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|image = Ira Flatow.jpg |imagesize = 200px | | name = Ira Flatow | caption = Ira Flatow receiving the National Science Board Public Service Award in 2005 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|03|07}}[1][2] | birth_place = New York City, United States[2] | children = 3 | show = Science Friday | network = Public Radio International | timeslot = Friday, Podcasts, On demand | style = Host, Exec. Producer | country = United States | prevshow = Newton's Apple | spouse = {{marriage|Miriam Flatow |28 August 1983}} | Political Ideology = Liberal | website = Personal website Science Friday website }}Ira Flatow ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|l|eɪ|t|oʊ}}; born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television journalist and author who hosts Public Radio International's popular program, Science Friday.[3] On TV, he hosted the Emmy Award-winning PBS series Newton's Apple, a television science program for children and their families.[4] Later he hosted the program Big Ideas[5] (also a PBS series) and has published several books, the most recent titled Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature.[4] Personal lifeFlatow is a native of New York and currently lives in Connecticut.[3] He is married to realtor Miriam Flatow (née Wagenberg) since 1983[6] and has three children.[7] EducationFlatow graduated from State University of New York at Buffalo[8] with a BS in Engineering in 1971.[9] CareerIn 1965, Flatow began his career in broadcasting working in television at KHD-21 TV at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, New York. In 1969, Flatow began working in radio at WBFO, in Buffalo, New York, first as a reporter covering Vietnam anti-war demonstrations and riots and then as news director, 1971. During this time, he was working on an engineering degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Flatow's first science stories were created in 1970 during the first Earth Day.[3] National Public RadioFrom 1971 to 1986, he was on staff at NPR serving as a production assistant, associate producer, producer and science correspondent and reported on topics including the Kennedy Space Center, Three Mile Island, HIV/AIDS and the South Pole. From 1991-2013 he hosted Science Friday for NPR, which he anchored each Friday afternoon, discussing topics in science and technology.[3][4] PRI, Public Radio InternationalOn January 1, 2014 the Science Friday program moved from NPR to PRI (Public Radio International) with Flatow continuing as host.[4][10] The radio program airs from the City University of New York CUNY Graduate Center studios. TelevisionFrom 1982 through 1987 he hosted the Emmy Award-winning PBS science program Newton's Apple, which originated at KTCA in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 1991, Flatow wrote and reported science and technology for CBS News' CBS This Morning. He has discussed cutting-edge science on a number of programs, including the Cablevision program Maximum Science. He hosted the PBS series Big Ideas produced by WNET. His TV credits include science reporter for CBS This Morning, Westinghouse, and cable's CNBC. Flatow wrote, produced and hosted an hour-long documentary about the history of the transistor called Transistorized!, which aired on PBS. He has talked about science on a number TV shows including The Merv Griffin Show, Today, Charlie Rose, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. He has written three books that popularize topics in science and technology: Rainbows, Curveballs, and Other Wonders of the Natural World Explained, They All Laughed... From Light Bulbs to Lasers: The Fascinating Stories Behind the Great Inventions That Have Changed Our Lives, and Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature.[4][11] Flatow is founder and president of the Science Friday Initiative (previously TalkingScience) a non-profit company dedicated to creating radio, TV, and Internet projects aimed making science user friendly.[4][12] In 2009, Flatow had a voice cameo appearance as himself on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory in "The Vengeance Formulation" (season 3, episode 9). In the episode, Flatow interviews Dr. Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) on his research on magnetic monopoles. Flatow was given a co-star credit. In 2012, Flatow was referenced in the 3rd season Archer episode, Skin Game, by title character Sterling Archer. In 2013, Flatow appears as himself in person for another guest-star appearance on The Big Bang Theory, interviewing Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter on Science Friday about Cooper's failed discovery in "The Discovery Dissipation" (season 7, episode 10). In 2017, Flatow once again appeared on The Big Bang Theory interviewing Leonard Hofstadter for "Science Friday" (Season 11, Episode 2). In 2014, Flatow settled a dispute with the federal government over a federal grant from the National Science Foundation. Flatow did not admit any wrongdoing and he and his company settled with the government for a fee of about $146,000. Flatow and ScienceFriday, Inc., were barred from future federal grants for one year, ending in 2015.[13] Honors and awards
References1. ^{{cite web|title=Ira Flatow|url=https://www.amazon.com/Ira-Flatow/e/B001ILKD7K|publisher=Amazon.com|accessdate=19 January 2013}} 2. ^1 {{cite web|title=Ira Flatow|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Ira+Flatow|accessdate=19 January 2013}} 3. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Ira Flatow|url=https://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/flatow.html|publisher=NPR|accessdate=19 January 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609120313/https://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/flatow.html|archivedate=9 June 2013}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 5 [https://www.npr.org/people/2100482/ira-flatow "Ira Flatow"]. National Public Radio. Retrieved January 15, 2013. 5. ^{{cite web|title=Big Ideas|url=http://www.thirteen.org/bigideas/|publisher=WNET, New York Public Media|accessdate=19 January 2013}} 6. ^{{cite web|last1=Wagenberg|first1=Miriam|title=Marriage Miriam Wagenberg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/08/29/style/miriam-wagenberg-is-wed.html|website=NY Times}} 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Flatow|first1=Miriam|url=https://www.raveis.com/agentprofile.asp?AGENT=8232&smart=1|website=Raveis.com|title=Miriam}} 8. ^{{cite web|last1=Encyclopedia.com|title=Encyclopedia.com|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/flatow-ira-1949|website=Encyclopedia.com}} 9. ^{{cite web|last1=Flatow|first1=Ira|title=Ira Flatow Degree|url=http://www.iraflatow.com/IraFlatow/CV.html|website=Iraflatow.com}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=Flatow Finds More Traction For Science Friday In PRI|url=http://www.current.org/2013/12/flatow-finds-more-traction-for-science-friday-in-pri-distribution/|accessdate=20 November 2014}} 11. ^{{cite web|title=Ira Flatow: 2005 Honorary Member|url=http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/prizes/honor.flatow.shtml|publisher=Sigma XI|accessdate=19 January 2013}} 12. ^{{cite web|title=Science Friday Initiative|url=http://www.scifri.org|accessdate=19 January 2013}} 13. ^{{citation|url=http://www.justice.gov/usao/ct/Press2014/20140916.html|title=ScienceFriday, Inc. and Ira Flatow To Pay $145,531 To Resolve Allegations of Misuse Of NSF Grant|publisher=The U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Connecticut}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.iraflatow.com/IraFlatow/CV.html|title=CV|website=www.iraflatow.com|accessdate=3 November 2018}} Bibliography
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