In Episode 8, Quinn and Brian ask: How do we safeguard science in American schools?

Here to answer: Don Duggan-Haas, a lifetime advocate for science education standards (he literally wrote the textbook, and yes, this is the correct use of “literally”), as well as Therese Etoka and Jai Bansal, two immigrant high school students who fought to keep climate change science a part of the Boise, Idaho public school curriculum.

Together, we form a game plan to ensure every American student gets a comprehensive science education. 

Also: Black Panther, Shuri (swoon), the Justice League, James T. Kirk, thoughts on Parkland, and more.

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Links:

Don Duggan-Haas on Twitter

Therese Etoka on Twitter

Jai Bansal on Twitter

Donate to send the Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change to every public school science teacher

The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change (online)

The Teacher-Friendly Guide to Climate Change (print)

So You Want to Talk About Race

A People’s History of the United States

Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes

Quinn Emmett on Twitter

Brian Colbert Kennedy on Twitter

Intro/outro by Tim Blane

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