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American Museum of Science and Energy

Produced from the American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSEcast invites guests from the world of science, literature, and technology to share unique perspectives from the realm of the highly trained and curiously minded.

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49:48

AMSEcast with guest Seirian Sumner

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2022/10/17

A professor in Behavioral Ecology at University College London, Seirian Sumner focuses her research on social insects, and is especially passionate about the world of wasps. She talks with us about her book, Endless Forms: The Secret World of Wasps.

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58:23

AMSEcast with guest Bruce Cameron Reed

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2022/10/10

The construction and legacy of the Manhattan Project is discussed

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42:36

AMSEcast with guest Kai Bird

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2022/09/26

Kai Bird is the executive director and distinguished lecturer at the CUNY Graduate Center’s Leon Levy Center for Biography. The author of best-selling books such as The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames and The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter, Kai spoke with us about the Pulitzer Prize winning book he co-authored with the late Martin J. Sherwin, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer.

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54:17

AMSEcast with guest Carl Zimmer

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2022/09/12

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28:10

AMSEcast with guest Andrew Maynard

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2022/08/22

A discussion showing casing how science fiction mirrors real life or perhaps the other way around.

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35:51

AMSEcast with guest Steve Brusatte

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2022/08/08

Steve Brusatte is an American paleontologist who teaches at the University of Edinburgh. Widely published in journals such as Scientific American and Science, Steve served as the paleontology advisor on the very successful Jurassic World film franchise. We spoke with him about his terrific book, The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World. "Dinosaurs diversified and some became colossal and so much bigger really than anything else that had ever lived at that point in time and

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01:05:03

AMSEcast with guest Michael Hiltzik

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2022/07/25

Michael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and journalist who writes for the Los Angeles Times. We spoke with him about his books Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age; Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century; Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex; and Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America. "The whole idea of “Big Science” which required so much funding

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36:14

AMSEcast with guest Linda Theresa Deck

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2022/07/11

For 15 years, Linda Deck has served as the Director of the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Prior to her service there, she was, among other roles, Director of the Idaho Museum of Natural History, and Exhibit Developer and Project Manager at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

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59:07

AMSEcast with guest Matthew Parker

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2022/06/27

An award-winning historian and biographer, Matthew Parker spoke with us on AMSEcast about his book Panama Fever: The Epic Story of One of the Greatest Human Achievements of All Time - the Building of the Panama Canal.

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49:46

AMSECast with guest Randy Cerveny

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2022/06/13

Randy Cerveny is a professor of geographical sciences at Arizona State University, and Rapporteur on Extreme Records for the World Meteorological Organization. He talks with us about all kinds of fascinating weather.

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27:29

AMSEcast with guest Greg Brennecka

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2022/05/23

A staff scientist and cosmochemist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Greg Brennecka joined us on AMSEcast to talk about his terrific new book, Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture and Donkey Kong.

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49:47

AMSEcast with guest Giulio Boccaletti

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2022/05/09

Giulio Boccaletti, an inter- nationally acclaimed expert on geophysical and ecological science, discusses his book, Water: A Biography, which examines the fascinating history of the connection between water and human society.

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01:10:40

AMSEcast with guest Simon Garfield

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2022/04/25

Simon Garfield joins us to talk about the fascinating worlds of maps and timepieces, based on his terrific books On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Works and Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time.

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44:31

AMSEcast with guest Stephen Kurczy

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2022/04/11

A journalist of fifteen plus years, Kurczy’s work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, The New York Times to name a few. Work and wanderlust have provided Stephen the chance to travel extensively and research a number of topics, including the fascinating basis of our discussion, The Quiet Zone.

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47:48

AMSEcast with guest Jon Gertner

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2022/03/21

Jon Gertner, author of The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation, joins us for a wonderful discussion of the world-changing technologies that Bell Labs helped create in the 20thcentury.

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28:46

AMSEcast welcomes guest Clifton Truman Daniel

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2022/03/14

Grandson of President Harry S. Truman. Clifton, the oldest of the Turman grandchildren, he also portrays his grandfather on stage in the one-man-play, “Give ’em Hell, Harry.” Clifton has written books on his grandfather’s family and legacy.

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01:01:41

AMSEcast with guest Cynthia Barnett

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2022/02/28

An award-winning environmental journalist published in National Geographic magazine, Politico, and Discover magazine. She is a professor and teaches journalism classes at the University of Florida. The book, Rain, which has garnered much acclaim, is our topic today.

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28:59

AMSEcast with guest Dr. Alan Icenhour

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2022/02/14

Dr. Alan Icenhour, Deputy for Laboratory Operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory discusses his role facilitates isotope production, enrichment technology, and the operation of ORNL’s nuclear facilities. He has also been senior technical adviser to the National Nuclear Security Administration and served as a Naval office on a nuclear submarine.

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44:50

AMSEcast with guest Jack Riggs

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2022/02/07

Jack A. Riggs served for 20 years in the U.S. Congress, including 13 years as staff director of the House Subcommittee on Energy and Power. A Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute from 1995 to 2006 he directed its Program on Energy and Environment.

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35:20

AMSEcast with guest Earl Swift

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2022/01/31

A journalist, author, and a fellow of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities at the University of Virginia, Earl Swift's seven books have punctuated a diverse writing career through hundreds of newspaper features and magazines. Today’s conversation revolves around the book, Across the Airless Wilds.

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