Ira Flatow

Host and Executive Producer Talk of the Nation: Science Friday National Public Radio (NPR)
February 10, 2009 - 4:00pm
Talking Science In a Science-Challenged World

About Ira Flatow

Ira Flatow is the host of NPR’s Talk Of The Nation: Science Friday. He anchors the show each Friday, bringing radio and Internet listeners world wide a lively, informative discussion on science, technology, health, space and the environment. Ira is president of Science Friday®, Inc. and founder and president of Talking Science, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit company dedicated to creating audio, video and Internet projects that make science “user friendly.”

He has shared that enthusiasm with public radio and TV fans for more than 35 years.

His most recent book is entitled “Present At The Future.”

His numerous TV credits include six years as host and writer for the Emmy-award-winning Newton’s Apple on PBS and science reporter for CBS This Morning. He wrote, produced and hosted Transistorized!, an hour-long PBS documentary about the history of the transistor, which aired on PBS. He is also host of the four-part PBS series Big Ideas.