Isolationcast #4: Science writer Gemma Milne

The Sunday Salon with Alice-Azania Jarvis

The not-so-good news is that we're still in lockdown - but the good news is that we're still doing our isolationcasts. Today's guest is Gemma Milne, a science and technology writer, Expert Advisor to the European Commission and Innovate UK, and the author of Smoke & Mirrors: How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It.

I found chatting to Gemma right now particularly fascinating - I loved hearing her view of how the coronavirus crisis has been communicated and whether her grounding in science had affected her reaction to the climate of fear and anxiety (answer: not always). And we talked about loads else besides - from the benefits of a meandering career path to public speaking and sexism in the sciences.

Twitter: @aliceazania / @gemmamilne
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Buy the book here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/smoke-and-mirrors/gemma-milne/9781472143662

Edited by Chelsey Moore