S1E5: Bob McDonald on curiosity, climate, and communicating science
Season 1, Episode 5 — Bob McDonald on curiosity, climate, and communicating science
Science enters public life through communication long before it reaches governments or policy debates. In this conversation, Bob McDonald, chief science correspondent for the CBC and longtime host of Quirks and Quarks, reflects on more than five decades spent translating scientific discovery for public audiences.
Drawing on a career shaped by the Apollo era, environmental reporting, and rapid technological change, McDonald discusses how public understanding of science has evolved alongside growing political…
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