New episode! @ncse.bsky.social is on the front lines of protecting evidence-based science education. I spoke with executive director Amanda Townley about misinformation, political pressure, and what it takes to safeguard scientific literacy.

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🎙️ New episode! I sat down with @melaniemitchell.bsky.social to talk about Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans and what it really means to think in the age of machine learning. We dig into hype, limitations, and the surprising ways AI teaches us about ourselves 🤖

Melanie’s 5th graders collected 550 books for Books for Africa.

I interviewed her about what sparked it, and it’s one of the most heartwarming stories we’ve shared yet. ✨

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Melanie’s 5th graders collected 550 books for Books for Africa.

I interviewed her about what sparked it, and it’s one of the most heartwarming stories we’ve shared yet. ✨

medium.com/@mickswiger/...

📚 New podcast episode! Books For Africa is the world’s largest shipper of donated books to the African continent. I spoke with executive director Patrick Plonski about how literacy transforms communities, ignites opportunity, and builds hope across generations. 🌍

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One of the only groups to benefit from Trump's international aid cuts: wildlife traffickers.

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🎙️ New episode! I sat down with @elizkolbert.bsky.social to discuss Under a White Sky and H is for Hope as we explore how humans are reshaping nature from coral reefs to geoengineering and what these changes mean for the future of our planet 🌍

open.spotify.com/episode/6KTP...

To prepare for our upcoming charitable give, our philanthropic arm recently discussed Doing Good Better by William MacAskill.

From that conversation, we developed a framework we call Measured Altruism, and I’ve written an article sharing what we learned.

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Happy Fourth of July! 🦅 Independence begins with books. 📚🇺🇸

🎙️ New episode! I sat down with @zubrin.bsky.social to discuss The New World on Mars, from the tech that makes Martian settlement feasible to the deeper meaning of becoming a multiplanetary species. 🪐

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To help prepare for difficult topics, our moderators recently discussed Crucial Conversations by Joseph Grenny.

I wrote an article based on that discussion.

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Physician and author Jon Lieff joined our science book club to explore how cells communicate to heal, protect, and even think.

We discussed his book The Secret Language of Cells and the surprising intelligence of the body.

Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/6dam...

Over the past seven years, our community has over forty books together. Here are the essentials: