Bill Nye has spent a considerable time studying and being involved in science, engineering, and technology. He has dedicated his life to getting people excited about science and technology, therefore he is surely scientifically literate. He can interpret results and understand peer reviewed scientific research.
This is what makes him qualified as a spokesman. Bill is an important person who serves the scientific community. Much of the peer reviewed science never gets interpreted and explained to the general public in such a clear and entertaining way as Bill does.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.