Science & Society: Global Challenges Discussion Series

The Science & Society: Global Challenges discussion series offers candid conversations with leading scientists, economists, and politicians on global science policy issues, and are hosted by award-winning NPR reporters Richard Harris, David Kestenbaum, and Jon Hamilton.

Fall 2012

• Biosecurity: Confronting Existent and Emerging Unknowns (October 1)
• Energy-Water-Food Nexus: Connections and Conflicts (October 15)
• Climate Change: The Arctic as an Emerging Market (December 10)

Fall 2011

• Cyber Attack: Crime, Terrorism, or National Security? (October 3)
• Fukushima: Lessons Learned (October 24)
• Infectious Disease: Challenges to Eradication (November 7)
• Nanotechnology in the 2010s: The Teen Years (November 21)

Fall 2010

• Meeting Global Energy Demand (October 4)
• Enhancing Nuclear Security (October 18)
• Coming to the Table on Food Safety: Bisphenol A and Beyond (November 1)
• Climate and Energy Policy in the 112th Congress (November 15)

Fall 2009

• Acid Bath: The Impact of Increased Carbon on the Oceans
  (November 9)
• A Thirst for Power: Connecting Energy and Water in a Resource Constrained World (November 16)
• Corralling Swine (flu): Preparations for the Next Pandemic
  (November 30)