Faith Kearns talks with Bob about the limitations of performative science communication, the hidden risks science communicators face and her new Island Press Book, “Getting to the Heart of Science Communications.”

Why is social psychologist Daniël Lakens subjecting research to software's “red team” approach, in which developers pay independent teams to find bugs in their code? And could red teaming help in communicating that research?

Lion conservation scientist Amy Dickman on the myth of self-sustaining conservation in Africa, getting death threats from trophy hunting opponents and the false choice between evidence & emotion in science communication.

The chief scientist of Australia's Queensland state (and former chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy) talks about culling koalas, dreary conservationists & his biggest science communications failures.