This Week in Science – The Kickass Science Podcast · Dr. Kirsten Sanford Science Media

What is Your Science Policy?

·2 hr 16 min·5 clips
Adriana Bankston works for the only PhD physicist in Congress, pushing for evidence-based science policy.
This episode features an interview with science policy expert Adriana Bankston, discussing her work in Congress to advocate for evidence-based policies and federal research funding. The hosts also cover science news stories, including the jackalope myth's viral origins, bat social behaviors, a mysterious hominin skull, and links between microbes and brain development.

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A science show that threads policy, memory, and bat behavior into one restless conversation.

This episode treats science policy as a civic issue rather than a niche debate, moving through authoritarianism, fading memory, truth, and nostalgic mythmaking with a steady hand. Dr.

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Want a science-policy rant, bat hugs, and a warning shot against nostalgia politics in one episode?

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