Ikonokast
Ikonokast is a science advocacy podcast. Greg Laden and Mike Haubrich discuss topics of science with an eye towards the societal impacts of current topics in science. We emphasize that an understanding of science, and a respect for science is crucial for a modern society to use in deciding on policy. Our guests are entertaining and good at explaining the roots of their areas of expertise and how they fit into current policy questions.
- Website
- http://ikonokast.com/
- Description
- Ikonokast is a science advocacy podcast. Greg Laden and Mike Haubrich discuss topics of science with an eye towards the societal impacts of current topics in science. We emphasize that an understanding of science, and a respect for science is crucial for a modern society to use in deciding on policy. Our guests are entertaining and good at explaining the roots of their areas of expertise and how they fit into current policy questions.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2017-02-21 20:18
- last episode published
- 2017-02-18 16:56
- publication frequency
- 33.31 days
- Contributors
- Ikonokast
- Owner Author
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 10
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Social Sciences Natural Sciences Science & Medicine
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Episodes
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| 2017-02-18 | Human cultures carry taboos against certain forms of behavior, and one of the strongest is the proscription against cannibalism. Our literature and arts treat cannibalism as lurid and abhorrent, and yet we return to the subject in attempts to understan... |
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| 2017-02-11 | The new administration tried to silence federal scientists in ordering the official twitter accounts not to tweet. The administration of the 45th president sent out signals they were going to control the scientific message byscrubbing the government we... |
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| 2017-01-27 | Have you noticed that the word “philosophy” is sometimes used in a derogatory way, especially when the conversation is about science? Like the tee-shirt that says, “Without engineers, science is just philosophy.” Non scientists may not realize this but... |
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| 2016-12-08 | On November 8th, 2016, the entire planet received a punch in the gut. A political worst nightmare happened. The most qualified person to ever run for the office of President of the United States, Hillary Clinton, was defeated by the least qualified per... |
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| 2016-10-07 | In this iteration of the Ikonokast Podcast we interview Pennsylvania State University Professor Michael Mann. Dr. Michael Mann is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Geo... |
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| 2016-08-30 |
Better Farming, Better Food, Better Fuel, with Emily Cassidy Food. It is important, and it is connected to everything from farming to fuel production to climate change to the economy and everything else. Emily Cassidy is one of our favorite people to talk to, because her expertise is deep and her thought process... |
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| 2016-07-15 | This week we interview Dr. Christie Wilcox, author of soon to be released Venomous: How Earth’s Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry. You know Christie Wilcox from her excellent writing at Science Sushi, and elsewhere. Christie is an expert on thi... |
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| 2016-06-28 |
Skepticism and Science, Hand in Hand– with Donald Prothero There are productive scientists.  There are  skeptics, busy debunking cryptozoologists and ufologists. There are prolific authors of textbooks, popular science books and scientific reviews.  There are professors with heavy class schedules.  All of thes... |
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| 2016-05-26 |
There Was a Bang– Ethan Siegel convinces us that dark matter is real “It turns out that sometimes the measurements and observations are problematic. Sometimes the theory has reached the end of its limits of its range of validity. But in all cases the scientific method is the same.” From Neptune to Dark Matter Something ... |
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| 2016-04-24 | NASA has been using remote automated vehicles to explore the surface of Mars since 2004. Run by remote control programs beamed from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, the rovers capture photographs, scoop and analyze soil samples and even snap ... |
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