dangerous 'forever chemicals' are still allowed in America's drinking water. Professor Richard Wolff will be talking about the how and why capitalism …
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On the Science Revolution Dr. Justin A. Frank MD drops by on the current assessment of Trump's mental state. Meteorologist Dr. Jeff Masters will inform us on 2020's record-breaking hurricane season and how a hurricane can go from 40 mph to 110 mph in just 24 hours. Tanya Sanerib from the Center for Biological Diversity is reporting on how massive w…
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On Science Revolution this week, Trump Has Tested Positive for COVID 19 - What Does That Mean for America? Dr. Michael Mann is here on Greenland and how it is set to lose more ice than the past 12,000 years; this is a climate disaster. Jean Ross from National Nurses United drops by on the widespread failure to track and report data on Covid-19 deat…
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On The Science Revolution this week - Trump “never noticed“ a modern-day American genocide. He is trying to spread the virus as far and wide as possible. We should call this today what history will call it when it looks back upon this moment: genocide. David Kraft with the Nuclear Energy Information Service is here. It's time to End Exelon's Nuclea…
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On this week's Science Revolution - How Trump’s new “herd mentality“ strategy could kill 6 million Americans & destroy the economy. Trump doesn’t know how to run a business, so we shouldn’t be surprised that he doesn’t know how to run a country. His latest failure, tragically, is the United States of America. Economist Richard Wolff and Dr Justin F…
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On Science Revolution this week - Dr. Michael Mann is here on climate change & the west on fire. A new study showing planet earth may temporarily pass a dangerous 1.5℃ warming limit by 2024. This is a huge warning to us all. And former EPA official Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali drops by warning us we risk creating a apocalyptic devastated planet. Attorn…
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On Science Revolution this week - The impact of the Pandemic on Trump's refusal To acknowledge science or join the WHO backed vaccine cooperation pact. It's harming Americans as Trump brings the "con" into the pandemic. Dr. Bandy Lee is here on the science of hate mongering- Is Donald Trump's hate contagious? Eli Zupnik drops by about another broke…
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In The Science Revolution this week - Is Trump burying the pandemic & will it work? Dr. Michael Mann is here about the Greenland ice sheet losing 1 million tons per minute - he'll explain what that means to us. Dr. Michael Greger drops by on one of the most important questions right now - what can be done to stop the spread of animal-derived diseas…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution, Athan Manuel with Sierra Club's Lands Protection Program is here on Trump greenlighting drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-- will the oil companies show up? Adrian Shelley with Public Citizen is dropping by on the methane rule rollback and the Trump administration's continued assault on the climate.…
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Coming up on the Science Revolution, Noah Greenwald from the Center for Biological Diversity, is here on Trump's latest actions to weaken the endangered species act - as we destroy the wild we destroy us. And- Dr. Justin A. Frank MD drops by and says, ‘It is terrifying to have a president who is psychotic,’ and explains why Trump hates anyone who i…
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Is a drug maker sitting on a possible Covid-19 cure due to greed?.. Dr. Steven Amstrup, Chief Scientist from Polar Bears International is here - Could polar bears could be lost by 2100?.. Food & Water Watch's Tony Corbo dissects Cory Booker's bill to protect meatpackers and why it's important... In Geeky Science we'll talk about why the coronavirus…
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Will the virus stop the Trump Cult the way defeat in WW2 stopped the fascist cult? Also Dr. Michael Mann is with us on how the Trump administration boosts deregulation by undervaluing the cost of climate change. And Tony Corbo drops by- and there's a new rule! Americans are now eating chickens with cancer!.. Is it healthy? He'll let you know. Jenny…
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Have we reached a tipping point for methane in the Arctic? Professor Richard Wolff is here and we're discussing if we should have a pandemic tax to help fund the Covid-19 recovery - for the common good. Keven Kamps from Beyond Nuclear drops by to connect the FBI raids of the Ohio House Speaker to the billion dollar bailout of two very dangerous age…
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Sonia Shah, the author of "Pandemic" is here and she says it's time to tell a new story about coronavirus -- our lives depend on it." Dr. Enric Sala with National Geographic tells us how the benefits of protecting 30% of the planet will outweigh the costs. Lily Eskelsen Garcia with the National Education Association (NEA) is dropping by - how is Am…
