Daily Episode 167 - Science is Being Murdered

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of the Trump administration's decision to fire the entire National Science Board and its impact on science and public health.

New news about Trump firing the entire National Science Board is one step closer to the death of science at his hand. Trump administration fires all members of US National Science Board | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera National Science Board members fired by Trump administration | AP News Delays have kept new NSF grants to a trickle — that could be about to change Science and Public Health in the Trump Era: The Dismantling of Evidence and Institutions, and Proposals for Reconstruction | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press Please join us on Patreon for weekly bonus content and to join our Discord community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Kory, Kellan

Topics covered

• science
• politics
• Trump administration
• National Science Board
• public health
• evidence-based policy

Keywords

• Trump
• National Science Board
• science policy
• public health
• evidence
• NSF grants
• political influence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Science Board, Al Jazeera, AP News, Duke University Press

Books & works: Science and Public Health in the Trump Era: The Dismantling of Evidence and Institutions, and Proposals for Reconstruction

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