The Origin of the FDA Mandate
Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.
On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome Ed Lopez-Reyes to continue our discussion of the national popular vote movement with one of its most important grassroots advocates on the eastern seaboard.
A Connecticut-based Republican strategist Lopez is chief consultant of Wolf and King Strategies and served on the Joint Intelligence Operations Center Europe Analytics Center in imagery and counterterrorism from 2002 through 2010. He also served on Utah Governor Jon Huntsman's 2012 New Hampshire presidential primary campaign steering committee and was National Cochairman of Republicans for Johnson-Weld in 2016. A member of the National Guard in Connecticut, Lopez also returned from a month long training in Louisiana.
Novelist Jennifer Vanderbes discusses the secret history of thalidomide in America.
Mathematician Coco Krumme discusses her book "Optimal Illusions: The False Promise of Optimization"
Science writer Benjamin Ehrlich discusses his new book "The Brain in Search of Itself.”
Author Chris Miller talks about the intersection of chipmakers and geopolitical crises.
Mycologist Keith Seifert discusses what could be responsible for the next pandemic.
Tech journalist Robert Buderi discusses his new book "Where Futures Converge: Kendall Square and the Making of a Global Innovation Hub."
Undark magazine editor Ashley Smart discusses the intersection of science and society.
Science journalist Chelsea Conaboy discusses how parenthood evolves the brain.
Author Rachel Gross discusses her new book Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage.
Science journalist Richard Conniff discusses public health policies.
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