Jul 31, 2024
In his latest book, Tech to Table: 25 Innovators Reimagining
Food, Richard Munson explores how new technologies are
revolutionizing agriculture—a traditionally slow-to-modernize
industry. In this episode, we explore specific innovations like
lab-grown meat and Impossible Foods' use of the heme molecule,
along with...
Jul 24, 2024
The TVA has been tackling some of the South's biggest problems
since 1933. What started as a solution to poverty, flooding, and
depleted farmlands now works on nuclear power and clean energy. In
this episode, Joe Hoagland joins us in the studio to discuss how
the TVA got started, what it’s doing now, and where it's...
Jul 20, 2024
As part of our STEM of History series, done with support from Humanities Tennessee and the National Endowment for the Humanities, I interviewed Dr. Ernest Freeberg about his book The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America. We first talked about why America during Edison’s time was a hotbed...