Join A Live Recording Of Science Friday’s Radio Show
Join the live conversations with Ira Flatow and guests as they record for our radio program—and get the chance to have your voice on the show!
Join A Live Recording For Science Friday’s Radio Show
Because of the pandemic, our show is currently pre-recorded, so we are not able to take your calls. We miss having your voices on our radio program. We still want to hear from you on our VoxPop app, and we also want to experiment with something new—we’re inviting you to join us live for select recordings for Science Friday on the radio!
We will livestream select recording sessions, which will be open to any SciFri fan who wants to listen in and get the chance to have their voice back on the radio. Attendees will be able to hear the interview before it is broadcast the following Friday, as well as chat with fellow listeners, ask questions to Ira and his guests via the chat feature on Zoom, and could be selected to ask their question live—just like our call-in show! There’s no space limit to join, although we may only have time for a few listeners to ask their questions on-air.
See below for our scheduled recordings. If you can’t make it to this one, don’t worry—we will announce more recording sessions coming up. We hope to hear you soon!
Please note: All events will be recorded for use on Science Friday’s radio show. Any comments or voice recordings by attendees may be used as part of these pre-recorded segments.
Past Events
Life At The Poles is Changing. What Do These Frozen Regions Forecast For Life on Earth?
How Uma Bhatt, Arctic climate researcher, and Oscar Schofield, Antarctic biological oceanographer, are tracking shifts at the poles—and why science in the Arctic is a model for resilience as the climate changes.
- When: Tuesday, April 26, 2022 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Under An Ochre Sky: Writing The Sirens of Mars With Sarah Stewart Johnson
Join producer Christie Taylor in conversation with Sarah Stewart Johnson, author of this spring’s Book Club choice, whose work explores how to detect evidence for past or present life, especially those we might find off-world.
- When: Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Gadgets in Space: The Tech That Could Detect Otherworldly Life
What does it take to send a microscope safely to the ISS—and, one day, to Mars? What exactly is remote infrared spectroscopy, anyway? Hear about amazing space technology from our guest experts!
- When: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
So You Want To Donate Your Brain To Science. Now What?
Brain researchers need brains to understand neurological disorders and brain trauma, and to get them, they turn to Brain Banks. But how does postmortem matter make its way to these centers? Bring your brainy questions for our guests!
- When: Tuesday, February 1, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: A Paleontologist’s Take On Cryptozoology
Cryptids like Bigfoot, Mothman, and Nessie the Loch Ness Monster probably don’t exist in the wild—so how can we explain these sightings with science? Paleontologist Darren Naish will break down these stories and offer a scientific perspective.
- When: Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 2:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
SciFri Book Club: How Do You Talk About A Problem Like Climate Change? With Author Elizabeth Rush
Join producer Christie Taylor in conversation with Elizabeth Rush. We’ll talk about talking about climate change, the role of storytelling, and who’s missing from the conversation.
- When: Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
SciFri Book Club: How Sea Level Rise Is Changing The World
Come for the collaborative ways experts are working together to address sea level rise head-on; leave with ideas for activating change in your community, no matter where you live.
- When: Tuesday, October 5, 2021 at 3:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Charismatic Creature Carnival: Pigeon vs. Shoebill Stork
Last up in the Carnival, two feathery and flighty creatures: Pigeon and Shoebill Stork—which bird is best?!
- When: Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 11:00am ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Charismatic Creature Carnival: Opossum vs. Aye-aye
Next up, two crawly creatures: Opossum and Aye-aye—hear from fellow mammals about these amazing animals!
- When: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 4:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Charismatic Creature Carnival: Hellbender Salamander vs. Mantis Shrimp
Hear all about two wet and wild creatures: Hellbender salamander and Mantis shrimp—and vote for which is the most charismatic!
- When: Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Kids #AskAnExpert: Life on Mars
We’re inviting our young listeners to ask their burning questions about the Red Planet. Was there ever life on Mars? How do we know for sure? Bring the space-obsessed kids in your life to chat with NASA research scientist and Mars 2020 geologist Katie Stack Morgan!
- When: Monday, August 30, 2021 at 1:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
How Big Dino Domes Might’ve Saved Today’s Bird Brains
Did larger brains help modern-day birds avoid mass extinction? Ask evolutionary biology experts Julia Clarke and Chris Torres your questions.
