Today’s episode is about nuclear fusion, a technology that might save us all or might be a complete waste of time and money. 

Guests:

Charles Seife, professor at NYU and author of Sun in a Bottle: The Strange History of Fusion and the Science of Wishful Thinking

Sabina Griffith, communications officer at ITER

Nicholas Evans, professor of ethics at UMass Lowell

Michael Wahid Hanna, senior fellow at The Century Foundation 

Actors:

Radio Host -- Brett Humphries (a Patron!) 

Moses Blackman -- Eden Rohatensky

Dr. Amelia Brand -- Soleil Ho

Lawrence O’Donnell -- Tamara Krinsky

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