Partner: The Samuel Lawrence Foundation (SLF) is a San Diego-based nonprofit that advocates for a nuclear-waste-free beach at San Onofre, as well as environmental safety, public accountability, and civic engagement.

Project: “First Fridays” (2023-2025) was a live, monthly video podcast examining global challenges and solutions — from nuclear safety to climate risk to the role that arts and science could play in public life.

BSL Role: BSL served as executive producer, overseeing editorial direction, guest curation, scripting, and moderation. “First Fridays” guests included Lord Fatafehi Fakafanua (later Prime Minister of Tonga); Stanford civil engineer and anti-nuclear-energy academic Mark Z. Jacobson; and leading climate innovator Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Europe’s largest public-private partnership focused on climate innovation.