This Is Science with Jess Phoenix
Science Podcasts
This Is Science with Jess Phoenix is the official podcast of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Jess brings her experience as a volcanologist and science communicator to the mic through science storytelling and conversations with dynamic scientific explorers, change-makers, and innovators. Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure!
Location:
United States
Description:
This Is Science with Jess Phoenix is the official podcast of the Union of Concerned Scientists. Jess brings her experience as a volcanologist and science communicator to the mic through science storytelling and conversations with dynamic scientific explorers, change-makers, and innovators. Ignorance is the disease, and curiosity is the cure!
Twitter:
@GotScienceUCS
Language:
English
Contact:
6173018022
Email:
podcast@ucsusa.org
Episodes
Earth Day Two Ways
4/16/2024
Jess hosts a conversation between climate scientist Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel and environmentalist and actor Eric Balfour about climate solutions and the future of humanity and our planet.
Duration:00:29:00
Feet To The Fire
4/3/2024
Jess talks with California's Attorney General Rob Bonta about a historic lawsuit he filed against Big Oil to hold them accountable for the devastating effects of climate change caused by their fossil fuel products.
Duration:00:29:00
What We Need to Make Democracy Work
3/19/2024
Longtime Washington journalist Jesse J. Holland talks with Jess about changes in journalism and communicating science in the age of social media and “alternative facts,” and what we can expect as the 2024 US election cycle swings into gear. This is the second episode in UCS’ ongoing 2024 election cycle coverage.
Duration:00:29:00
The Expanse
3/5/2024
Jess talks about space, science, and the future of humans in our universe with Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the award-winning authors behind the hit books and critically-acclaimed TV series The Expanse.
Duration:00:29:00
Near The Water
2/20/2024
Hydrologist Dr. Karletta Chief of the Navajo Nation talks with Jess about the unique scientific problems facing indigenous communities in the United States and what role science has in finding the solutions.
Duration:00:29:00
The State of the Science
2/6/2024
Dr. Mindy Romero, founder of the Center for Inclusive Democracy at the University of Southern California, talks with Jess about current election science and what we can expect to see during the 2024 election cycle.
Duration:00:29:00
Look For The Helpers - Part 2
1/23/2024
In the second part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess visits the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project to talk with co-founder and co-director Ms. Margaret Gordon about local health and environmental impacts of - and solutions to - living next to one of the nation's busiest shipping ports.
Duration:00:29:01
Look For The Helpers - Part 1
1/9/2024
In the first part of this special Clean Transportation mini-series Jess talks with Adam Browning of Forum Mobility about the future of heavy-duty electric trucks.
Duration:00:29:00
Happy Holidays, Science Friends!
12/26/2023
Happy Holidays and a wonderful New Year from all of us at the Union of Concerned Scientists!
Duration:00:01:20
The Highest Stakes
12/12/2023
With the backdrop of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), Jess catches up with lawyer and climate negotiator Hafij Khan about the critical Loss and Damage fund and this year's conference.
Duration:00:29:00
Special Episode - This Is Science Thanks
11/28/2023
Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.
Duration:00:18:00
What's Science Fiction is Prologue
11/14/2023
Some science fiction authors have an almost uncanny ability to see what’s coming down the road. Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both wildly creative and oftentimes extraordinarily prescient.
Duration:00:29:00
Ep014 SkinDeep Final
10/31/2023
Happy Halloween! Jess talks with UCLA librarian Megan Rosenbloom about the spooky science of uncovering what makes some old books extra rare.
Duration:00:29:00
Dust To Eat
10/17/2023
Jess digs into the science of soils and farming in the century of climate change with Dr. Rick Cruse of Iowa State University.
Duration:00:28:49
Science Fiction
10/3/2023
Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued propagation of science myths during the next US election cycle.
Duration:00:29:00
Ungulates, Overlords, and Uprisings: Artificial Intelligence Unleashed
9/19/2023
Jess talks with artificial intelligence experts Chris Mattmann of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Meriem Bekka of vmWare about the technological, social, and environmental aspects of our A.I. future.
Duration:00:58:00
Wet Hot American Summer
9/5/2023
Hurricanes pounding both coasts, heatwaves and smoke from fires across the country, and temperature records falling left and right…Jess talks with UCLA climate scientist and Weather West blogger Dr. Daniel Swain about this summer of extremes.
Duration:00:29:00
Something Strange In Your Neighborhood
8/22/2023
Jess tells the stories of three invisible threats harming residents of major US cities with help from Julie McNamara and Darya Minovi of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Duration:00:29:01
The New Dark Ages
8/8/2023
Jess speaks with Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse about the influence of fossil fuel dark money in politics today.
Duration:00:29:00
Destroyer of Worlds
7/25/2023
Jess speaks with Oppenheimer biographer Kai Bird about one of Earth's most influential humans and his scientific and political legacies.
Duration:00:29:00