Discussing New York's Secret Subway: AMSEcast with Matthew Algeo
AMSEcast
On this episode of AMSEcast, Oak Ridge Discovery Foundation executive director and AMSEcast podcast host Alan Lowe sits down with author Matthew Algeo to discuss his book, New York's Secret Subway, a true story about Alfred Beach and the popularization of the New York underground railway!
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AMSEcast with Jeff King at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Jeff King.
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Discussing The Beasts of the East: AMSEcast with Andrew Moore
AMSEcast
On this episode of AMSEcast, podcast host and Oak Ridge Discovery Foundation executive director Alan Lowe sits down with environmental writer Andrew Moore to discuss his book, The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America's Eastern Wilderness.
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AMSEcast with Jean-Luc Palayer at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Jean-Luc Palayer.
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AMSEcast with Jason Hatfield at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Jason Hatfield.
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AMSEcast with Deniece Thomas at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Deniece Thomas.
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AMSEcast with Chuck Hope at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Chuck Hope.
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Discussing Dinner With King Tut: AMSEcast with Sam Kean
AMSEcast
On this episode of AMSEcast, host and Oak Ridge Discovery Foundation executive director Alan Lowe sits down with author Sam Kean to discuss his Dinner With King Tut, a literary recreation of the sounds, tastes, smells, and other senses of history's most rich historical locations through an especially exciting first-person lens.
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AMSEcast with Chuck Fleischmann at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Chuck Fleischmann.
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AMSEcast with Brandon Williams at NOW 2026
AMSEcast
AMSEcast host and ORDF Executive Director Alan Lowe interviews notable figures in the science world at the ETEC NOW conference in Knoxville, TN! Learn about what exciting things are coming in the world of science, engineering, and industry! This episode features Brandon Williams.
info_outlineMichael Hiltzik is a Pulitzer-Prize winning author and journalist who writes for the Los Angeles Times. We spoke with him about his books Dealers of Lightning: Xerox Parc and the Dawn of the Computer Age; Colossus: Hoover Dam and the Making of the American Century; Big Science: Ernest Lawrence and the Invention that Launched the Military-Industrial Complex; and Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America.
"The whole idea of “Big Science” which required so much funding really started with [Ernest] Lawrence and his work at the Manhattan Project and it survived and then continues really to this day through the big labs and these big projects." M. Kiltzik