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For the Love of Science

A podcast from the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute

Oct 3, 2022

What’s it like to work as a climate scientist today? In this episode I speak with climate scientist Kristina Pistone about her research, her role on the sustainability commission for the city of Sunnyvale in California, and how our current system of science funding impacts her ability to do her work. 

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Jul 5, 2022

In this two-part series we meet two researchers who will soon be working with data from the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope. In Part II, I speak with Jesse Bregman, an astrophysicist who has spent his 50 year career at NASA Ames, and been part of some pretty amazing leaps in infrared astronomy. The...


Jul 5, 2022

In this two-part series we meet two researchers who will soon be working with data from the recently launched James Webb Space Telescope. In this episode, Part I, I speak with early career astronomer Taylor Bell about his work categorizing exoplanets and the path that led him to where he is today.

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Feb 2, 2022

Fourteen current and alumni researchers at the Bay Area Environmental Research Institute answer the question: What does science mean to you?

We hear from:
Geert Barentsen
Ann Marie Cody
Christina Hedges
Susan Hoban
Darlene Lim
Amber McCullum
Zara Mirmalek
Sommer Nicholas
Juan Torres Perez
Emily Schaller
Cindy Schmidt
Alex Sehlke