The benefits of using comedy to explain science

Kasha Patel fills the unknown demand of female Indian comics from West Virginia. Now based in DC, she is a stand-up comedienne, writer, and on-screen personality who focuses her jokes on her life as an Indian-American in the U.S and science. The founder of “DC Science Comedy,” she produces one of the nation’s only regularly occurring science shows where only science jokes, stories, songs, and bits are allowed with sold out crowds. She has been featured in BBC World, The Washington Post, hosted a mini-series on NASA TV, and appeared on the Travel Channel's "Mysteries at the Museum." She currently hosts Undark magazine's science podcast. Kasha grew up in West Virginia, majored in chemistry at Wake Forest University, and earned her Master's degree in Science Journalism at Boston University. From her standup debut in Boston, Kasha has performed coast to coast from San Francisco to New York City.