Thirty years ago, the legendary Walter Cronkite and world-renowned experts at ACSH took on the overblown fears of the day in Big Fears, Little Risks. In the wake of a pandemic that’s claimed millions of lives, the documentary has been relaunched as a series tackling the fear-mongering surrounding GMOs, pesticides, vaccines, and nuclear power.
Matty Cardarople (Stranger Things) hosts some of the world’s leading scientists, including Dr. Bruce Ames and Dr. Paul Offit, as they give viewers a crash course on these wrongly vilified technologies. The take-home message: technological innovation offers us the best chance of ending a global health crisis, feeding the world, and reversing climate change.
On this episode of the Science Facts and Fallacies podcast, ACSH director of bio-sciences Cameron English chats with director Azel James and host Matty Cardarople about the film’s message, production, and recent premiere in Hollywood. Listen to the interview here. Watch the film below.
Cameron English
Director of Bioscience
Cameron English is a writer, editor and co-host of the Science Facts and Fallacies Podcast. Before joining ACSH, he was managing editor at the Genetic Literacy Project.
