Cool Science Radio

Cool Science Radio is joined by autonomous car expert and writer Jason Torchinsky to discuss his new book, Robot, Take The Wheel: The Road To Autonomous Cars and the Lost Art of Driving , in which he explores the state of the automotive industry. Through wit and wisdom, he explains why autonomous cars are being made and what their future holds. It is a fun, colorful, and informed examination of how we might get around in the future, and a briefing on the fascinating history of human

Cool Science Radio welcomes Scott Kupor, the Managing Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Scott has just written Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It. Whether you're trying to get a new company off the ground or scale an existing business to the next level, you need to understand how VCs think. In Secrets of Sand Hill Road, Kupor explains exactly how VCs decide where and how much to invest, and how entrepreneurs can get the best possible deal and make the most of their

Cool Science Radio speaks with Gina Bria, who has co-written Quench: Beat Fatigue, Drop WEight, and Heal Your Body Through the New Science Of Optimum Hydration. 8 Glasses A Day is Not the Way . It turns out all those gallons of water gulped may just be hydrating your bladder, and not your cells. (Rebroadcast)

Cool Science Radio welcomes investigative journalist and Fortune magazine contributor Katherine Eban . Last time you filled a prescription, did you pay attention to whether the prescription you received was a generic drug? You likely hoped so, because generics are always cheaper. In fact, the widespread use of generic drugs has been hailed as one of the most important public health developments of the twentieth century. But who is manufacturing these generics, under what conditions and against

Cool Science Radio welcomes Forbes publisher and self-proclaimed late bloomer Rich Karlgaard who has written: LATE BLOOMERS: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement . Karlgaard traces the development of our misguided assumption that early success is the best or only success. He then draws on several years of research and interviews with neuroscientists, psychologists, and countless people at different stages in their careers to illustrate why late blooming is in fact the

Cool Science Radio speaks with Jeffrey Rosenbluth , a spinal cord specialist at the University of Utah's Rehabilitation Center. He is the founder of Tetradapt , which creates biotech innovations so those with complex physical disabilities, namely quadriplegics, can participate in skiing and watersports. The program's technology features the TetraSki and the TetraCraft.

Cool Science Radio welcomes professor of history at the University of Washington, Margaret O’Mara, to discuss her book, The Code: Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America . She explores in her book how,, out of a small patch of land in Northern California, high tech re-created America.

Rod Pyle returns to Cool Science Radio with his new book commemorating Apollo 11. First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience offers an exciting behind-the-scenes look at America’s journey to the Moon—from the space race to the landing on the Sea of Tranquility to splashdown on Earth and the aftermath.

Cool Science Radio welcomes Charlie Precourt, a veteran of four space flights—including two as mission commander—and has logged more than 932 hours in space. Precourt was also deputy program manager for the International Space Station, chief of the astronaut corps and director of operations for NASA at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City, Russia. He is currently the Vice President and General Manager of the Propulsion Systems Division for Northrop Grumman’s flight systems group

Cool Science Radio is joined by Rick Smith , the CEO/founder of Taser (now Axom Technologies ), a pioneer of technology with the vision of making the bullet obsolete. Smith also happens to have a riveting personal story, having lost two friends to gun violence-- shot and killed. He resolved to find better options through technology and tackle this thorny subject in his new book, The End of Killing: How our Newest Technologies can Solve Humanity’s Oldest Problem. Smith argues that that technology