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About this podcast
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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- Can We Build a Civilization That Lasts a Million Years? Laurie Menoud on Nature, Scale, and Why Cheaper Wins · 33 minIndustrial 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…
- What Are We Willing to Sacrifice? Aimée Christensen on Data Centers, Water, and the American West · 46 minIdaho 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…
- From Prime Video to Net Zero: Sally Fouts on Leading Amazon's Climate Pledge · 30 minIn 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…
- Earth Supremacist: Kate Marvel on Feelings, Physics, and the Only Good Planet · 17 minKate 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…
- Dr. Amita Gupta on Science Diplomacy, Setbacks, and the Long Haul · 38 minForty-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…
- Not a Belief System: Maxine Dexter on Defending Science in Congress · 36 minWhat 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…
- Scientista Currents: Debunking the Ebola Myths — Inside the Congo's Most Dangerous Outbreak · 18 minA deadly Ebola outbreak is tearing through the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — and alongside the virus, something almost as dangerous is spreading: disinformation. False…
- It's Not About the Fish, It's About the People — Inside WWF's Ocean Work · 45 minMost people think saving the ocean is about counting fish. Sarah Glaser and Gabby Ahmadia spent years learning it's about something harder: people. On World Ocean Day, the two…
- We Had a Plan for Viruses Like This. Then We Dismantled It. Dr. Nikki Romanik on Hantavirus · 31 minNikki Romanik helped build America's pandemic preparedness infrastructure from inside the White House. She's watching it come apart from the outside. In this episode of the…
- Science Communication in a Polarized World (Recorded at EarthX 2026) · 54 minTrust in institutions is eroding. Climate action is more polarized than ever. And somewhere along the way, the environmental movement may have lost the plot on how to tell its…
- ABC News Chief Meteorologist on Why Forecasting Is Harder Than Ever · 59 minWeather forecasting is more accurate than ever—and at the same time, getting harder. In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, we sit down with Ginger Zee, Chief Meteorologist…
- What Science Diplomacy Looks Like in Practice (recorded at the Johns Hopkins Science Diplomacy Summit) · 1 h 5 minKaren Pierce, former UK Ambassador to the United States, and Juliet Gerrard, former Chief Science Advisor to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, joins the Scientista…
- When Old Songs Start to Sound Like Breaking News · 34 minWhat happens when a song written decades ago suddenly feels like it was written for today? In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica Medina and Sweta Chakraborty sit down…
- Isabel Klee on Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About · 40 minThis week on the Scientista Podcast, Monica and Sweta speak with Isabel Klee, author of Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About and the storyteller behind @simonsits. They…
- The CEO of the Union of Concerned Scientists on Fighting for Science in Washington · 32 minWhat does it mean to defend science in Washington? On this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica Medina and Dr. Sweta Chakraborty sit down with Gretchen Goldman, President…
- How Artists Are Making Touring More Sustainable with REVERB · 40 minOn this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Monica Medina sits down with Lauren Sullivan, co-founder of REVERB, to explore how climate change is already reshaping the live music…
- New York Is More Than a Concrete Jungle · 23 minIn this episode of the Scientista Podcast, Dr. Sweta Chakraborty and Monica Medina speak with ecologist Marielle Anzelone and urban forester Georgia Silvera Seamans about the…
- Thinking Like a Climate Scientist in a Risky World — with Sarah Kapnick · 42 minSarah Kapnick is the Head of Global Climate Advisory at J.P. Morgan—and before that, she spent more than a decade as a climate scientist in government, including serving as Chief…
- 1.6 Million Moms vs. Pollution · 44 minWhat happens when 1.6 million moms decide clean air is non-negotiable? In this episode of the Scientista Podcast, we speak with Dominique Browning, founder of Moms Clean Air…
- A Greenland Law Few Are Talking About — with Jennifer Granholm & Karen Skelton · 45 minIn this episode of the Scientista Podcast, we’re joined by former Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm and her senior advisor Karen Skelton for a wide-ranging conversation on…
