Ira Flatow
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1,345 appearances
25 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Ira Flatow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Science Friday · Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution · 10 Jul 2026
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I'm Ira Flato.
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Hi, I'm Ira Flatow, and you're listening to Science Friday.
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We're celebrating the nation's 250th, and where better to have that conversation than in Boston, the birthplace of the American Revolution?
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You may not realize how connected science is to the birth of our country.
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The founders of our country found the role of science to be so important to our democracy
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that the founders specifically called for the support and promotion of science all the way up at the top of our Constitution, Article 1.
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So now if I say colonial America and science, probably the first thing that comes up is...
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Ben Franklin, yes.
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Ben was one of America's greatest scientists even to this day, but Ben wasn't the only one thinking big thoughts, asking big questions.
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There were plenty of natural philosophers looking at the world in new ways and trying to make sense of how the world worked.
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I'm here in WBUR's city space, and joining me is Dr. Robert Allison, professor of history at Suffolk University, is also chair of Revolution 250.
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and president of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
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Thanks for being here with us.
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Okay, let's begin with Franklin, why not?
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