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Hi all! Miles O’Brien and Deema Zein of PBS News here.
Starting at 11 a.m. EST on Wednesday, Dec. 10, we’re speaking with scientists, academics, digital creators, influencers and others about the challenges they face while communicating facts about science, climate, health and technology — and what they’ve found that works.
Your questions during this AMA will fuel the conversation. We plan to answer as many as we can here on Reddit, with help from our team at PBS News.
We’ll also be live on YouTube and PBS News’ social media platforms, which means some of your questions may be asked during the livestream and will appear back here in the AMA via video.
We’re calling this mega AMA “Tipping Point: Turning Science into Solutions.”
Here’s our lineup of guests. Their proof photos are linked to their names.
Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on understanding the effects of climate change. She is the chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a distinguished professor and endowed chair at Texas Tech University.
Joe Hanson, a science communicator, YouTuber and creator of the PBS shows “Be Smart” and “Overview”
Hakeem Oluseyi, an astrophysicist and CEO of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific. He hosts NOVA’s “Particles of Thought” video podcast
Phil Cook, a chemistry teacher and science communicator known as chemteacherphil on TikTok, Instagram and other social platforms
Simon Clark, science communicator
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and co-founder/chief science officer of GetReal Security
Morgan McSweeney, a scientist and science communicator known as dr.noc on TikTok, Instagram and other social platforms
Raven Baxter, aka “Raven The Science Maven,” a science communicator, educator and consultant empowering global scientific literacy
Rollie Williams, the creator, executive producer, host, head writer and editor of Climate Town Productions
Miriam Nielsen, a climate researcher, video creator and PhD student at Columbia University studying compound hydrological extremes
Peter Neff, a glaciologist, climate scientist and assistant professor at the University of Minnesota – he’s icy_pete on Instagram and TikTok
Patti Wolter, a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. She’s the founder and director of the Medill Media and Science Communication program, which teaches media literacy to PhD students in STEM fields
Mary Randolph, a student at Northwestern University completing her undergraduate degree in journalism
Tabor Whitney, who recently finished her PhD in the Biological Anthropology program at Northwestern University, where she is transitioning into a climate resilience postdoctoral researcher role
And here are our proof photos — Miles and Deema.
We’re looking forward to this. With your help, we’ll create a fun and informative AMA!
Coming Up · Dec 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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