Ep.32 – Science Communication with Jenn Blanchett

Planet B612

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Support Planet B612 on Patreon: https://patreon.com/juliesworld** In this episode, I speak with Jenn Blanchett. Jenn has worked as a Science Communicator with Science North, and now works as a teacher. We talk about science communication for the public by non-scientists, the important role that artists play in scicomm, and the joys of sharing knowledge with different audiences.

• Introduction (0:00:30)
• What is Science North?(0:01:33)
• The animals at Science North (0:04:31)
• Jenn’s background (0:07:26)
• The controversy of scicomm when you’re not a scientist (0:12:45)
• The importance of simplifying scientific knowledge (0:18:51)
• The science community should work with artists (0:21:30)
• Grad programs in scicomm (0:25:07)
• Jenn Learns Stuff video series (0:28:15)
• Scicomm on TikTok and other video mediums (0:34:54)
• Targeting audiences (0:36:44)
• Science North theatre shows (0:39:18)
• Bizarre questions from the public (0:40:56)
• Communicating with different audiences (0:42:23)
• Scicomm training on the job (0:44:54)
• High school teaching (0:48:14)
• Is the talent for scicomm innate or learned? (0:51:50)
• What Jenn does for pleasure (0:53:33)

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