7 Dr Anne Simon

episode 7 — science advisor, Dr Anne Simon

Dr Anne Simon is a virologist and Professor of Cell Biology and Molecular Biology at the University of Maryland. She was the science advisor on The X-Files since its first season, and literally wrote the book on the science behind the show—The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants. Anne joined me on this episode of Hey Danny, It’s Mulder, to talk about the relationship between science and The X-Files—how real science informed the stories, how the series impacted future scientists, and how so much of that great work is being undone by the recent dismantling of scientific research.

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Episode Notes

Get a copy of The Real Science Behind the X-Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants (through your local bookshop or…) — Barnes & Noble — Amazon US — Amazon UK

Find out more about Dr Anne Simon on — Wikipedia — University of Maryland

Read papers by Dr Anne Simon on — Google Scholar

The episode that Dr Anne Simon and Dr Margaret Fearon were credited as writers on was My Struggle II — IMDB

Read an interview with Anne about recent cuts to science funding in the US — Science

Find me on Instagram at — heydannyitsmulder and xfilescolor

Find out more about Maurice, who reads the script at — mauricejk.com

credits

Music by Chris Zabriskie, under CC BY 3.0 Attribution 3.0 Unported, no modifications.