190: The Politics of Anti-Science - Dr. Ginger Campbell

The Politics of Everything

My guest today is a podcast hall of fame winner so this should keep me on my toes! Dr Ginger Campbell is also a physician, author, and science communicator. She is the author of “Are You Sure: The Unconscious Origins of Certainty” and she is a member of the Podcast Hall of Fame (2022). Dr. Campbell began podcasting in 2006 when she launched two shows: Brain Science and Books and Ideas. Both feature interviews with scientists, but Books and Ideas includes more diverse guests including science fiction writers. In 2018 she launched ‘Graying Rainbows’, which took her interview skills to a more personal level. Brain Science is still going strong and is widely regarded as the best podcast about neuroscience.

She has spent over 20 years as an emergency physician in rural Alabama. In 2014 she went back to the University of Alabama in Birmingham where she completed a Fellowship in Palliative Medicine. She now practices Palliative Medicine at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Birmingham, AL, where she enjoys both patient care and teaching residents, fellows, and medical students.

Ginger enjoys sharing her passion for science and especially neuroscience. Her goal is to make these topics accessible to people from all backgrounds.

We delve into:

1. How does neuroscience relate to our everyday life and how we communicate and operate at work and in our own relationships?

2. Anti science is my topic for this show. This term really came to the fore during the Covid-19 pandemic when the new vaccines became in some countries not just encouraged but made these series of vaccinations mandatory for people attending work sites, mass events or travelling overseas. Why does being anti-vaccines mean being anti-science?

3. There are many modern examples of conservative anti science polemics. Primary among the latter are the polemics about evolutionary biology cosmology, historical geology, and the origin of life research being taught in high schools, and environmental issues related to global warming and the current energy crisis. Why do you think the seeming facts about these areas, backed by science is a target for groups or organisations who want to create friction in society?

4. How does religion and science interact in 2023? Are they really mutually exclusive? Explain your take.

5. Takeaway: What is your final takeaway message for us on The Politics of Anti-Science?

CONTACT INFO:

LinkedIn: (7) Ginger Campbell, MD | LinkedIn

W: Brain Science (brainsciencepodcast.com)

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