Zombies, cyborgs, or a rare disease - science making it real in film
Zombies
Writer/director Jerry Zucker, of "Airplane!" and "Ghost" fame, realized that Hollywood could benefit from a dose of scientific reality in films and TV. To this end, he and the National Academy of Sciences president got together and formed the Science and Entertainment Exchange. With offices in L.A., scientists and engineers can now sit down with entertainment industry professionals and help them flesh out ideas with accurate details relating to insects, extraterrestrials, robots, nanotechnology, disease, global change - you name it. As if those zombies aren't scary enough already!
Guests:
Jennifer Ouelette, Executive Director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange at the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Robert Smith, epidemiologist at the University of Ottawa and co-author of "When Zombies Attack: Mathematical Modeling of an Outbreak of Zombie Infection."
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- Politicians behaving badly
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- Investigating the paranormal
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Also on this episode
Events
Comedy Congress Live
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
7:30 p.m.
- 9 p.m.
The comedic material emanating from Washington D.C., and state capitols across the country, is enough to make any sitcom writer jealous, even if most of that comedy is unintentional. Our motto on Comedy Congress is that just when politics makes you want to cry, it’s usually best to laugh.
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