Fresh Air, Dr. James Hansen, Mark Bowen, and Paul Dano, January 8, 2008 (Nonfiction‪)‬

Hear NASA climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, writer and scientist Mark Bowen, and actor Paul Dano, on this edition of Fresh Air.


Dr. James Hansen says that the Bush administration has attempted to silence him since he began speaking out about global warming. Mark Bowen's recent book about Hansen is Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming.



Then, Paul Dano, who plays a rural preacher who confronts the oilman at the center of Paul Thomas Anderson's new film There Will Be Blood. His previous work includes Little Miss Sunshine, in which he played the teen who was an elective mute. [Broadcast Date: January 8, 2008]