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b'Mom and apple pie. Computers and silicon. Martians and death rays. Some things just go together naturally. But how about science and politics? Science and religion? Science and fiction? These pairings are often unnatural and contentious \\u2026 but they don\\u2019t have to be.\\nDiscover how science can team up with other endeavors in productive, if surprising, symbiosis.\\nMeet a particle physicist, turned U.S. Congressman, who calls for more scientists on Capitol Hill. Also, a tour of the Golden Age of Islamic Science.\\nPlus, scientists named Elmo and Super Grover 2.0 teach small children to conduct experiments with the help of chickens and dancing penguins.\\nAnd, it\\u2019s not quite science but it\\u2019s not entirely fiction either: how sci-fi helps shape our cultural debates about the future.\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nBill Foster - Physicist and former U.S. representative from Illinois\\n\\n\\nCarol-Lynn Parente - Executive Producer, Sesame Street\\n\\n\\nRanjana Mehra - Docent at The Tech Museum, San Jose, California\\n\\n\\nBrooks Peck - Curator, EMP Museum, Seattle, Washington\\n\\nDescripci\\xf3n en espa\\xf1ol\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'