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Fox21 covered our upcoming show in Colorado Springs! Way to represent, Dave and Sonya!
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Why Teach Scientists Comedy?
“But why comedy?” I frequently get asked this by puzzled people and they have a point. With Science Riot, I’m advocating something pretty unusual: teaching scientists to be comedians and to use comedy as a tool for public outreach. Only a small portion of scientists do outreach at all and if you still struggle with…
March for Science Summit
Science Riot is very proud to be participating in the March for Science advocacy summit in Chicago with workshops and a public performance! July 6-8th March for Science is hosting the Science / Government Institutions and Society (S/GNS) Summit; a national conference that empowers those committed to championing evidence-based policy and science for the common…
Radio Interview With Sonya
Sonya is our hilarious (Australian) organizer of Science Riot in Colorado Springs who joined the team after performing with us in 2016. She recently sat down with Drew Smith of Cumulus Colorado Pulse for an interview that went out on six frequencies throughout the state. In case you missed it, you can listen here!
Who is allowed to call themselves a scientist?
Can you name a scientist who is alive today? Because 81% of the American public can’t name one. This is discouraging news for anyone who cares about science literacy, but it isn’t particularly helpful unless we allow ourselves to consider that maybe the public isn’t the problem. “We must have very different definitions for the word scientist.”…
Dr. Niki on the Hello PhD Podcast
Thank you to Joshua Hall and Daniel Arneman from Hello PhD who recently interviewed our cofounder, Dr. Niki Spahich! Two scientists walk into a bar. One steps on stage and delivers ten minutes of raucously funny stand-up comedy. The other enjoys an evening of laughter as enterprising STEM professionals share their science. Scientists doing stand-up…
“…sooner or later this combustible mixture of ignorance and power is going to blow up in our faces.”
Carl Sagan wrote these prescient words more than twenty years ago: “We’ve arranged a global civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology. We have also arranged things so that almost no one understands science and technology. This is a prescription for disaster. We might get away with it for a…
How To Start a Science Riot
In 2015, I met with a group of naïve scientists in a Colorado pub. The three of us – a pilot, a microbiologist, and a paleontologist – agreed that “Science Riot” was a catchy non-sequitur. The idea of introverted scientists taking the street in their lab-coats was undeniably hilarious. We never thought it would actually…
Will Scientists Actually March For Science?
Science Riot is proud to be providing speakers and programming support for March for Science satellite events in Colorado Springs and Little Rock. This article was expanded from notes taken during initial meetings with march organizers. Printable PDF is available for download. Only 1 in 5 scientists do outreach for the adult public. How many will…