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is a film and television producer and the founder of Protostellar Media, a science communication production company in Los Angeles, California.

is an editor at Aeon. He lives in New York.

is professor emeritus of media and communication at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Her books include Walter Lippmann (2012) and Stealth Communications (2016). is a research associate ...

is an assistant professor of philosophy in the Department of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies at Hosei University in Tokyo, Japan.