This week Indigo Keel interviews our regular host, Samara Greenwood, on societal contexts and science. Samara is currently undertaking a PhD in which she investigates the various ways in which changes in society can come to shape change in science. In this episode Samara discusses some of the controversies of drawing links between political contexts and scientific change, including links between second wave feminism and Primate Field Studies in the 20th century. She also discusses how studying context-to-science relations can provide us with a richer and more inclusive understanding of science, one which does justice to the positive contributions social and political change can have on knowledge production. If you are interested in learning more about context, or reading examples of contextual histories of science, Samara suggests the following books: Naomi Oreskes Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped what we Do and Don't know about the OceanDavid Kaiser How the Hippies Saved PhysicsJames Poskett Horizons: A Global History of ScienceUpcoming work by Samara (you'll have to wait a little for this)A transcript of the episode can be found here:  https://www.hpsunimelb.org/post/episode-8-transcript Thanks for listening to Season 1 of The HPS Podcast! Season 2 of the Podcast will launch in late September. You can also find more on our blog, website, twitter, instagram and facebook feeds - as well as on threads @thehpspodcast. This podcast would not be possible without the support of School of Historical and Philosophical Studies at the University of Melbourne. www.hpsunimelb.org