Steven Weinberg, Big Science & Forrest Brown, Progressive Change

July 12, 2012

Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics and National Medal of Science recipient, explains the significance of the Higgs boson particle and the importance of big science.  How have attitudes toward science have changed and the implications of not funding big science.   His latest book, Lake Views: This World and the Universe.  And, from Netroots Nation, Sam’s interview with Forrest Brown, marketing director for Progressive Change Campaign Committee

Past Episodes

It's another Best of 2025 episode on the Majority Report. On Today's program: Original air date: February 11, 2025 Gil Duran, journalist based in California, proprietor of the website The Nerd Reich, co-writer of the FrameLab newsletter, joins to discuss his recent piece in The Nerd Reich ...
It's Hump Day and we have a Best of 2025 episode but first we revisit Sam's infamous war on Christmas segment on CNN from 200 years ago. Original air date: November 11, 2024. Sam speaks with Daniel Hunter, activist & co-author of the book What if Trump Wins?: An Interactive Pick-Your-Path ...
On this final live stream of 2025, we talk about how deeply Trump is implicated in the Epstein files. Also, the Bari Weiss's ham-handed attempts to curry favor with the Trump administration by censcoring journalists she's been installed above.   And on the fun half: Benny Johnson ...