Episode 23: Science in the Trump Era

Hypes of the Week: 

• Highlighting a week of political calamity and its impacts on science.  
  
• A recap of AMS 2017 in Seattle, WA 

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Links we talked about:

• Trump gag orders on EPA/NIH (The Guardian)
• Some agencies told to halt communications (NYT)
• Organizations and agencies start "Rogue" Twitter accounts in response to gag orders (CNN)
• Is the gag order actually "fake news?" (NY Post)
• Trump halts EPA funding, then lifts the freeze (Washington Post)
• CDC Climate Change Conference Cancelled, but now it's back on..! (Washington Post)
• Should scientists use Wikipedia more to disseminate science information? (AGU, Earth and Space Science News)
• Facts are the reason why science is losing on the current war on reason (The Guardian)
• How to convince someone of something when facts don't work (Scientific American)

Science March in Washington D.C. April 22, 2022

• March for Science in Washington D.C. 
• Counterpoint to why we should not march in DC (NYT)
  

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Trump Travel Ban Protests at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport:

A Photo Recap of AMS 2017:

National Weather Association Committee on Societal Impacts Meet-Up

Pike Place Market

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​Minh presenting his research at the AMS Student Conference

Columbia Tower Sky View Observatory 

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Minh and Castle at Seattle's Gum Wall

Pike Place Chowder with the Virginia Tech Hokies

Minh and Gaige hanging out at Brandywine Falls near Whistler, British Columbia

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Songs of the Week:

​Minh: - Zak Abel
​"Unstable"

Castle: Dami Im
​"Fighting for Love"

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