{"id":18380,"date":"2020-02-10T17:20:27","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T23:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=18380"},"modified":"2020-05-04T13:45:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T18:45:48","slug":"bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Science rules!&#8221;: Bill Nye is coming to UW to talk about climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t worry, those growing \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a730vEbqpSo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bill!<\/a>\u201d chants aren\u2019t just in your head: the Science Guy himself, Bill Nye, is coming to UW.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced today that <a href=\"https:\/\/union.wisc.edu\/events-and-activities\/event-calendar\/event\/lets-talk-climate-change-a-conversation-with-bill-nye\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nye will speak<\/a> at Shannon Hall on Tuesday, April 21 \u2014 one day before Earth Day, natch \u2014 as part of the Wisconsin Union\u2019s Distinguished Lecture series. His topic will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/greta-thunberg-climate-protest-madison\/\">climate change<\/a>, a subject the 64-year-old has been <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/JDcro7dPqpA?t=1095\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">especially vocal<\/a> about in recent years. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billnyefilm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recent documentary<\/a> <em>Bill Nye: Science Guy <\/em>saw the avuncular sound effect enthusiast taking on climate denial, among other things.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BILL NYE: SCIENCE GUY Official Theatrical Trailer\" width=\"689\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aQC2xqUXQb4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>For many reading this, Nye was an integral part of childhood. His wacky yet informative TV show <em>Bill Nye the Science Guy<\/em> was a classroom staple for \u201990s kids. A former Boeing engineer who also performed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Almost_Live!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">same comedy group<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billnye\/status\/314480136256897026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as Joel McHale<\/a>, Nye is crazy good at explaining abstract scientific concepts in a way that\u2019s both educational <em>and <\/em>really fun.<\/p>\n<p>And as I would learn during my brief tenure as a substitute teacher, he\u2019s also a perfect ringer when you show up too hungover to tell a bunch of rowdy third graders about electromagnetism or whatever.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 5px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bill Nye The Science Guy on Static Electricity (Full Clip)\" width=\"689\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z-77IzaXGcg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 10px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>It\u2019s fitting that Nye\u2019s visit to Madison is so close to Earth Day. Not only is he a vocal advocate for environmental consciousness, but 2020 marks the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthday.org\/earth-day-50th-anniversary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">50th anniversary<\/a> of the first Earth Day. For an added bit of trivia, the founder was a U.S. senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson. Small world!<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the lecture will be free and first made available to students; <a href=\"https:\/\/madison.com\/wsj\/news\/local\/education\/university\/bill-nye-the-science-guy-coming-to-uw-madison-to\/article_d29b73ff-3bea-5c43-8d77-75d266f36137.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">additional information<\/a> is still to come. Until then, please enjoy the Science Guy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/us\/2020\/02\/08\/bill-nye-dance-lizzo-new-york-fashion-week-orig-rn.cnn\/video\/playlists\/atv-trending-videos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting down to some Lizzo<\/a> at New York Fashion Week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t worry, those growing \u201cBill!\u201d chants aren\u2019t just in your head: the Science Guy himself, Bill Nye, is coming to UW. It was announced today that Nye will speak at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5155],"tags":[11797,3847,19,1772,3155,881,1638,2550],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v18.5.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Science rules!&quot;: Bill Nye is coming to UW in April - The Bozho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The topic of his Distinguished Lecture series event will be climate change, a subject the 64-year-old has been especially vocal about in recent years.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cScience rules!\u201d: Bill Nye is coming to UW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"He&#039;ll talk about climate change on April 21.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Bozho\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"\u201cScience rules!\u201d: Bill Nye is coming to UW\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"He&#039;ll talk about climate change on April 21.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-tw.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@thebozho\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tom Whitcomb\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/\",\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/thebozho\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebozho\"],\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":280,\"caption\":\"The Bozho\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Bozho\",\"description\":\"Seeing things. Madison, Wisconsin.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Science rules!\\\": Bill Nye is coming to UW in April - The Bozho\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"The topic of his Distinguished Lecture series event will be climate change, a subject the 64-year-old has been especially vocal about in recent years.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8220;Science rules!&#8221;: Bill Nye is coming to UW to talk about climate change\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610560eac25e88f8cb57fc01f7fff1ee\"},\"headline\":\"&#8220;Science rules!&#8221;: Bill Nye is coming to UW to talk about climate change\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Bill Nye\",\"Climate Change\",\"Culture\",\"Science\",\"Shannon Hall\",\"Show Announcements\",\"TV\",\"University of Wisconsin-Madison\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Culture\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610560eac25e88f8cb57fc01f7fff1ee\",\"name\":\"Tom Whitcomb\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a933acbcf91378960e0b92b44ea367c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a933acbcf91378960e0b92b44ea367c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tom Whitcomb\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/author\/tom-whitcomb\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"\"Science rules!\": Bill Nye is coming to UW in April - The Bozho","description":"The topic of his Distinguished Lecture series event will be climate change, a subject the 64-year-old has been especially vocal about in recent years.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"\u201cScience rules!\u201d: Bill Nye is coming to UW","og_description":"He'll talk about climate change on April 21.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/","og_site_name":"The Bozho","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/","article_published_time":"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"\u201cScience rules!\u201d: Bill Nye is coming to UW","twitter_description":"He'll talk about climate change on April 21.","twitter_image":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-tw.jpg","twitter_creator":"@thebozho","twitter_site":"@thebozho","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tom Whitcomb","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization","name":"The Bozho","url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebozho\/","http:\/\/instagram.com\/thebozho","https:\/\/twitter.com\/thebozho"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/logo.png","width":600,"height":280,"caption":"The Bozho"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/","name":"The Bozho","description":"Seeing things. Madison, Wisconsin.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye-fb.jpg","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/","name":"\"Science rules!\": Bill Nye is coming to UW in April - The Bozho","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00","description":"The topic of his Distinguished Lecture series event will be climate change, a subject the 64-year-old has been especially vocal about in recent years.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;Science rules!&#8221;: Bill Nye is coming to UW to talk about climate change"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610560eac25e88f8cb57fc01f7fff1ee"},"headline":"&#8220;Science rules!&#8221;: Bill Nye is coming to UW to talk about climate change","datePublished":"2020-02-10T23:20:27+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-04T18:45:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#webpage"},"wordCount":327,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/BillNye.jpg","keywords":["Bill Nye","Climate Change","Culture","Science","Shannon Hall","Show Announcements","TV","University of Wisconsin-Madison"],"articleSection":["Culture"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/bill-nye-uw-madison-climate-change-lecture\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610560eac25e88f8cb57fc01f7fff1ee","name":"Tom Whitcomb","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a933acbcf91378960e0b92b44ea367c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a933acbcf91378960e0b92b44ea367c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tom Whitcomb"},"url":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/author\/tom-whitcomb\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18380"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}