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How to Get Booked on Science Friday
Science Friday is a science podcast hosted by Science Friday and WNYC Studios with 1347 episodes. Your strongest route into Science Friday starts with evidence from its feed and the contact path this show publishes.
Science Friday is not affiliated with Let's Make A Podcast. We cannot book its guests.
What Science Friday is about
Covering the outer reaches of space to the tiniest microbes in our bodies, Science Friday is the source for entertaining and educational stories about science, technology, and other cool stuff.
In the show’s own words, from its public feed.
- Publishes
- most weekdays
- Latest episode
- Jul 15, 2026
- Catalogue
- 1347 episodes
Recent episodes
Listen to a few of these before you pitch, then reference one by name.
- What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?
- Beautiful botflies, luscious leeches, and the wonder of parasites
- China's booming biotech, from a brain implant to drug discovery
- Reconnecting with the night sky and reining in light pollution
- Amid shifting politics, can we build stable global health systems?
Episode list read from the show’s public RSS feed on 2026-07-16.
3 show-specific steps to pitch Science Friday
- 1
Listen before you pitch
Start with the latest episode of Science Friday, which publishes most weekdays, currently “What will our reaction be when we discover aliens?” Listen for how the host frames the conversation, then make your angle fit Science Friday.
- 2
Send it to the address Science Friday publishes
Science Friday's feed publishes a contact address. We do not print Science Friday's address on public pages. A free account opens a pre-addressed draft for Science Friday in your mail app; we never send it. Get the address for Science Friday.
- 3
Lead with a specific, relevant angle
Hosts want a researcher or communicator who can make a complex finding clear and vivid. Open with one sentence on why you fit Science Friday and the exact topic you would bring to an episode. See our pitch template, or write it now, prefilled for Science Friday, then grade the draft against Science Friday.
Pitch basics: read the complete guide. Science Friday is listed from Apple Podcasts (iTunes Search API), public directory data; its host can manage it below.
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