Talk of the Nation - Science Friday
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Image:Totn.jpg Science Friday is a call-in talk show that is part of National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation radio program hosted by Ira Flatow (and substitute host Joe Palca) every Friday. The focus of each two-hour-long program is on science, computing and technology. SF was created because NPR, when creating Nation, could only secure funding for Monday through Thursday broadcast; the National Science Foundation would agree to fund a Friday show if it was about science. The subtitle of the program is "making science RadioActive" (a pun on radio and radioactive), and has been abbreviated to sci fri, another pun on the abbreviation "sci fi" for science fiction.
In recent years, the program has annually broadcast excerpts from the Ig Nobel Prize ceremony.
Science Friday is now also available in a podcast format.
External links
- Science Friday web site, including archived programs
- Program on open-source software, mentioning WikipediaTemplate:US-bcast-stub
