Adam Ragusea

Adam Ragusea (/rəˈɡuːsiə/ rə-GOO-see-ə; born March 22, 1982) is an American YouTuber who creates videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture. Until 2020 he was a professor of journalism at Mercer University.^[2][3][4]

Adam Ragusea
Ragusea in 2014
Personal information
Born	Adam Conrad Ragusea (1982-03-22) March 22, 1982 (age 43) Pennsylvania, U.S.[‡ 1]
Education	Pennsylvania State University Indiana University Bloomington
Occupations	YouTuber Professor of journalism (former)
Website	adamragusea.com
YouTube information
Channel	Adam Ragusea
Years active	2010–present (first started producing food videos in 2017)
Genres	Cooking science journalism
Subscribers	2.56 million[1]
Views	728 million[1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers 2019 1,000,000 subscribers 2020
Last updated: 17 May 2025

Early life and education

Adam Ragusea was born on March 22, 1982. He grew up in State College, Pennsylvania.^[4] He attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, but left before the end of his first year.^[5] He finished his bachelor's degree in music theory and composition at Pennsylvania State University in 2004.^{[‡ 2]} He completed all coursework towards a Master of Music at Indiana University Bloomington, but did not graduate.^{[‡ 3]}

Career

Journalism

Ragusea began as a reporter in public media for the Indiana University-owned WFIU, before moving to WBUR-FM in Boston, and then Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB).^[6] While at GPB, he served as the organization's Macon Bureau Chief and host of the local Morning Edition.^[7]

Ragusea was a journalist in residence at Mercer University from 2014 until February 2020, teaching introductory and advanced journalism, and media production classes, while coordinating with regional news outlets partnered with the university's journalism program.^[8][9][10] During his time at Mercer, Ragusea was the longtime host of and contributor to Current's The Pub, a trade podcast covering the public media industry.^{[citation needed]}

YouTube

Ragusea created his YouTube channel on February 12, 2010, and his first videos were food recipes, made with the intention of sharing with his friends.^[11] His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.^[12] He also cites SpongeBob SquarePants as an influence on his style of comedy, describing it as "edgy but fundamentally [...] just a beam of bright sunshine".^[13] He launched "The Adam Ragusea Podcast" with the first episode "Dorian Yates Drumsticks" releasing on February 25, 2022. Ragusea announced that he would drop from his usual 2 videos a week along with the podcast to only 1 video a week plus the podcast on December 19, 2022 in a video titled "The next phase of our relationship".^[14]

Personal life

Since mid-2021, Ragusea has lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife, novelist Lauren Morrill, and their two children. He previously lived in Macon, Georgia.^{[‡ 4][‡ 5]}