Wednesday, March 11, 2026

How to make STEM fun and go viral

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Wait, I saw that. You posted a video of someone in the crowd telling you he’s a vet and then you said, “OK, some of them may be wrong…” and then it got a laugh.

Yes, definitely.

I usually start shows by saying I have a degree in chemistry and then ask who else has one. If there is anyone here who has a higher level chemistry degree or from a better university, I am ready.

What’s the worst curse you’ve ever gotten?

Last Sunday I was doing a show in progress and making jokes about exothermic reactions.

This is a joke where you ask the audience if they want to hear about exothermic reactions and then you answer you have no energy.

Yes, and in my head, I swear it’s true. But all I hear is a diminutive voice saying, “Actually, I think if you change it to activation energyIt will work much better.”

OK, right, but yours works too, so…

I do one joke where I draw line of best fit. In Edinburgh I drew it as a straight, linear line of best fit, and when the laughter died down, someone spoke up and said, “Actually, that’s exponential best fit curve

What’s worse is that I’ve told this joke so many times and it took someone saying it before everyone in the audience responded, “Yes, they’re right.” It’s like oh no, I’ve told that joke 20 times…

Are your kits educational? Or at least informative?

Maybe a little. But I would probably spend that energy on other things. Like I’m currently writing a book about the periodic table and it’s a book for young adults. These are children aged 10 to 15. It’s really educational because I divided the book into groups on the periodic table, then related each group to their characteristics and properties as an element, and then sort of fictionalized them into personalities that fit those properties. To Is educational. But this may lead to me creating hopefully more educational content like a book.

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