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On the Science Revolution this week - Can Americans Stop the Republican Party and Their Billionaire Lifeline Before Another Hundred Thousand Americans Die? Dr. Michael Mann is here and I'm asking him about some of the new climate models that are projecting extreme warming. Are they correct? Remington Gregg Counsel with Public Citizen joins me on ho…
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In Science Revolution - I'm asking - will the new definitions of 1st World and 3rd World be those countries that have the virus under control and those countries that don’t? Connor Gibson with Greenpeace USA is here about 3 states that have made protesting fossil fuel pipelines a felony. Is protesting becoming illegal now? Also- Robert Weissman wit…
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On The Science Revolution this week - Dr. Michael Mann with the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University is here on the impact of the arctic hitting a whopping 100.4°F— the hottest temperature on record. Should we be worried? Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs drops by- will Covid-19 reverse globalisation? and toxics program advocate with U.S. …
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This week on The Science Revolution. About that happiness-- is it time to stop being so careful? Is spontaneity the key? And Professor Janice Brahney is here on "plastic rain" pouring down in national parks and everywhere. Plus- Tony Corbo with Food and Water Watch drops by to warn Americans the USDA is trying to outsource chicken processing to Chi…
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Bio-diversity is dying as Trump opens 5,000 square miles to the "Free Market." Dr Lauran Waller joins us to discuss the how and why native plants can sequester carbon better and longer. Plus - Jim Adams from the Alaskan National Parks Conservation Association is here on why Trump is allowing hunters to kill bear cubs in their dens. Are big game hun…
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On this weeks Science Revolution - How do we stop authoritarians, like Trump and Bolsonaro from killing more people in our pandemic? Trump and Bolsonaro, presidents of the United States and Brazil, are essentially refusing to do anything consequential about an epidemic that is killing massive numbers of their own countries’ citizens. Plus- Bill Fre…
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On the Science Revolution this week- What can we learn From a 17% drop in greenhouse gas emissions during the coronavirus? President of Mercy For Animals, Leah Garcés drops by about the millions of animals that will be culled by suffocation, drowning and shooting. She is concerned about the inhumane way we are dealing with the closure of meat plant…
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Dr. Michael Mann is here on how much the lockdown has reduced carbon pollution- the answer will surprise you. And, environmental scientist & writer Dana Nuccitelli drops by on Michael Moore's 'Planet of the Humans' documentary; he explains how it peddles dangerous climate denial information. Plus - Journalist David Sirota is exposing the coronaviru…
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On Science Revolution this week - Entomologist Professor Gard W. Otis is here; Are the "murder hornets" coming? They are capable of invading hives and decapitating the bees inside in just a matter of hours. Beyond Nuclear Kevin Kamps drops by on the announcement by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it's proceeding with licensing of a prop…
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It's amazing - cleaner air during the pandemic is proving the benefits of a de-carbonized economy. Dr. Jay Famiglietti is here on how the number of people harmed by floods will double worldwide by 2030. In Geeky Science don't miss the 7 things that happen when you stop eating meat, or eat less meat during this pandemic. And the Science Fact of the …
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On the Science Revolution this week - Has the Georgia governor rolled out a new death panel coronavirus plan? And Dr. Andrew Glikson is here on coronavirus vs. climate extinction; while we are dealing with Covid 19 we are also hurtling towards climate extinction. Plus, Dr. Justin A. Frank, MD drops in saying "Trump Could "See Dead Bodies" from coro…
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In this weeks' Science Revolution I'm asking if this is a "let them eat coronavirus" moment? Independent Journalist Dahr Jamail is here on his new book - "The Changing Earth: Indigenous Voices From Turtle Island", detailing the powerful perspectives of the indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada on the Earth's climate and interrelated Co…
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On this week's Science Revolution: Zach Corrigan with Food & Water Watch - Could another zoonotic pandemic be coming? Thomas Linzey Esq. with the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights (CDER) is here on the rights of nature, and how it may have helped protect Pennsylvania from industry harm. Friends of the Earth's Lukas Ross is dropping by …
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