Dee Peterschmidt
Production Manager, Audio
Dee Peterschmidt is Science Friday’s audio production manager, hosted the podcast Universe of Art, and composes music for Science Friday’s podcasts. They’re drawn to stories about art, technology, and the environment.
Before joining the team at Science Friday, Dee was a product intern for NPR, where they helped out with podcast content management and promo art design.
Dee grew up in San Diego, where they learned hip slang like “swoll,” “clean,” and “off the flame” to describe muscle definition.
When they’re not working, you might find them playing Super Smash Bros. with their family, making 8-bit covers of TV show theme songs, or playing D&D as a clumsy bard named Chip Chap Chopman.
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‘Big Math’ shines a light on the hidden math that runs our world
Mathematician Steven Strogatz discusses the unexpected math in daily life, and how his field is picking up the pieces after AI disruptions.
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The SciFri Book Club reads ‘The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year’
The author of SciFri’s November book club pick on how she found meaning in the stories that unfolded in her yard.
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You’re absolutely right: Humans are starting to talk like AI
Chatbots’s favorite words and quirks of speech are seeping into human language and changing the way we talk. Is that a bad thing?
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Isabella Rossellini on how acting connects to animal cognition
Should we anthropomorphize animals or not? An actor and an ecologist share what they’ve learned about animal cognition.
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Why do politicians talk like that?
A linguist weighs in on how “politician speak” has changed over the past century, and what it says about what we want from our leaders.
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How important ideas get reawakened, with David Byrne
Why do some breakthroughs go dormant—and then wake up? Watch Flora’s interview with artist David Byrne about these “sleeping beauties.”
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The science of the LA Rams’ high-risk, high-reward jet lag strategy
To prepare for an overseas game, the LA Rams tried a Hail Mary jet lag strategy. They lost, but were they onto something?
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Everyone is calling for safer AI. So what does that mean?
Concerns about AI safety are growing. Two researchers explain what “alignment” means, and what questions remain.
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Hot flashes, hormone therapy, and the science of perimenopause
After decades of controversy over prescribing hormone therapy for perimenopause, many providers are reconsidering their approach.
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What would a Jurassic forest sound like?
Using fossil records and AI tools, scientists reconstructed a soundscape of a Jurassic forest, complete with ancient katydid calls.