Topics include: His childhood and parents; early education and college; interest in meteorology; working as the Christian Science Monitor; satellites and the impact of Sputnik; lessons learned from other scientists; book about oceanography; space and working with the Russians; the Pugwash movement; writing the Technology Review; long term career as a science writer; life in Europe; atomic power;GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (GATE); interviewing people; traveling with his wife; the changing role of atmospheric science; retirement; and the American Geophysical Union (AGU).