Safeguarding Sound Science podcast

Safeguarding Sound Science

Safeguarding Sound Science from the National Center for Science Education combats misinformation, disinformation, and misconceptions with actual science. The second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on this planet. Host Mat Kaplan talks with scientists, researchers, and other experts as they dispel common misconceptions about evolution, discuss its sometimes invisible importance in our day-to-day lives, and marvel at the wonders of ongoing scientific discovery that help us piece together more of the evolutionary puzzle.

Safeguarding Sound Science from the National Center for Science Education combats misinformation, disinformation, and misconceptions with actual science. The second season of Safeguarding Sound Science examines the everyday impacts of evolution, the grand theory that informs our understanding of all life on this planet. Host Mat Kaplan talks with scientists, researchers, and other experts as they dispel common misconceptions about evolution, discuss its sometimes invisible importance in our day-to-day lives, and marvel at the wonders of ongoing scientific discovery that help us piece together more of the evolutionary puzzle.

 

#18

Star Trek Meets Evolutionary Biology (And Good Things Happen)

Star Trek is one of the greatest science fiction universes ever created, spawning 12 main ... more

26 Nov 2025

57 MINS

57:50

26 Nov 2025


#17

Teaching Evolution: Challenges, Progress, and the Road Ahead

The understanding of evolution has had a profound positive effect on human existence, from... more

19 Nov 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:31

19 Nov 2025


#16

Darwin's Reach: How Evolution Shapes Our World Today

Invasive cancers. Antibiotic resistance. Agricultural biodiversity. To better understand t... more

12 Nov 2025

59 MINS

59:42

12 Nov 2025


#15

Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic?

Maybe not, according to Todd Disotell, a biological anthropologist and science communicato... more

05 Nov 2025

55 MINS

55:46

05 Nov 2025


#14

Let's Talk About Sex (Scientifically)

Everything in our lives is related to sex, in one way or another. So says Carin Bondar, on... more

29 Oct 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:24

29 Oct 2025


#13

Baked, Steamed, and Frozen: Human Body Evolution in Changing Environments

In the flop of a movie, Waterworld, Kevin Costner's character (spoiler alert!) develops gi... more

22 Oct 2025

49 MINS

49:35

22 Oct 2025


#12

What Darwin Got Wrong ... and Very Right!

Charles Darwin is one of the most recognizable names in science. His On the Origin of Spec... more

15 Oct 2025

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:49

15 Oct 2025


#11

Human Evolution: Uncovering our Origins

You know the t-shirt, right? The one that shows the progression from a monkey to a human? ... more

08 Oct 2025

56 MINS

56:39

08 Oct 2025


#10

Peter Hotez on Vaccines, Evolution, and Your Health

Vaccine skepticism and efforts to curb vaccine access are in the news almost daily. This d... more

01 Oct 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:38

01 Oct 2025


#9

Safeguarding Sound Science Season 2: Evolution Edition

The second season of Safeguarding Sound Science from [The National Center for Science Educ... more

26 Sep 2025

02 MINS

02:42

26 Sep 2025


#8

The New Face of Climate Denial: Online Influencers

Like nearly everything ever created by humans, social media can be used for good or evil. ... more

23 Jul 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:47

23 Jul 2025


#7

Hope in the Face of the Climate Crisis: Youth Activism and Leadership

Though climate change represents a clear and present danger for all of us, it is young peo... more

23 Apr 2025

1 HR 07 MINS

1:07:45

23 Apr 2025


#6

Making Every Classroom a Climate Classroom

What do teachers want and need to know about teaching climate change? And how can they bes... more

16 Apr 2025

58 MINS

58:55

16 Apr 2025


#5

Today's Forecast: Climate Change, Trusted Sources, and a Sprinkling of Local Relevance

In a warming world, poison ivy is becoming bigger and itchier. That's the kind of personal... more

09 Apr 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:32

09 Apr 2025


#4

Zombie Theories Must Die! A Conversation with Climate Communicator Marshall Shepherd

Nationally recognized meteorologist, scientist, and author J. Marshall Shepherd describes ... more

02 Apr 2025

40 MINS

40:25

02 Apr 2025


#3

Miseducation in the USA: How Our Kids Are Too Often Denied Climate Facts

Award-winning journalist Katie Worth spent time in schools around the country talking to t... more

26 Mar 2025

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:56

26 Mar 2025


#2

A Century of Disinformation: Naomi Oreskes and the Merchants of Doubt

In her critically acclaimed books, Merchants of Doubt and The Big Myth, Harvard historian ... more

19 Mar 2025

52 MINS

52:51

19 Mar 2025


#1

What Climate Change? Michael Mann and Glenn Branch on the Climate Deniers

Scientists nearly unanimously agree that the planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, a... more

12 Mar 2025

47 MINS

47:41

12 Mar 2025