About this podcast
Welcome to Science Counterpunch, a short, punchy brand for a YouTube‑first podcast that combines hard evidence, frontline scientist testimony, and rapid rebuttal clips to expose anti‑science influencers and actors while centering science and experts who’ve been targeted.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 28 episodes
- The ubiquity of modern propaganda · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 3“You can’t respond to a propaganda campaign with facts.” Because propaganda doesn’t need evidence. It needs a target. A decontextualized number, a catchy phrase and a villain are…
- The dark money behind anti-science /w Walker Bragman · 50 min · Season 2 Episode 2The COVID contrarian movement sold itself as a grassroots rebellion of brave, censored truth-tellers. But what if they were just part of a larger machine all too willing to…
- The real biosecurity threat /w Gigi Kwik Gronvall · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 1Biosafety rarely ends at the lab door, and biosecurity coverage gives us scary headlines but wrong perceptions. Right now, bird flu is spreading through a Utah mink farm, while…
- The Science Counterpunch Insights Library · 24 minI´m not going to lie. It often feels impossible to keep on top of things these days, between career, raising two young kids, health challenges and just trying to function, the…
- Cool worlds against cosmic misrepresentations /w David Kipping · 1 h 21 min · Season 1 Episode 10Is a cosmic rock truly an alien spaceship that the government does not want you to know about? Misrepresentations of scientific inquiry or hypotheses often aren’t an accident…
- Decoding anti-science gurus /w Matt Browne and Chris Kavanagh · 1 h 30 min · Season 1 Episode 9Anti-science isn’t a bug in the modern information ecosystem—it’s the feature. Today’s secular gurus don’t need robes or rituals; they wield academic credentials, technical…
- Tracking the fascist project in the US /w Christina Pagel · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 8Modern authoritarianism doesn’t arrive with tanks. It announces itself with spreadsheets, budget cuts, accreditation fights, and the quiet capture of institutions most people…
- Debunking vaccine misinfo with funk /w Dan Wilson · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 7What happens when fringe anti-vaxxers move from fleecing online communities to the highest halls of power? This week on Science Counterpunch, we’re joined by Dr. Dan Wilson…
- Fighting for the future of public health /w Gregg Gonsalves · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this episode of Science Counterpunch, we welcome epidemiologist, MacArthur Fellow, and lifelong AIDS activist Gregg Gonsalves to talk about what happens when politics is at…
- Countering Pseudo-Archeology /w Flint Dibble and Kayleigh Düring · 1 h 40 min · Season 1 Episode 5Ancient aliens. Lost Ice Age civilizations. Atlantis hidden under the pyramids. Pseudo-archaeology is having a moment—and it’s not just harmless fun. In this episode of Science…
- Stickly lies and engineered beliefs /w Stephan Lewandowsky · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 4You can’t fact-check your way out of a system designed to amplify lies. This week on Science Counterpunch, we’re joined by cognitive psychologist Stephan Lewandowsky to dissect…
- From research to resistance w/ Colette Delawalla · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 3Protest isn’t radical. Silence is. This week on Science Counterpunch, we’re joined by Colette Delawalla, clinical psychology PhD candidate and founder of Stand Up for Science…
- Effective dunking on science frauds /w Dave Farina · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 2This week on Science Counterpunch, we step into the ring with one of the most uncompromising voices in online science communication: Dave Farina, better known as the creator of…
- Science under Siege /w Peter Hotez and Michael Mann · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 1What do vaccines and climate science have in common? The same political actors, media ecosystems, and financial interests have worked to discredit both. In this inaugural episode…
- Chapter 12 - Science under Siege in the Information Age · 1 h 23 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
- Chapter 11 - The Marketplace of Motivated Rationalizations · 1 h 12 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
- Chapter 10 - The information cascades that haunt us · 1 h 33 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
- Chapter 9 - Secular gurus, sages and shamans of the modern hill tribes · 1 h 29 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
- Chapter 8 - Outbreak: Contained · 1 h 14 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
- Chapter 7 - Nature´s neglected gain-of-function laboratory · 1 h 14 minNote: This is a freely accessible serialized version of Lab Leak Fever. Audio voiceover was AI generated for accessibility. Find an overview of all chapters here or consult the…
