Unfiltered with Josh Cohen

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss  (born May 27, 1954) is an American-Canadian  theoretical physicist  and  cosmologist  who is Foundation Professor of the School of Earth and Space Exploration at  Arizona State University , and director of its Origins Project. [2] He is an advocate of the  public understanding of science , of public policy based on sound  empirical data , of  scientific skepticism  and of  science education , and works to reduce the influence of what he regards as superstition and religious dogma in  popular culture . [3] Krauss is the author of several bestselling books, including  The Physics of Star Trek  (1995) and  A Universe from Nothing  (2012), and chaired the  Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Board of Sponsors. [4] After some time in the  Harvard Society of Fellows , Krauss became an assistant professor at  Yale University  in 1985 and associate professor in 1988. He was named the  Ambrose Swasey  Professor of Physics, professor of  astronomy , and was c

Mark Edward Whitacre   (born May 1, 1957) is an American business executive who came to public attention in 1995 when, as president of the   Decatur, Illinois -based BioProducts Division at   Archer Daniels Midland   (ADM), he became the highest-level corporate executive in U.S. history to become a   Federal Bureau of Investigation   (FBI)   whistleblower . For three years (1992–95), Whitacre acted as an   informant   for the FBI, which was investigating ADM for   price fixing . In apparent retaliation for his role as an informant, [7]  ADM investigated Whitacre's activities and, upon discovering suspicious activity, requested the FBI investigate Whitacre for embezzlement. As a result of US$9.5 million in various frauds, Whitacre lost his whistleblower's  immunity , and consequently spent eight-and-a-half years in federal prison. He was released in December 2006. Whitacre is currently the  chief operating officer  and President of Operations at  Cypress Systems , a Califo