We all benefit from a better knowledge of our collective history. I write for scholars, policymakers, scientists, and the broader public. Please contact me or Kathryn Marguy, publicist at Johns Hopkins University Press, for speaking, interview, or writing requests. I am represented by Mullane Literary Associates.

Op-eds and Essays

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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Project Troy: How Scientists Helped Refine Cold War Psychological Warfare”
The Atlantic
December 1, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]Op-ed: “Yes, Radiation is Bad for You. The EPA’s “Transparency Rule” Would Be Even Worse.”
Washington Post
October 8, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]Op-ed: “Who Could Stop Nuclear War in the Trump Era? These Scientists.”
Washington Post
November 14, 2016
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Why the U.S. Military Still Flies Cold War-Era Planes”
The Atlantic
October 18, 2016
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”When Scientists Do What Diplomats Can’t”
The Atlantic
September 26, 2015
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Physics from the Farm”
Belt magazine
June 23, 2015
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Why Cosmos Can’t Save Public Support for Science”
The Atlantic
March 11, 2014
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Science Diplomacy Works, but Only When It’s Genuine”
The Guardian
August 23, 2013
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”1955 Map Shows No-Go Zones for Soviet Travelers in the United States”
Slate
May 15, 2013
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Radio/TV/Podcasts

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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”How the Supermarket Helped America Win the Cold War”
Interview on Freakonomics
July 31, 2019
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Nationally Broadcast Summer 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Science in the Cold War”
Interview with War Nerd Radio
June 28, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Freedom’s Laboratory: A Conversation with Audra Wolfe”
Interview on Spycast
May 28, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Science and Power Politics: Freedom’s Laboratory”
Interview on WBEZ’s Worldview
February 12, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”In Science We Trust”
Interview on WHYY’s The Pulse
January 25, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Freedom’s Laboratory”
Interview on Science for the People
January 11, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”How Science Won the Cold War”
Interview on WAMC’s To the Best of Our Knowledge
January 3, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]Interview on New Book Networks
December 27, 2019
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”One Planet: Science and Politics, From the Cold War to the Present”
Interview on KALW’s Your Call
October 28, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”One Planet: UN Report Says We Have 12 Years to Avoid Climate Change Catastrophe”
Interview on KALW’s Your Call
October 15, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]Lead writer for 6-episode series arc on The Cold War
Series debuted January 3, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Can a Nuclear Explosion Be Peaceful? Scientists Used to Think So.”
Interview on PRI’s The World
July 11, 2017
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Can Scientists Help Defuse a Nuclear Crisis?”
Interview on PRI’s The World
November 25, 2016
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”In the Vastness of Space”
On-screen appearance in Episode 4 of the Age of Aerospace series
First broadcast on the Discovery Channel, March 2016
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”The Scientific Breakthroughs Behind Modern Fabric”
Interview on WHYY’s The Pulse
June 23, 2016
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Science Diplomacy”
Live interview (also featuring former Congressman Rush Holt and Vaughan Turekian) on WHYY’s Radio Times

August 19, 2015
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Welcome Back to the 60s”
Interview on  WNYC’s Mad Men Pre-Game Show podcast
April 3, 2015
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Press Mentions

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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Cold War Propaganda Spread the Myth That Science Isn’t Political”
By Rachel Becker
The Verge
December 11, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”We Asked 105 Experts What Scares and Inspires Them Most About the Future”
By Becky Ferreira
Motherboard
December 5, 2018
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”Scientists March on Washington and Cities Worldwide”
By Andrew Grant
Physics Today
April 25, 2017
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”What’s the Link Between Nuclear Power, Vietnam War, Stem Cell Research, and Now Climate Change?”
By Joshua Emerson Smith
San Diego Union-Tribune
April 15, 2017
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[su_column size=”1/2″ center=”no” class=””]”When Did Science Become Apolitical?”
By Francie Diep
Pacific Standard
March 13, 2017
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Audio Production

During my time at the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now Science History Institute), I created an award-winning podcast, Distillations, on the past, present, and future of chemistry. As executive producer from December 2007 to April 2009, I researched, wrote, and edited pieces for shows 1–67, all of which are available at the Distillations website.

Criticism

As a member of the the National Book Critics’ Circle, I’ve reviewed books for Science, C&EN, Boston Review, Endeavor, and Chemical Heritage as well as many scholarly publications. Please feel free to contact me if you have a title on the history of American science or the Cold War that needs reviewing.