B4uLeap

A chat with Deborah Blum, a Pulitzer Prize winning science journalist and author of The Poisoner’s Handbook, which uncovers the birth of modern forensic science. And a leading toxicologist tells us why the dose doesn't always make the poison.

We learn about geoengineering and take a quiz: guess which one is NOT a real proposal to cool the planet. Also, how the chemical industry distorted science for decades, and genetic science clashes with human rights in the Grand Canyon.

A scientist, a lawyer and a beekeeper on pesticides, Bee Colony Collapse and what we can do about it. Also Queen Latifah, nut farmers, and should worker bees seek OSHA protections.

We learn about infant formula, hermaphroditic frogs, and why your taint is shrinking. Eveline Lubbers studies corporate campaigns to undermine human rights and environmental activists. We speak to her, and to Dr. Tyrone Hayes, who has been the subject of attacks by a leading pesticide company after his studies shows their blockbuster product feminizes male frogs.

We discuss synthetic biology, Silkwood (the movie), the color purple (not the movie) and why we should have stuck with khaki! Our guests are Jim Thomas of the ETC Group, whistleblower Becky McClain, and independent researcher Edward Hammond.

We speak to three Bay Area activist-Dads about fatherhood and progressive activism.