Is factual TV dead? - Dr. Shini Somara (Crash Course Physics)

0:00 Intro 0:24 Who are you? 1:08 How did you get started with science communication? 1:46 What were you doing in your PhD? 3:33 Had you thought about a career in scicomm when you started your PhD? 4:51 What was your first step into science communication? 5:58 Did you enjoy the environment of fashion modelling? 6:40 What was your first TV job? 8:00 How did you get that job? 9:01 Was branching out frowned upon by academics or producers? 10:44 Did you have another job alongside your TV career? 12:00 Did you find it different in TV not being a white man? 14:45 Did you find yourself worried you were being picked for diversity? 16:17 What was 'Techno'? 18:47 How did you get the Crash Course job? 19:43 What was it like making YouTube videos for the first time? 22:00 How long were you working with them? 22:45 What was your role in the Crash Course team? 25:10 Did you film them in bulk or could you use audience feedback? 26:10 What would more of a Shini-style video be? 27:50 What was receiving audience feedback like coming from TV? 28:57 Do you play piano? 29:52 What were the comments like? 30:38 Were the criticisms about you or your science? 31:20 How do you have the restraint not to read the comments? 34:54 Do you know who your audience on YouTube are? 37:06 Do you know the gender split of your audience? 38:56 What are you doing after Crash Course? 40:06 Would you like to take more team YT jobs? 41:50 What would you say is the big problem putting women off science? 44:10 Is TV dead? 46:46 What are you proudest of in your career? 48:53 What one thing do you want the audience to know about you that you don't think they know?