Cool Science Radio's hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek welcome leading business journalist Mark Bergen in this episode. He writes exclusively about Google for Bloomberg, Businessweek and others. He discusses his new book Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube’s Chaotic Rise to World Domination.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio John and Lynn are joined by senior editor of space and physics at Scientific American magazine, Lee Billings. They discuss what the James Webb space telescope photos can tell us about Jupiter, Mars, and Earth itself - Now that photos are regularly coming back from the telescope that sits a million miles away from Earth.Billings writes about the intersections of science, technology, and culture for Nature, Nautilus, New Scientist, Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, and many other publications. His first book, Five Billion Years of Solitude, chronicles the scientific quest to discover other Earth-like planets elsewhere in the universe.

Local resident Renee Huang joins the Mountain Life to discuss her work as the founder of Wild Women Tribe, a community group that connects like-minded women in transformational experiences outdoors.

In this week's The Mountain Life, hosts David Wintzer and Lynn Ware Peek speak with (0:56) best-selling author Nathalia Holt who has written a book about five female spies during and after World War II: Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage. (22:19) Then, New York-based energy healer and meditation teacher, Laura Chung joins the show to discuss her book, How To Manifest: Make Your Dreams A Reality In 40 Days. (37:14 ) Finally, local resident Renee Huang joins the show to discuss her work as the founder of Wild Women Tribe, a community group that connects like-minded women in transformational experiences outdoors.

In this episode of The Mountain Life, David and Lynn speak with best-selling author Nathalia Holt who has written a book about five female spies during and after World War II: Wise Gals: The Spies Who Built the CIA and Changed the Future of Espionage. Nathalia Holt, Ph.D. is the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls, The Queens of Animation, and Cured. She has written for numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Atlantic, Slate, Popular Science, PBS, and Time.

In this episode of This Green Earth: Dr. David Stoner, Research Assistant Professor for Wildland Resources at Utah State University. Smith speaks about the ever-increasing encounters with wildlife hikers and campers are having in Utah. Stoner gives us the facts about mountain lions, shares why drought and warming have the potential to increase human encounters, and tells us the best way to handle an encounter.

In this rebroadcast episode of This Green Earth the guest is Yale University lecturer Wake Smith, who teaches a world-leading course on the topic of Climate Mitigation. The course syllabus forms the basis of his new book, Pandora's Toolbox: The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention. In his book, Smith offers readers an accessible and authoritative introduction to both the hopes and hazards of some of humanity's most controversial technologies.

In this episode of Cool Science Radio John and Lynn welcome Pulitzer Prize finalist Katherine Blunt . She has written California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power Grid. Katherine is a reporter for the Wall Street Journal since 2018 and has written about utilities and renewable energy. Her coverage of PG&E, reported in close collaboration with two colleagues, was a finalist for the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and earned a Gerald Loeb award, the highest honor in business journalism. The series also won the 2019 Thomas L. Stokes Award for energy and environmental writing, as well as a silver Barlett & Steele award through the Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism.

Today on Cool Science Radio hosts John Wells and Lynn Ware Peek’s guests include:(0:56) Michael Kim, Chief Information Officer at a company called MultiPlan that develops artificial intelligence that uses machine learning to lower healthcare costs by reducing out-of-network claims and cost burdens.Then Pulitzer Prize finalist (26:00) Katherine Blunt who has written California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas and Electric -and what it means for America's Power Grid. In the book she adresses Pacific Gas & Electric’s Infrastructure failure and the connection to California fires.

In this episode of This Green Earth today's guests are: (00:13) Sageland Collaborative Conservation Ecologist, Janice Gardener, and the Saline Lake Outreach Associate from Audubon, Max Malmquist. They discuss the results of the recent Intermountain West Shorebird Survey. Then, (34:48) Jordan Clayton from Utah Snow Survey breaks down the water report from August and talks about what is forecasted for the fall.