Raw Science
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -How do you like your science? Raw Science brings fact-based experts to the forefront with the best science storytelling in the world. Raw Science Film Festival (RSFF) showcases best-in-class films globally. It was made possible by National Academy of Sciences and The Science and Entertainment Exchange.
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Episode 8: Determined
December 28, 2020 17:00 - 35 minutes - 2.53 GB VideoTopic: Determined | Raw Science Film Festival 2020, FINALIST Best Feature Documentary Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science Guests: Director, Melissa Godoy | Producer, Therese Barry-Tanner | Key Subject, Gina Green-Harris | Key Subject, Karen McElwee Description: This podcast explores how a Black community in Milwaukee, led by Gina Green-Harris, is contributing to medical research in a safe, supportive, and innovative way. Karen, a research participant from this community and film protagonist ...
Episode 7: The High Frontier
November 25, 2020 21:11 - 24 minutes - 865 MB VideoTopic: The High Frontier | Raw Science Film Festival 2020, Official Selection Feature Documentary Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science Guests: Director, Ryan Stuit | Producer, Will Henry | Producer, Dylan Taylor Film Description: THE HIGH FRONTIER reveals the untold story of the life and influence of the late physicist and space colony pioneer Dr. Gerard K. O’Neill. In 1969, Dr. O’Neill released the book The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space, which sparked the enormous grassroots movemen...
Episode 6: The Edge of All We Know
September 15, 2020 19:27 - 43 minutes - 2.72 GB VideoTopic: The Edge of All We Know | Raw Science Film Festival 2020, Winner Best Documentary Feature Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science Guests: Physicist/Director , Peter Galison | Shep Doeleman, Andrew Strominger Film Description: Black holes stand at the limit of what we can know. The Event Horizon Telescope links observatories across the world to simulate an earth-sized telescope. With this tool the team pursues the first-ever picture of a black hole, resulting in an image seen by billions of...
Episode 5: LIGO - The Way the Universe Is, I Think
September 15, 2020 18:52 - 38 minutes - 2.68 GB VideoTopic: LIGO: The Way the Universe Is, I Think | Raw Science Film Festival 2020 Finalist Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science Guests: Physicist Rana Adhikari | Directors - Carrie McCarthy, Hussain Currimbhoy, Mark Pedri Description: A character documentary about a mechanic-turned-scientist who tuned the machine that spurred a dramatic re-envisioning of the universe through the detection of gravitational waves. Over 100 years after Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted the existence...
Episode 4: Collapse
September 01, 2020 21:59 - 27 minutes - 2.04 GB VideoTopic: Collapse| Raw Science Film Festival 2020 Finalist Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science Guests: Dr. Nelson Varas-Díaz, Director/Psychologist | Dr. Domingo Marqués, Clinical Psychologist | Mark Padilla, Producer Film Description: One hurricane, one study, thousands dead. On September 20, 2017 hurricane María hit the island of Puerto Rico with category four winds. The local government reported the number of dead at 64, while a Harvard University led study estimated 4645. This film tells t...
Episode 3: Hanger's Limb
August 31, 2020 23:06 - 28 minutes - 2.26 GB VideoTopic: Hanger's Limb| Raw Science Film Festival 2020 Jury Award, Best Student Dramatic Short Moderator: Keri Kukral, Raw Science | Guests: Joel David Santner, Writer/Director | Markus Jorgenson, Actor - "James Hanger | Ryan Vaughaun, Sound Design | Film Description: After surviving a brutal amputation during the Civil War, James Hanger returns home emotionally and physically broken. In order to survive his depression, he designs and builds the first prosthetic leg with knee and ankle joints....
Science + The Law of Future Biological Threats
July 28, 2020 23:51 - 36 minutes - 688 MB VideoTopic: Science + The Law of Future Biological Threats | What does the future hold for dealing with bio threats? What can we do scientifically and legally? Topics include the opening of casinos versus churches, the speed and safety of vaccines, the role of simulations and preparedness, and the responsibility of scientists versus federal agencies and the courts. Moderator: Sr. Judge Loren Smith, US Court of Federal Claims | Guests: Dr. Asha George, Dr.PH - Executive Director of the Bipartisa...
Episode 2: Science + The Law | Future Biological Threats
July 28, 2020 23:51 - 36 minutes - 688 MB VideoTopic: What does the future hold for dealing with bio threats? What can we do scientifically and legally? Opening of casinos versus churches, the speed and safety of vaccines, the role of simulations and preparedness, and the responsibility of scientists versus federal agencies and the courts. Moderator: Sr. Judge Loren Smith, US Court of Federal Claims Guests: Dr. Asha George, Dr.PH -Executive Director of the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | Dr. Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distin...
Science + The Law | Future Biological Threats
July 28, 2020 23:51 - 36 minutes - 688 MB VideoTopic: Science + The Law | Future Biological Threats - What does the future hold for dealing with bio threats? What can we do scientifically and legally? Topics include the opening of casinos versus churches, the speed and safety of vaccines, the role of simulations and preparedness, and the responsibility of scientists versus federal agencies and the courts. Moderator: Sr. Judge Loren Smith, US Court of Federal Claims | Guests: Dr. Asha George, Dr.PH - Executive Director of the Bipartisan...
COVID-19 + Movement of People
July 07, 2020 13:58 - 53 minutes - 4 GB VideoTopic: Limits of government control over the movement of people including the dangers based on science. | Moderator: Sr. Judge Loren Smith, US Court of Federal Claims | Guests: Dr. Asha George, Dr.PH - Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | Dr. Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago | Partner: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Length: 53 ...
Episode 1: COVID-19 + Movement of People
July 07, 2020 13:58 - 53 minutes - 4 GB VideoTopic: Limits of government control over the movement of people including the dangers based on science. | Moderator: Sr. Judge Loren Smith, US Court of Federal Claims | Guests: Dr. Asha George, Dr.PH - Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense | Dr. Robert Rosner, William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the Departments of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago | Partner: Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Length: 53 ...