C4E Presents

From Stony Brook University's Collaborative for the Earth, C4E Presents explores environmental science, climate change, and actionable climate solutions through engaging talks with environmental scholars and scientists. Host Heather Lynch guides listeners through environmental science issues, including marine plastics and climate attribution, to confront today's toughest climate challenges. Discover expert perspectives and solutions for a healthier planet. Learn more at stonybrook.edu/c4e/

C4E Presents is a science podcast hosted by Stony Brook University, with 67 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Stony Brook University hosts C4E Presents, a science show with 67 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  Nuclear Power ‘Baloney’ | C4E Presents #048

  Sep 15, 202624 minS4

  Investigative journalist Karl Grossman has had his eye on nuclear energy since the 1970s. Grossman, an author and nationally syndicated television host turned journalism professor and co-founder of the anti-nuclear proliferation group, Beyond Nuclear, told producer J.D. Allen that the shift to nuclear power to fight climate change is just baloney — a result of media failures since the fight to stop the Shoreham Nuclear Power Plant on Long Island. This is a director’s cut of America's Nuclear Future , a national radio broadcast special from American Public Media . Learn more: Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power (1980) Why Is There More Media Talk About Using Nuclear Weapons Than About Banning Them? Stony Brook University Archives: Shoreham and Three Mile Island Collection Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: 01:08 Grossman Origins 01:35 Three Mile Island Wakeup 04:51 Nuclear Green Claims 06:38 Disaster Death Tolls 10:02 Rickover’s Warning 11:44 Shoreham Nuclear Park 14:34 Investigating Shoreham Risks 18:56 Restarting Old Reactors 20:35 Media Accountability 23:54 Better Watchdogs Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Host: Heather Lynch Editor: J.D. Allen Producer: Jordan Vallone Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday

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  America’s Nuclear Future | C4E Presents: National Special #001

  Apr 21, 202656 minS3

  This special episode of Collaborative for the Earth (C4E) examines how U.S. efforts to move away from fossil fuels collide with surging electricity demand from AI and data centers, prompting companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google to pursue nuclear power. Distributed by American Public Media from January through April 2026, C4E presents in its first national radio broadcast the history of nuclear energy in the United States, from Eisenhower’s 1953 “Atoms for Peace” through Three Mile Island, and changing public opinion under the Trump administration. Today, approximately 94 reactors supply just over 18% of U.S. utility-scale electricity. The narrative episode explores the restarting of shuttered plants, the promise and skepticism around small modular reactors, and shifts in energy policy as climate solutions that were discussed during an April 2025 Governor’s Island forum debate, in partnership with The New York Climate Exchange. Learn more with: SBU’s Collaborative for the Earth Debuts National Broadcast Special on Nuclear Energy SBU Hosts 2nd Annual Environmental Forum on Nuclear Energy’s Role in Climate Solutions Understanding Nuclear Energy with C4E’s ‘Nuclear 101’ Conversation Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: 01:25 Three Mile Island Shock 04:05 Nuclear Numbers Shift 05:54 Why This Podcast 07:21 AI Power Hunger 11:13 Restarting Old Reactors 13:47 Debating Nuclear Role 20:47 Safety After Fukushima 25:34 Regulation Lessons Learned 27:01 Nuclear Waste Dilemma 31:31 Do We Need Nuclear 32:50 Long Island Case Study 35:28 Build Times and Costs 37:23 Safety Versus Speed 41:10 Geopolitics and Supply Chains 45:43 Four Paths to Expand 47:43 Small Modular Reactor Hype 51:55 Financing the Nuclear Bet Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Special thanks to The New York Climate Exchange and Stony Brook’s Office of the Provost, Office of Marketing and Communications and the MS in Journalism program for their support. Host: Heather Lynch Writer: J.D. Allen Editors: Terry Sheridan, Lori Kie Producers: Jordan Vallone, Melanie Formosa Post Production: Denis Murray Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday

