Science Friday

Science Friday

Infobox Radio Show
show_name = Science Friday


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other_names = SciFri
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runtime = ca. 110 min.
country = USA
language = English
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syndicates = NPR
presenter = Ira Flatow
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executive_producer = Ira Flatow
record_location = New York, New York
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audio_format = Stereophonic
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website = [http://www.sciencefriday.com www.sciencefriday.com]
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Science Friday (SciFri) is a weekly call-in talk show that is part of National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" radio program. [ [http://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/ NPR : Science Friday ] ] [ [http://www.sciencefriday.com/about/show/ Science Friday: About The Radio Program ] ] "SciFri" is hosted by Ira Flatow with Joe Palca stepping in when Flatow is away. The focus of each two-hour program is nature, science, and technology and the news and information. SciFri was created when the National Science Foundation agreed to fund a weekly science talk-show on NPR. After the Gulf War in 1991, NPR created a daily talk show called Talk of the Nation, and incorporated Science Friday into it.

The program's slogan is “Making Science RadioActive.”

"SciFri" also broadcasts excerpts from the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony on the Friday after Thanksgiving. [ [http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200711233 Science Friday Archives: The 2007 Ig Nobel Awards ] ]

"Science Friday" is now also available in a podcasting format, and welcomes bloggers to its web site.

Science Friday, also maintains an island (Science Friday Island) in Second Life, including an open air theater with live audio and video feeds of the broadcast.

References

External links

* [http://www.sciencefriday.com/ Science Friday official website]


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