Joining Cool Science Radio is Dr. Michael Selsted, Chief Science Officer for Oryn Therapeutics. Oryn Therapeutics has products in pre-clinical testing that could have a profound impact on the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases and life-threatening, drug-resistant infections.

Our guest is Kevin Holden, the head of Synthetic Biology for Synthego, a genome engineering company. Kevin helps us understand: What is CRISPR? How does it work? What are it’s capabilities and what are its shortcomings? What are the ethical questions surrounding this new technology?

We speak to members of Bozeman 500 Women Scientists, Drs. Emma Loveland and Katie Haase. Over 20,000 women of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) and supporters from more than 100 countries have pledged to build an inclusive scientific community dedicated to training a more diverse group of future leaders in science and to use the language of science to bridge divides and enhance global diplomacy.

We are joined by pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li. Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and the dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in his new book EAT TO BEAT DISEASE: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.

Our guest is Dr. Roger Sedjo who has written Surviving Global Warming: Why Eliminating Greenhouse Gases Isn’t Enough . Sedjo is a shared recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize. He makes a compelling case that doing more of the same, by focusing only on the mitigation plan of the Paris Agreement, will leave humanity increasingly vulnerable. He argues we must begin planning adaptation strategies—Plan B—which enable societies to anticipate and protect against the worst effects of inevitable climate

Rod Pyle is our guest; he has written Interplanetary Robots, the True Stories of Space Exploration . Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every corner of our solar system and beyond. Pyle also details plans now in development to look for signs of life on Jupiter's moon Europa, submarines that will dive into the hazy hydrocarbon lakes of Saturn's moon

Brian Switek who has written Skeleton Keys...The Secret Life of Bone. In Skeleton Keys Switek tells us that Bone is a marvel, an adaptable and resilient building material developed over 500 million years of evolutionary history. It gives our bodies their shapes and the ability to move. It grows and changes with us, an undeniable document of who we are and how we lived.

Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.) wrote, Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World Oceans. A retired 4-star admiral with 35 years of active service in the Navy, Stavridis served as the Supreme Allied Commander for Global Operations at NATO from 2009 to 2013. We speak with Admiral Stavridis about naval technology 50 years ago, today and into the future and we will speak with him about rising sea waters, piracy and political hot spots in China and Russia.

Jeremy Bailenson has written Experience on Demand, a book about virtual reality (VR). Jeremy is a professor of communication at Stanford University and founding director of the Virtual Human Interaction Lab. He offers expert guidelines for interacting with VR and describes the profound ways this technology can be put to use to hone our performance, help us recover from trauma, improve our learning, and even enhance our empathic and imaginative capacities so that we treat others and ourselves

Documentarian Bill Neal is our guest. He wrote and directed the 2019 documentary Long Gone Wild . This film carries an important message regarding the cruel and inhumane treatment of one of the world's most spectacular and beloved animals: Orcinus orca, the killer whale. Long Gone Wild picks up where Blackfish left off. We will speak with Bill about his film and the technological advancements that helped him make this film in less than a year.