Episode 32
Science Communication
Jenn Blanchet
Jenn Blanchet is a teacher, and science communicator. We talk about scicomm, and the place of artists in science!
About This Episode
In this episode, I speak with Jenn Blanchet. 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.
Watch “Jenn Learns Stuff” on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCoUzSOhJy8&list=PLhAjGkpomY84qb4tDHLIVv-4McHMJat1u
Topics and Timestamps
- 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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