Physicist Lawrence Krauss, Journalist Paula Todd. Music: this is THE SHOES

Program Title: Endeavours - Talking about the Universe/Finding a Killer
Description: Physicist Lawrence Krauss, Journalist Paula Todd. Music: this is THE SHOES
Lawrence M. Krauss is a renowned cosmologist and science popularizer, and is Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, and director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University. Hailed by Scientific American as a rare public intellectual, he is also the author of more than three hundred scientific publications and nine books, including the international bestseller, The Physics of Star Trek, and his most recent bestseller entitled A Universe from Nothing, now being translated into 17 languages.

He received his PhD from MIT in 1982 and then joined the Society of Fellows at Harvard, and was a professor at Yale University and Chair of the Physics Department at Case Western Reserve University before taking his present position. Internationally known for his work in theoretical physics, he is the winner of numerous international awards, and is the only physicist to have received major awards from all three US physics societies, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and the American Association of Physics Teachers.

Krauss is also a commentator and essayist for newspapers such as the New York Times, and the Wall St. Journal, and has written regular columns for New Scientist , Scientific American, and Slate, and appears regularly on radio and television. He is one of the few scientists to have crossed the chasm between science and popular culture, and is also active in issues of science and society. He serves as co-chair of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and on the Board of Directors of the Federation of American Scientists.

Paula Todd is an award-winning Canadian journalist, broadcaster, lawyer and author, who's worked with Canada's largest networks, newspapers and magazines as a TV host, investigative reporter, legal analyst, political columnist and feature writer.

Paula spent a number of seasons as reporter for CTV's W-Five, North America's longest running news magazine and Canada's #1 investigative news program. A former print reporter, Paula entered broadcasting full-time after more than a dozen years at the Toronto Star, where she worked as a political reporter, news reporter and feature writer. Todd also served as an editorial writer and a member of the newspaper's editorial board. She is the author of the best-selling book, A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories from All of Us.

Her best-selling book, A Quiet Courage: Inspiring Stories from All of Us, details the struggle of people around the world to turn tragedy into personal triumph.

Paula, who holds degrees in literature and law, attended Osgoode Hall Law School and York University and sits on the board of directors of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression. Based in Toronto, she works as a writer, media strategist and moderator.

Her recently released an e-book "Finding Karla", chronicling her journey to track down Karla Homolka.

this is THE SHOES are Jereme Collette and Sabrina Robson. From intimate acoustic numbers to gritty electric blues, this is THE SHOES delivers a powerful live performance that has left the band with a dedicated and growing local following. Since their formation in late 2011, the pair has packed venues all over Metro Vancouver. The band released its eponymous debut EP on February 24th, 2012 during a release party at Wise Hall. They are currently writing and recording songs for a full-length debut album.

“There’s been a new child born from the womb of The Blues. It’s a wondrous two headed offspring called ‘this is The Shoes’. And while this child may grow up to be wild, it will also grow up strong and sturdy and righteous because it has a strong foundation. It will carry on a fine tradition, speaking new words, but in a voice with which the fortunate among us are familiar. It will walk down lonely roads and through barren fields, on a path that will eventually – inevitably – lead to the crossroads. Do you hear that sound? It’s the barking of the Hellhound.” – Cory McCrindle, Grayowl Point

Host(s): Dan McPeake
Featured Speakers/Guests: Lawrence Krauss Paula Todd this is THE SHOES - Jereme Collette, Sabrina Robson

Credits: written & produced by Dan McPeake

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