Ira Flatow

Ira Flatow
Ira Flatow receiving the National Science Board Public Service Award in 2005
Born	(1949-03-07) March 7, 1949 (age 67) New York City, United States
Show	Science Friday
Network	Public Radio International
Time slot	Friday, Podcasts, On demand
Style	Host, Exec. Producer
Country	United States
Previous show(s)	Newton's Apple
Website	Personal website Science Friday website

Ira Flatow (/ˈaɪərə ˈfleɪtoʊ/; born March 9, 1949) is a radio and television journalist and author who hosts Public Radio International's popular program, Science Friday. On TV, he hosted the Emmy Award-winning Newton's Apple, a television science program for children and their families. He hosted the PBS series Big Ideas and has published several books, the most recent titled Present at the Future: From Evolution to Nanotechnology, Candid and Controversial Conversations on Science and Nature.

Flatow is a native of New York and currently lives in Connecticut.

In 1965, Flatow began his career in broadcasting working in television at KHD-21 TV at H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square, New York. In 1969, Flatow began working in radio at WBFO, in Buffalo, New York, first as a reporter covering Vietnam anti-war demonstrations and riots and then as news director, 1971. During this time, he was working on an engineering degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Flatow's first science stories were created in 1970 during the first Earth Day.

From 1971 to 1986, he was on staff at NPR serving as a production assistant, associate producer, producer and science correspondent and reported on topics including the Kennedy Space Center, Three Mile Island, HIV/AIDS and the South Pole. From 1991-2013 he hosted Science Friday for NPR, which he anchored each Friday afternoon, discussing topics in science and technology.