Clear and Present provides a bi-weekly forum for today’s leaders in biodefense science and policy to address the most cutting-edged and provocative topics and ideas in biomedicine, biowarfare, and national and global biosecurity. Hosted by Dr. James Giordano, Executive Director of the Institute for Biodefense Research, a federally supported metropolitan Washington DC think tank, the Clear and Present podcast brings listeners insightful discussion of major trends, challenges, and opportunities arising in and from the intersection of the ever-advancing fields of bioscience and their impact upon biowarfare, biosecurity, and biodefense - both nationally and upon the contemporary world stage.