<description>&lt;p&gt;In this episode we chat to writer and science historian Audra Wolfe about organised labour, constructing a union for scientists, and the myth of apolitical science.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Audra's writing has appeared in the Washington Post and The Atlantic. She is the author of Freedom's Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science and the award winning Competing With the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Audra Wolfe &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/ColdWarScience"&gt;@ColdWarScience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://neverjustscience.substack.com/"&gt;Never Just Science newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://audrajwolfe.com/"&gt;audrajwolfe.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://audrajwolfe.com/freedoms-laboratory/"&gt;Freedom's Laboratory (JHU Press)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "http://audrajwolfe.com/competing-with-the-soviets/"&gt;Competing with the Soviets (JHU Press)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/02/18/magazine/google-revolt.html"&gt; The Great Google Revolt |  NYT Mag&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-endorses-joe-biden1/"&gt; SciAm endorsement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02852-x"&gt;Nature endorsement&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/lawrenceyolland"&gt;@lawrenceyolland&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/gemmamilne"&gt;@gemmamilne&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/radicalscipod"&gt;@radicalscipod&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Radical Science

Radical Science

Scientists are workers too with Audra Wolfe

OCT 29, 202049 MIN
Radical Science

Scientists are workers too with Audra Wolfe

OCT 29, 202049 MIN

Description

In this episode we chat to writer and science historian Audra Wolfe about organised labour, constructing a union for scientists, and the myth of apolitical science.

Audra's writing has appeared in the Washington Post and The Atlantic. She is the author of Freedom's Laboratory: The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science and the award winning Competing With the Soviets: Science, Technology, and the State in Cold War America.

@lawrenceyolland / @gemmamilne / @radicalscipod