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  Episode #14

  Passenger Pigeon Comeback | C4E Presents #044

  Apr 7, 202650 minS3

  Ben Novak is bringing back the extinct passenger pigeon. Host Heather Lynch and Novak, program manager for the Biotechnology for Bird Conservation Program for Revive & Restore , discuss de-extinction, restoring ecosystem function by using gene editing or selective breeding to give living relatives traits needed to fill extinct species’ ecological roles, and correcting Jurassic Park misconceptions about using ancient DNA directly. Novak explains how museum specimens provide fragmented DNA for sequencing and the limits of mapping genomes, emphasizing goal-oriented trait recovery over perfect genetic identity. Learn more with: “ Could Extinct Species Save Today’s Forests? Scientist Makes the Case for Darwin Day ” “ De-Extinction ” by Ben Novak “ Towards Practical Conservation Cloning: Understanding the Dichotomy Between the Histories of Commercial and Conservation Cloning ” by Ben J. Novak, Stewart Brand, Ryan Phelan, Sasha Plichta, Oliver A. Ryder and Robert J. Wiese “ First endangered black-footed ferrets, Mustela nigripes, cloned for genetic rescue ” by Ben Novak, et al. “ Natural Selection Shaped the Rise and Fall of Passenger Pigeon Genomic Diversity ” by Ben Novak, et al. Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: 01:40 Defining De-Extinction 02:44 Jurassic Park Myths 05:32 Where The DNA Comes From 08:41 Sample Quality And Tissues 11:44 Mapping Ancient Genomes 14:16 How Close Is Close Enough 23:04 Naming De-Extinct Species 25:30 Tiny Mutations Big Traits 28:12 Building Diversity In 30:56 Passenger Pigeon Progress 31:33 Ferret Genetic Rescue 33:55 Why Birds Are Hard 35:52 Germ Cell Workaround 37:55 Mitochondria Purity Myth 44:16 Policy And Release 46:46 Stem Cells Future Tools Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Host: Heather Lynch Editor: J.D. Allen Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday

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  Episode #13

  Energy Economics | C4E Presents #043

  Mar 24, 202644 minS3

  Dana Golden studies energy markets and electricity transmission. Host Heather Lynch and Golden, graduate research assistant in the Graduate School at Stony Brook University, speak about why Suffolk County electricity averages much higher than the national average and how prices are set through generators, transmission constraints, and utilities. Golden explains how data-center-driven load growth raises prices and strains reliability, and supports an “all of the above” mix including nuclear and emerging geothermal. Learn more with: " Offshore Horizons: HVDC Wind Farms-Exploring Techno-Economic Dimensions " by D. Singh, D. Golden, et al. “ Investment and the Transfer of Power: Dynamic Effects of Transmission in Electricity Markets. ” by Dana Golden ⁠Hear Dana’s lecture on environmental and natural resources economics⁠ Breakneck by Dan Wang Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: 00:32 Why Does Suffolk Power Cost More 01:49 What Is HVDC 05:20 Where HVDC Is Used 07:45 Renewables Drive HVDC 12:44 Preventing Cascade Failures 15:50 ISOs and Market Design 20:54 Renewables Forecasting Risk 27:07 Do Data Centers Raise Prices 28:52 Nuclear and Energy Crisis 37:56 China vs US Building 42:48 Transmission Costs and Permitting Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Host: Heather Lynch Editor: J.D. Allen Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday

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  Episode #12

  Fires From Afar | C4E Presents #042

  Mar 10, 202647 minS3

  Health experts Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi and Nozomi Sasaki look at how climate change is increasing wildfire smoke exposure and related health risks. Host Heather Lynch, as well as Danesh Yazdi and Sasaki from Program in Public Health at Stony Brook University, discuss evidence linking airborne particles to increased mortality and cardiopulmonary impacts. They point to growing research, using large administrative datasets and local hospital data to assess impacts, that suggests wildfire smoke is more harmful than other pollution sources. Learn more with: “Long-term Effect of Exposure to Lower Concentrations of Air Pollution on Mortality among Medicare Participants and Vulnerable Subgroups ,” by Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Yan Wang, Qian Di, Weeber J. Requia, Yaguang Wei, and Liuhua Shi “ Associations between air pollution and psychiatric symptoms in the normative aging study ,” by Xinye Qiu, Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Marc Weisskopf, Anna Kosheleva, Avron Spiro, Cuicui Wang, Brent A. Coull, Petros Koutrakis and Joel D. Schwartz “ Emulating causal doseresponse relations between air pollutants and mortality in the Medicare population ,” by Yaguang Wei, Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Qian Di, Weeberb J. Requia, Francesca Dominici, Antonella Zanobetti and Joel Schwartz “ Fish consumption and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids from diet are positively associated with cognitive function in older adults even in the presence of exposure to lead, cadmium, selenium, and methylmercury: a cross-sectional study using NHANES 2011–2014 data ,” by Nozomi Sasaki, Laura E. Jones and David O. Carpenter Skip ahead to the chapter that interests you: 01:34 Air Pollution and Mortality 10:56 Environmental Justice and Work 22:01 Who Is Most Vulnerable 28:57 Short vs Long Effects 30:12 Heavy Metals in Smoke 35:56 Fish Mercury Tradeoffs 41:28 Practical Air Tips 44:33 EVs and Hidden Costs Tell a friend and share a link to this episode. You can find all our episodes at www.stonybrook.edu/c4e or wherever you stream audio. Sign up for our newsletter: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/c4e/newsletters.php For all things Stony Brook on social media: https://gosbu.co/m/social C4E Presents is a production of Stony Brook’s Collaborative for the Earth. Host: Heather Lynch Editor: J.D. Allen Producer: Jordan Vallone Program Manager: Jennifer Gilday

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