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Kasha Patel
American science writer (born 1991) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kasha Patel (born July 18, 1991) 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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