During any given How On Earth episode he may be a host, writer, producer and/or sound engineer (he also built and manages the show’s website). Ted was an intern with the NPR science desk in Washington, D.C., and continues to write for the blogs Shotsand The Salt as a freelancer. He has produced multimedia features for NPR’s Intern Edition, NewsTeam Boulder and the Emmy-winning video podcast CU Science Update, and has written several science features for the Boulder Daily Camera. He was also a cofounder of The Boulder Stand, a student-run environmental news website. Ted sometimes writes about science, skepticism, science fiction, and assorted geekery on his blog, A Word For Science, and he tweets occasionally @awordforscience. Ted holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Bates College and an M.A. in journalism from the University of Colorado. He likes to bike, ski, play ukulele, and cook.