Kasha Patel

For the lawyer and politician, see Kash Patel.

Kasha Patel
Kasha Patel in 2024
BornFairmont, West Virginia, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • podcasting
Alma materWake Forest University (BA)
Boston University
Years active2014–present
Genres
Subject(s)
WebsiteOfficial 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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Kasha Patel: A Comic Walks Into Goddard..." NASA. September 26, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "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.