You're so right Ron, and you might want to remember that before you post next time. Flatow did "Talk of the Nation" only on Friday when it was devoted to science, and then changed to "Science Friday." Find below Flatow's career at NPR.


Flatow was born in to a Jewish family in New York City where his first experience with a television news program was in his high school. In 1967, however, Flatow entered college to pursue an engineering degree at the State University of New York at Buffalo, where he received his bachelor's degree in 1971.[1] He began working in radio at WBFO, in Buffalo, New York and his first news stories covered antiwar demonstrations and riots. Flatow's first science stories were created in 1970 during the first Earth Day. In 1971, he became the news director of WBFO.

Flatow was hired by the newly-formed National Public Radio in Washington, DC in 1971. There he covered the environment, health and medicine news, and technology stories. While at NPR, Flatow began to host the Friday edition of Talk of the Nation which became known as Science Friday. From 1982 through 1987 he hosted Newton's Apple, which originated at KTCA in St. Paul, Minnesota.

In 1991, he wrote and reported science and technology for CBS News' "CBS This Morning." He has written and host various PBS TV specials, including "Transistorized!"

Flatow is founder and president of TalkingScience, non-profit company dedicated to creating radio, TV, and Internet projects that make science "user friendly".