Gretchen Goldman

November 23 & December 7, 2016.

Gretchen Goldman, Research Director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, talks about the role of science in public policy, including issues ranging from scientific integrity in government decision-making to political interference in science-based standards on hydraulic facturing, climate change, sugar, and chemicals. Dr. Goldman holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in environmental engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in atmospheric science from Cornell University. She has authored pieces for Science, The New York Times, NPR, The Boston Globe, Reuters, Politico, and Bloomberg.

44:57 minutes.

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Emily Sheketoff

April 3, 2007

Emily Sheketoff, Associate Executive Director of the American Library Association and head of the Washington Office of the ALA, talks about the important public policy issue of Network Neutrality and the threat that AT&T, Verizon, and other corporate media giants pose to equal access to information on the Internet.

27:17 min.

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