SciComm Summer #24: Joe Palca on NPR Science Reporting

Joe Palca reported on science for NPR for years. He found his sweet spot, capturing people's interest and filling them in on curious new findings in just a few minutes. His path to this job wasn't all that direct, and in our conversation, he shares how he got there and what he's learned along the way. Listen to his 2019 story on the "electric dipole moment": Scientists Studying EDM To Find Why Everything In The Universe Exists : NPR You can find the rest of this summer's science communication podcast series here . For a transcript of this episode, visit this episode's page at: Learn more about Opinion Science at and follow @OpinionSciPod on Twitter.

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SciComm Summer #24: Joe Palca on NPR Science Reporting is an episode from Opinion Science by Andy Luttrell.

This episode is 51:38 long.

This episode was published on Jul 28, 2025.

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