Science Facts & Fallacies
From CRISPR gene-edited embryos to GMO crops, biotechnology is revolutionizing medicine and farming. Scientists are increasingly able to make targeted genetic tweaks to humans, plants and animals to combat our most urgent global challenges—including hunger, disease, aging and climate change. Sadly, scientific misinformation spreads like cancer through social media and partisan blogs. Where can you turn for trustworthy analysis of groundbreaking biotechnology innovations independent of ideological bias? Who can you trust? Join the Genetic Literacy Project and our world-renowned experts as we explore the brave new world of human genetics, biomedicine, farming and food.Podcasts
GLP podcast: Fat acceptance harms public health; Consumers dont want to eat insects; 7 tips for sniffing out pseudoscience
Published: June 19, 2024, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 31 seconds
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GLP podcast: Can you trust industry-funded science?
Published: June 12, 2024, 4:01 a.m.Duration: N/A
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GLP podcast: About that lousy glyphosate-damages-sperm study; Social media can be good for teens? Carnivore diet facts and myths
Published: June 5, 2024, 4:01 a.m.Duration: N/A
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GLP podcast: Mother Jones blasts AAP anti-GMO report; Animals mistreated on organic farms? Why did humans evolve to love music?
Published: May 29, 2024, 4:01 a.m.Duration: N/A
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Podcast: Sri Lanka’s disastrous fertilizer ban; Bees are fish in California; More pesticide lawsuits incoming
Published: Aug. 11, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds
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Podcast: CRISPR can cause cancer? Vitamin B6 may fight depression; COVID ‘groupthink’
Published: Aug. 4, 2022, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 12 seconds
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GLP Podcast: EPA’s political weedkiller rules; GMO-derived beer on sale; Anti-glyphosate webinar review
Published: July 28, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 39 seconds
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Podcast: Guardian’s glyphosate hysteria debunked; Intensive farming and pandemics; Where did dogs come from?
Published: July 21, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 43 minutes 24 seconds
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GLP Podcast: Artificial sweetener-cancer study debunked; MLB and vaccine mandates; Cholesterol not so bad after all?
Published: April 7, 2022, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 28 seconds
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GLP Podcast: Activists dump grain during food shortage; The mirror lies to you; Anti-GMO study debunked
Published: March 31, 2022, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 42 minutes 53 seconds
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GLP Podcast: Ukraine war spikes food prices; Journalist sheds anti-GMO views; Creationism in schools
Published: March 24, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 40 minutes 34 seconds
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GLP Podcast: mRNA flu shot coming soon? Dogs really can’t eat chocolate; Marijuana-like ‘runner’s high’
Published: March 17, 2022, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 37 minutes 29 seconds
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Podcast: Save the earth—get a vasectomy? Glyphosate science vs emotion; Will Biden ban safe pesticides?
Published: March 24, 2021, 4:10 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 40 seconds
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Podcast: Why no flu season? Cloning endangered species; Free speech vs science on college campuses
Published: March 17, 2021, 4:01 a.m.Duration: 34 minutes 6 seconds
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Podcast: COVID vaccine—Bible’s ‘mark of the beast’? Gene guns and GMOs; Growing plants in space
Published: March 10, 2021, 5:01 a.m.Duration: 32 minutes 21 seconds
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Podcast: Sierra Club endorses biotech chestnut tree; GM salmon coming this April? Downside of genetic engineering
Published: March 3, 2021, 5:01 a.m.Duration: 35 minutes 53 seconds
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