Flora Lichtman — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Host at Science Friday
Creator and host of Gimlet’s Every Little Thing podcast, which ran for five years and 200 episodes, averaging a million monthly downloads
Nominated for an Emmy for writing on Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World
Nominated for an Emmy for producing the Op-Doc series Animated Life for the New York Times
Started as a researcher at a NATO oceanographic lab in Italy, studying whales

Biography

Flora Lichtman is a host at Science Friday, dedicated to making science more accessible, relatable, and human. She is widely recognized as the creator and host of Gimlet’s Every Little Thing podcast, which ran for five years and produced two hundred episodes, consistently averaging a million monthly downloads.

Her contributions to science communication extend to television and digital media. Lichtman was nominated for an Emmy for her writing on Netflix’s Bill Nye Saves the World.