The second in our series of “Seven Events in Five Days”. Part of the BWB Winter Series, The Expert – An Endangered Species? was a panel discussion between three authors talking about the threats to knowledge (scientific, historical, institutional) from the politically motivated use of misleading information. Megan Whelan chaired the discussion between Shaun Hendy, author of Silencing Science; Mike Joy, author of Polluted Inheritance and Jane Kelsey, author of Hidden Agendas and The FIRE Economy.