I have recently come across something very interesting, a series of podcasts called Radiolab. Radiolab is a show that believes scientific knowledge should be accessible to everyone, which is strongly agree on. Therefore, their podcasts take up some pretty heave scientific topics and are told in an everyday language with a lot of humor. Two podcasts I have really enjoyed is one about the CRISPR system, and one about genetically engineered mosquitoes used to prevent new infections of Dengue fever in a small Brazilian village.

I believe such programs are extremely useful to provide knowledge about new scientific discoveries to the large publicity, and provoke ethical debates on how this knowledge should be used, if used at all. One thing I believe could counteract the application of gene technology in the future, is the very different opinions among scientists and the public. If more people had more knowledge about progress in research, I think it could start a general and healthy debate on some very important topics, such as the use of GMO in the food industry and whether parents should get their children vaccinate or not.

Here is the link: http://www.radiolab.org/