Science & Technology

This week, BAY MADE is proud to share "The Myth of So-called Artificial Intelligence," the latest series from KALW alum Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett, the duo behind The World According to Sound.

This week, BAY MADE is proud to share "The Myth of So-called Artificial Intelligence," the latest series from KALW alum Chris Hoff and Sam Harnett, the duo behind The World According to Sound.

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by Sophia Cope and Tori Noble, attorneys with the Electronic Frontier Foundation. For the past 35 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been defending digital privacy, free speech, creativity and innovation, transparency and security -- long before most of us saw the link between technological innovation and the erosion of many of our liberties, imagining what the future could look like when we get things right.Tonight's discussion includes such issues as the search of your electronic devices at the border, use of surveillance to monitor your travel, or your purchases, and the implication of the digital age upon your First Amendment Rights.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

With all the oversharing and data-mining, is there still such thing as a private life?

Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

This week, the Environmental Protection Agency, OR EPA, said it is shuttering environmental justice offices and laying off hundreds of employees. On Tuesday, around 100 EPA employees and union representatives gathered in San Francisco to rally for the agency and its workers. KALW’s Mary Catherine O’Connor has more.

YLR Host, Jeff Hayden, and tonight's co-host, David Bigeleisen, are joined by an all-star cast: David Faigman, the Dean of U.C. College of the law, San Francisco, who has written extensively on science and the law, and Bruce Alberts; a past president of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bruce Alberts is the editor of Science magazine, and was awarded the National Medal of Science by former President Barak Obama.Our discussion might include a discussion on "Good Science" versus "junk science", and question: What is the state of science education in our country? What is the state of scientific inquiry and research in our country, given the current administration? How do we train lawyers to present science in court? How do we train judges to decide which evidence to allow juries to hear and which to reject?Have some questions of your own? Please call us, toll free, at (866) 798-8255.

This week, BAY MADE is featuring episodes of the Whole Student, a podcast that features conversations with notable people about the teachers who influenced them and helped them become the leaders they are today.

This week, BAY MADE is featuring episodes of the Whole Student, a podcast that features conversations with notable people about the teachers who influenced them and helped them become the leaders they are today.

When the truths of science are always shifting, why should we still trust it?