Today’s episode is about nuclear fusion, a technology that might save us all or might be a complete waste of time and money. 

Guests:


Charles Seife, professor at NYU and author of Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking



Sabina Griffith, communications officer at ITER


Nicholas Evans, professor of ethics at UMass Lowell


Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow at The Century Foundation 


Actors:

Radio Host -- Brett Humphries (a Patron!) 

Moses Blackman -- Eden Rohatensky


Dr. Amelia Brand -- Soleil Ho


Lawrence O’Donnell -- Tamara Krinsky



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