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The Scientista Podcast spotlights women (and allies!) reshaping business, politics, and culture.Hosted by behavioral scientist Dr. Sweta Chakraborty and former Assistant Secretary of State Monica Medina, this show brings you candid conversations with changemakers and thought leaders from around the world.Subscribe for behind-the-scenes stories of how some of today’s most inspiring leaders have faced challenges, made tough calls, and turned vision into real-world impact.
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- Yesterday45 min
Why Are We Fishing Antarctica for Omega-3 Pills? Ashlan Cousteau on Krill, Coral, and Nature’s Comeback
The krill that feed Antarctica’s whales also end up in omega-3 capsules on American shelves. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica sits down with ocean advocate and entrepreneur Ashlan Cousteau to talk about a climate story almost no one is following. Ashlan explains how krill move carbon into the deep ocean and describes what she saw on two trips to Antarctica. She also explains why she and her husband, Philippe Cousteau, started SeaVoir, an omega-3 supplement made from algae, wh...
- 3 weeks ago32 min
Can We Build a Civilization That Lasts a Million Years? Laurie Menoud on Nature, Scale, and Why Cheaper Wins
Industrial civilization is about 250 years old. Life on Earth has been adapting and surviving for four billion. Laurie Menoud wants to know what the first can learn from the second. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Sweta and Monica sit down with Laurie, founding partner at At One Ventures, which backs technologies that help humanity become net positive for nature. Her path began with a childhood microscope and led to microbiology research, where she was part of the team behind Mimiv...
- Oct 2, 202646 min
What Are We Willing to Sacrifice? Aimée Christensen on Data Centers, Water, and the American West
Idaho has sun, wind, geothermal heat, and wide open land. It also has a shrinking aquifer and data center developers who want its power and water. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica sits down with Aimée Christensen, founder of the Sun Valley Forum, to talk about the trade-offs that come with that boom. Aimée argues that communities deserve clear information and a real say before projects break ground. She also wants Idaho's water laws to reflect what each use of water is actual...
- Sep 11, 202629 min
From Prime Video to Net Zero: Sally Fouts on Leading Amazon's Climate Pledge
In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Sweta and Monica sit down with Sally Fouts, who leads The Climate Pledge at Amazon. Sally started out as a journalism major, worked on the Prime Video and Amazon Studios launches, and moved over to the Pledge three days before the world shut down in March 2020. She thought she had ruined her career. Instead, she helped grow the Pledge into a coalition of more than 700 companies committed to 2040. We talk about what actually changes inside a company o...
- Aug 12, 202617 min
Earth Supremacist: Kate Marvel on Feelings, Physics, and the Only Good Planet
Kate Marvel spent years studying the entire universe. Her conclusion: most of it is garbage, and Earth is the only good planet. So the astrophysicist became a climate scientist, and in this live conversation from Aspen Ideas Climate in Chicago, she explains why she makes no apologies for being an Earth supremacist. Sweta and Monica talk with Kate about her new book, Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet, named a best book of the year by Scientific American. Kate makes the ...
- Jul 29, 202638 min
Dr. Amita Gupta on Science Diplomacy, Setbacks, and the Long Haul
Forty-three percent. That's how much research funding Johns Hopkins has lost in the past year, and Dr. Amita Gupta can tell you exactly what disappears with it: HIV treatment programs, clinical trials mid-stream, 600 jobs, and decades of trust built between nations. Gupta is the Florence Sabin Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and founder of the Gupta Klinski India Institute. She joins Sweta and Monica to explain why infectious diseases know no borders, ...
- Jul 9, 202635 min
Not a Belief System: Maxine Dexter on Defending Science in Congress
What happens when a lung and critical care physician trades the exam room for the House floor? For Congresswoman Maxine Dexter of Oregon, the answer is a kind of governing most politicians never learn to do: form a hypothesis, act on the evidence, then go back and check whether it actually worked. In this episode, hosts Dr. Sweta Chakraborty and Monica Medina talk with Dexter about the throughline connecting her most urgent fights — and why she believes science is "a universal equalizer...
- Jun 17, 202617 min
Scientista Currents: Debunking the Ebola Myths — Inside the Congo's Most Dangerous Outbreak
A deadly Ebola outbreak is tearing through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — and alongside the virus, something almost as dangerous is spreading: disinformation. False claims that the outbreak was engineered by NGOs chasing funding, that Ebola is a hoax, that doctors are the ones doing harm. In this Scientista Currents episode, Monica Medina sits down with infectious disease expert Dr. Nikki Romanik to separate fact from fiction, and to explain why the rumors aren't just noise ...
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