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028 Octavia Cade, The Stone Weta, and Protecting Climate Change Data
Exploring Tomorrow: Meaningful Science Fiction and Life's Big Questions
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Author and science communication specialist Octavia Cade joins me for an important conversation about climate change, effective communication of science to the public, and protecting data and scientific integrity in a world driven by politics and profit margins. In this challenging and eye-opening episode, Cade and I discuss the real-world inspiration for her novel, The Stone Weta, about the women who put their lives and work at risk to project damning data on climate change. While the novel is fiction, the reality it draws from is something we must face head-on in a world increasingly engaged in science denial.
Learn more about Octavia Cade's work at www.ojcade.com
The recent John Oliver episode I mentioned can be seen here: https://youtu.be/gPHgRp70H8o
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