Science Rules! with Bill Nye

Loose Nukes? You Betcha

Nuclear weapons should be important to all of us because we've got to figure out how to not use them, and how to protect them. Caller Valentina wonders how a generation inundated with information can prioritize nukes as an issue, while caller Larry suggests that maybe the answer to this world problem is as simple as blasting them all into space. Science historian and nuclear weapons expert Dr. Alex Wellerstein joins us to talk history, address those concerns, and more. You can listen to ad-free new episodes of Science Rules!, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to <a href="http://www.stitcherpremium.com/" target="_blank">stitcherpremium.com</a> and use promo code ‘SCIENCE. This episode is sponsored by Progressive Insurance (<a href="http://www.progressive.com" target="_blank">www.progressive.com</a>), KiwiCo (<a href="http://www.kiwico.com/SCIENCERULES" target="_blank">www.kiwico.com/SCIENCERULES</a>), and Turo.

Bill Nye is on a mission to change the world — one voicemail at a time. Bill and science writer Corey S. Powell take your burning questions and put them to the world's leading experts on just about every topic in the universe. Should you stop eating cheeseburgers to combat climate change? Could alien life be swimming inside the moons of Jupiter and Saturn? Does your pet parakeet learn to sing the way that you learned to speak? Bill, Corey, and their special guests will answer those questions and convince you that... science rules!