Kasha Patel

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Kasha Patel
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Kasha Patel in 2024
Born Fairmont, West Virginia, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • podcasting
Alma mater Wake Forest University (BA)
Boston University
Years active2014–present
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Website Official website

Kasha Patel (born July 18) is an American science writer, [1] stand-up comedian, [2] voice artist, and podcaster. [3] She currently works as the deputy weather editor for the Washington Post. [4] She has produced the only regularly-recurring science comedy shows in the United States since 2014. [5] Before her time at the Washington Post, she was known as a digital storyteller for the NASA Earth Observatory . [6] [7]

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Early life

Kasha Patel was born in Fairmont, West Virginia. [8] She is of Indian descent. Patel graduated from high school in 2008. In 2012, Patel obtained a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Wake Forest University. [9] Before starting her comedy career, she also attended Boston University to study science journalism. [10]

Career

Patel's comedy career began in 2014. She moved to Washington, District of Columbia in 2013.

In 2015, Patel published a study of the citizen science effort Aurorasaurus St. Patrick's Day Storm. [11]

Patel performed at the 2018 American Association for the Advancement of Science conference where she also presented several topics for NASA. [12] In 2018, Patel was featured as one of the top undiscovered comedians in the US. [2]

Patel has also discussed her synthesis of science and comedy during a TEDx Tysons event. [13]

In 2023, the Discovery Channel announced that Kasha would be the host of the Shark Week podcast. [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Kasha Patel: A Comic Walks Into Goddard..." NASA. September 26, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "The Best Undiscovered Comedian from Every State". Thrillist. October 24, 2018. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Our monthly audio exploration of science and society, with Kasha Patel, David Corcoran, and Michael Schulson". Undark Magazine. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Kasha Patel Joins Capital Weather Gangs Deputy Weather Editor". Washington Post. July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ↑ "DC Science Comedy". Kasha Patel. August 10, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Search the Earth Observatory". NASA. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ Floyd, Thomas (February 20, 2019). "Comedian Kasha Patel studies the science of laughter on her D.C. Dream Day" . Washington Post . Archived from the original on June 9, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
  8. ↑ Wilson, Debra Minor (July 17, 2018). "A defining moment". Times West Virginia. Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ Patel, K (January 26, 2015). "Constant & True: NASA writer by day, stand-up comic by night — looking outside the box". Wake Forest Magazine . Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  10. ↑ Lazzaro, Jakob (August 17, 2017). "Dork Side of the Moon finds the funny in Monday's solar eclipse". Charleston City Paper. Archived from the original on April 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ Case, Nathan A.; MacDonald, Elizabeth A.; Patel, K (June 1, 2015). "Aurorasaurus and the St Patrick's Day storm". Astronomy & Geophysics. 56 (3): 3.13–3.14. doi: 10.1093/astrogeo/atv089 . Archived from the original on August 24, 2023. Retrieved November 17, 2018– via ResearchGate.
  12. ↑ Patel, K (February 19, 2018). "BBC World Interviews NASA journalist / science comedienne". BBC World News. Retrieved November 17, 2018– via YouTube.
  13. ↑ Patel, K (January 30, 2018). "Sneaking Science into Stand-Up". Tedx Talks. Retrieved February 2, 2019– via YouTube.
  14. ↑ "Discovery Channel Shark Week Podcast". August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 15, 2024.
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