- When: Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: The Garden Hotline
Are your garden strawberries too small, or tomatoes cracking before they’re ripe? In this special ode to Ralph Snodsmith’s WOR radio program of the same name, we’re harvesting your gardening questions for guest experts Elizabeth Buck and Gary Pilarchik. We’re rooting for you!
- When: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 4:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Celebrating #CephalopodWeek
We’re diving behind-the-scenes with Christina Biggs, Senior Aquarist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, to get the latest octo-news!
- When: Tuesday, June 22, 2021 at 3:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
SciFri’s Summer of Sci-Fi
Looking for the best new books for your summer stack? Annalee Newitz and Gretchen Treu are joining us to recommend the best sci-fi books for your summer reading list.
- When: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
The Future of Food: Science, Culinary History and More from ‘Lost Feast’
We’ll talk talk Indigenous food systems, the impact of colonization, and the movement to restore them with Noa Lincoln, Katie Kamelamela, and Melissa K. Nelson.
- When: Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Hosting a Lost Feast: How to Protect Flavors and Food Traditions
We’ll talk biodiversity, flavor, and how our own choices have impacted both with author Lenore Newman and food biodiversity advocate Mimi Edelman.
- When: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: Where In The World Are Microplastics Found?
Microplastics are not just an ocean problem. Join a conversation with marine researcher Imogen Napper and ask your questions about our plastics problem.
- When: Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 12:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
The Scientific Secrets Behind Rainbows (And Why Hawai’i Might be the Rainbow Capital of the World)
What’s the physics and science behind rainbows? Ask atmospheric scientist Steven Businger about everything from double rainbows to white rainbows.
- When: Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at 6:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: “Why’s my tooth loose?” Bring Your Big Kids With Toothy Questions
Why don’t baby teeth grow into big teeth? Did ancient people have to go to the dentist too? Bring your kids big and small to ask biological anthropologist Shara Bailey your questions!
- When: Tuesday, March 2, 2020 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
The Annual Christmas Bird Count
The Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count begins this year on December 14th! Join us as we sit down with CBC Director Geoff LeBaron and other special birder guests to discuss this birdwatching tradition, 120 years in the making.
- When: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at 5:30pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
The Best Science Books Of 2020
We’re rounding up the best science books of 2020! Brian Muldoon from the Brooklyn Public Library and Valerie Thompson from Science Magazine discuss their picks with host John Dankosky.
- When: Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: Health Effects of Wildfires
What health effects of the recent wildfires are you wondering about? Our experts, Colleen Reid and Chris Migliaccio, answer your questions.
- When: Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at 5:30pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
The Science of Designing Cities with Roman Mars
Ira will chat with podcaster and author Roman Mars from 99% Invisible to talk about the science behind the design our built spaces.
- When: Monday, November 16, 2020 at 5:30pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
SciFri Book Club: Meet New Suns Editor Nisi Shawl
We’re closing out Fall Book Club with a call-in celebration! Christie Taylor and cohost Aisha Matthews will chat with speculative fiction author and editor Nisi Shawl.
- When: Monday, October 26, 2020 at 1:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: Meet The Marvelous Microbes That Live On Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks are a great place to look for microbial life! Take a deep dive with Erin Field from East Carolina University as we explore her underwater research.
- When: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 11:00am ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Planetary Smackdown: Mars vs. Venus
Which planet has what it takes to support life? Join our experts, Briony Horgan and Jaime Cordova, for an out-of-this-world debate!
- When: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 at 3:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert: Why Do We Itch? with Diana Bautista
Got questions about our impulse to itch? Join Ira and researcher Diana Bautista for a live Zoom interview.
- When: Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 1:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
#AskAnExpert with Squid Scientist Sarah McAnulty
Listen in as Ira Flatow chats all-things cephalopods with squid biologist Sarah McAnulty!
- When: Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 5:00pm ET
- Where: Science Friday’s Zoom webinar
- Tickets: Free!
Meet the Writer
About Diana Montano
@funkministerDiana Montano is the Experiences Manager at Science Friday, where she creates live events and partnerships to delight and engage audiences in the world of science.