Stochastic Scribbles
Random musings in a variety of subjects, from science to religion.

Money problems and Science Friday

If you’re anything like me, you’ll be listening to NPR Science Friday every week (although not necessarily on Friday if you listen to it as a podcast like I do). One of the funding sources for the radio program was the NSF; unfortunately, they’ve decided not to continue their support.

The NSF probably have their own valid reasons to stop their funding (like, there’s a lot of pressure to cut the deficit, although I personally think that a public radio program promoting science would still be a very worthwhile cause to fund), but this means that Science Friday is facing financial difficulties. And despite being an NPR program, it only gets 10% of its funding from NPR. Fortunately, the program is in no immediate danger of going off the air, but of course, they could use all the help they can get.

Support Science Friday

I love the show, so I support it. If you’re interested in science and have never been a listener of NPR Science Friday, then you might want to give it a listen.