[Vision2020] NPR's 'Science Friday' to broadcast from BSU

[Kenneth Marcy]

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by Scott Evans
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Posted on September 28, 2012 at 7:36 AM

Updated today at 10:26 AM

BOISE -- The nationally syndicated radio show, "Science Friday" will 
broadcast live from the Simplot Ballroom at Boise State beginning at 
Noon on Friday.

Science Friday is about bringing science to life, according to host Ira 
Flatow. What's more, Flatow says Friday's show will include science 
topics with a distinctly /Idaho/ bent.

Flatow gets excited about science. On Thursday, when he talked about 
what he has in store for his live broadcast, it brought a smile to his 
face. "People want to talk about science, we just have to give them an 
outlet to talk about it, and we give them that outlet and they love to 
talk about it," said Flatow.

Flatow's two hour national weekly talk show airs on Boise State Public 
Radio and puts listeners in touch with real scientists. Says Flatow, 
"Listeners actually are able to interview scientists. They're able to 
interview news makers that they have never been able to talk to before 
and actually see that scientists are humans."

On Friday, Flatow will broadcast his show live from inside the Simplot 
Ballroom at Boise State. "We're going to talk about fires. We're going 
to talk about the growing length of the fire season. We have been around 
the country in different places trying to show that scientists now think 
that this is evidence of global warming," said Flatow.

Other topics to be discussed include plants, animals and the water 
shortage. His goal is to teach and enlighten. "When you learn something 
new, that little light bulb goes off in your head and it's a 
self-satisfying experience," said Flatow. "So what we're providing and 
why people like it, is that little light bulb moment for everybody."

Essentially, Flatow's goal is to make science not only real, but fun. 
"When you say science to somebody, they may go, 'Oh, I'm stupid. I never 
learned it. It was my worst subject.' But when you talk about health, 
the environment, solar energy, technology, space, [it's] very popular. 
People love to talk about it in those terms," said Flatow.

The two hour show begins Friday at noon on Boise State Public Radio, 
that's 91.5 FM. Tickets to watch the event from inside the Simplot 
Ballroom at the Student Union Building are sold out. However, two 
additional listening stations are being set up inside the SUB for people 
to listen.


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