Science Friday
Other names	SciFri
Running time	ca. 110 min.
Country	United States
Languages	English
Syndicates	NPR
Hosts	Ira Flatow
Executive producers	Ira Flatow
Recording studio	New York, New York
Air dates	to
Audio format	Stereophonic
Website www.sciencefriday.com

Science Friday (SciFri) is a weekly call-in talk show that is part of National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation radio program.^[1][2] SciFri is hosted by Ira Flatow with Joe Palca stepping in when Flatow is away. The focus of each two-hour program is nature, science, and technology and the news and information. SciFri was created when the National Science Foundation agreed to fund a weekly science talk-show on NPR. After the Gulf War in 1991, NPR created a daily talk show called Talk of the Nation, and incorporated Science Friday into it.

The program's slogan is “Making Science RadioActive.”

SciFri also broadcasts excerpts from the annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony on the Friday after Thanksgiving.^[3]

Science Friday is now also available in a podcasting format, and welcomes bloggers to its web site.

Science Friday, also maintains an island (Science Friday Island) in Second Life, including an open air theater with live audio and video feeds of the broadcast.

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External links

• Science Friday official website

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