The National Association of Scholars (NAS) has launched a new podcast. It features Scott Turner, NAS’s Director of Science Programs, who will cover topics that strike his fancy each week in the world of science.
Watch for a new episode every week. In Episode 1, Turner looks at two articles published in the May 1, 2025 issue of Science Magazine. In the first article, Turner looks at the resignation of “Punch” Panchanathan from his directorship of the National Science Foundation. President Trump and his evil henchman, Elon Musk, were demanding cuts in “woke” grants that Panchanathan found too much to stomach.
The second article concerns the forced departure of a star ecologist from the ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. He was forced out due to bogus allegations of a toxic atmosphere in lab. He was too concerned with the “wrong” kind of diversity, it seems: biodiversity.
Watch the full video below or on YouTube.
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Art by Scott Turner, edited for size.
