TWiV 438: Drs. TWiV go to Washington

 On the eve of the March for Science, the TWiV team gathers at ASM Headquarters in Washington, DC with guests Stefano and Susie to talk about the state of science communication.

Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Dickson Despommier, Alan Dove, and Rich Condit

Guests: Stefano Bertuzzi and Susan Sharp

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Links for this episode

• Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education sci comm issue
• ASM Cultures
• Stefano Bertuzzi and the scientists' big picture (Washington Post)
• March for Science
• The March for Science (NY Times)
• I have always marched for science (virology blog)
• A scientist who studies marches on the March (Atlantic)
• What exactly are people marching for (Atlantic)
• Explaining science won't fix information illiteracy
• Letters read on TWiV 438

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Weekly Science Picks

Alan - Steve Ballmer's government data project (NYTimes article)
Rich - Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Dickson - Shanghai vertical farming
Vincent - Right-to-try sham and NASA media
Stefano - Why Religion is Natural and Science is Not and The Path Between the Seas
Susan - Rick and Morty

Listener Pick

Johnye - A capella CRISPR/Cas9

Intro music is by Ronald Jenkees.

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