Entanglements, by Undark
Undark Magazine
After a two-year hiatus, the Undark podcast returns with a new format and a new name: Entanglements. Join science journalists Brooke Borel and Anna Rothschild as they invite guests with both expertise and divergent opinions on some of the most contentious and politicized areas of science today, from vaccines and GMOs to deep sea mining, AI, and the origins of Covid. Their goal: To see if they can break through the discord and find common ground. Far from an exercise in false balance, Entanglements, like Undark, seeks to bring civil discussion — and a bit of fun and wonder — back to the intersection of science and culture.
Episodes
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Dec 1, 2017 • 24min
Ep. 21 Dangerous Dams
The environmental price of clean energy in the Balkan states and the rise of predatory journals. Plus, Part 1 of a two part series on what it means to be "alive."
Nov 3, 2017 • 37min
Ep. 20 The War on Polio
A campaign to wipe out polio in a corner of Nigeria where it stubbornly hangs on, issues in science journalism, and growing your own produce at home.
Sep 30, 2017 • 41min
Ep. 19 National Parks
Threats to the national parks, a controversial editorial in Nature, and a rare genetic disorder afflicting descendants of New Mexico’s Spanish settlers.
Sep 2, 2017 • 31min
Ep. 18 Atomic Bill
The ethical debate surrounding a New York Times reporter hired by the Manhattan Project to be its chronicler and cheerleader, as well as an effort to increase science communication in the public sphere.
Jul 28, 2017 • 38min
Ep. 17 Shades of REDD
A program to stop deforestation and protect wildlife in Kenya, a controversial literature review on gender identity, and whirling disease in Banff National Park.
Jun 30, 2017 • 40min
Ep. 16 North Korea
An effort to monitor public health in North Korea by studying refugees who defected to the South, media coverage of health care and addiction, and the effects on your body from being buried at sea.
May 30, 2017 • 37min
Ep. 15 The Virus Hunters
A visit with the virus hunters of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the state of long form science journalism, and a tool for treating obsessive hair-pulling.
Apr 27, 2017 • 37min
Ep. 14 Broken Prairie
The future of the Great Plains ecosystem, the downside of conservation in East Africa, and a recap of the March for Science.
Apr 1, 2017 • 38min
Ep. 13 The Great Black Swamp
The toxic legacy and uncertain future of Ohio's former Great Black Swamp, why you should be skeptical of scientific studies you read about, and the fight to restore some of North America’s greatest rapids.
Mar 1, 2017 • 33min
Ep. 12 Wear & Tear
The movement and evolution of the global leather tanning and textile trades, science journalism in the Trump era, and improving hospital food.
