The problem with hard science news
Issues in science are often misrepresented by the mainstream media, to the despair of scientists and educators. In this podcast, NICHOLAS KAMENIAR-SANDERY spoke to two people – including Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty – who have been at the forefront of educating the public to think...
Issues in science are often misrepresented by the mainstream media, to the despair of scientists and educators. NICHOLAS KAMENIAR-SANDERY spoke to two people who have been at the forefront of educating the public to think scientifically and combat propaganda for anti-science views, which includes climate change and vaccination. Professor Peter Doherty is an Australia Nobel Prize-winning scientist who has written a series of books on how to think scientifically, including The Knowledge Wars. James Hoggan is the founder of DeSmogBlog, a website dedicated to combating anti-science propaganda on the issue of climate change.
Contributors
Producer/presenter: Nicholas Kameniar-Sandery is a third-year arts/science student at Monash. He has a passion for public education and science communication. He recommends The Health Report and The Science Show as the most interesting Australian science podcasts.
@n_kameniar_s
Interviewee: Professor Peter Doherty shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1996 with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discovery of how the immune system recognises virus-infected cells. He was Australian of the Year in 1997. He is also a National Trust Australian Living Treasure.
@ProfPCDoherty
Interviewee: Jim Hoggan is an author and co-founder of the website DeSmogBlog. He is also president of Vancouver-based public relations firm Hoggan and Associates, the chair of the David Suzuki Foundation, has served as a trustee of the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education and is the former chair of Climate Project Canada.
desmogblog.com, @james_hoggan
