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A Podcast About Science, History, and ExplorationEpisode 6: NASA in the Age of Trump
Rep. Jim Bridenstine
In September President Trump nominated Jim Bridenstine – a three term Congressman from Oklahoma– to lead NASA. Bridenstine’s been a champion of space exploration in Congress. But his nomination has run into some trouble. Bridenstine is a big supporter of human space exploration. Its not clear, though, how much he supports NASA’s scientific missions, especially those focused on climate change.
Dan Vergano
Discussing Bridenstine’s nomination and other issues confronting NASA is Dan Vergano, science reporter for BuzzFeed. Vergano has reported on science for National Geographic and USA Today. In 2008 he was named a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University.
Coming Tuesday: NASA in the Age of Trump
photo credit: The Atlantic
President Trump’s nomination of Rep. Jim Bridenstine to be the new NASA Administrator has been controversial. How would Bridenstine, a climate change skeptic, prioritize earth science research at NASA? BuzzFeed science reporter Dan Vergano breaks it down along with other NASA-related issues in the Time to Eat the Dogs podcast, out on Tuesday.
For more on Bridenstine’s positions, read Will Thomas’s analysis at the American Institute of Physics.
Episode 5: The Mystery of the Franklin Expedition
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In 1845, two British naval ships left England with 129 men in search of the Northwest Passage. They were never heard from again. The disappearance of the Franklin Expedition shocked the world. Dozens of expeditions set sail into the Arctic looking for the missing explorers.
Russell Potter talks about the Expedition and the reasons why it continues to fascinate people around the world. Potter is professor of English and Media studies at Rhode Island College. His book, Finding Franklin: the Untold Story of a 165-year Search, came out in 2016 with McGill-Queens University Press.
Potter’s website with Franklin links
Episode 4: The Ascent of Women Climbers
Ashley Cracroft, climbing a new route in Southern Utah. Photo credit: Irene Yee. Courtesy of Climbing Magazine, 2017.
For decades, the sport of climbing seemed to be “a guy thing” until a group of elite women climbers in the 1990s changed the landscape of the sport forever.
Free-lance journalist and climber Noël Phillips discusses the growing popularity of climbing for women at all levels. Her article, “No Man’s Land: The Rise of Women in Climbing” was recently published in Climbing Magazine.
Episode 3: The First Americans on Everest
Ten years after the first summit of Everest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, a team of 19 Americans and hundreds of Sherpas, attempted to do it again. The American expedition would be different from Norgay and Hillary’s. It combined high altitude climbing with scientific research. The climbing party included a glaciologist, sociologist, biophysicist, and psychologist.
I talk with Phil Clements, historian at California State University Chico about this strange expedition. It is the subject of his new book Science in an Extreme Environment: the 1963 American Mount Everest Expedition.
Listen to Phil Clements on iTunes
Press website for Science in an Extreme Environment
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