Creative Science Content

Izzie Clarke is an award-winning podcast producer, presenter, author and science journalist on a mission to prove that science is anything but boring.

With a Masters in Physics and a background in entertainment radio at the BBC, Izzie has made a career out of turning complex ideas into compelling stories.

She hosts the UK’s #1 astronomy podcast,
The Supermassive Podcast, for the Royal Astronomical Society, and is the author of two books about space for both adults and young readers. Everyday STEM: Space (Kingfisher, 2023) is a space guide for 9–11 year olds and The Year in Space (Wildfire, 2022) is a cosmic round-up of the biggest space news for 2022. Izzie also hosts events, online series and consults for various clients which include the European Space Agency, ViaSat, the UK Space Education Office (ESERO-UK) and the Science Museum Group.

As Executive Producer at Fresh Air, Izzie leads standout podcasts including That’s Just Wild with Steve Backshall, Lizzie Daly and Sarah Roberts, Technology Now for HPE, Call of the Wild for WWF-UK, and This Is Not A Beauty Podcast hosted by Isabella Rossellini for L’Oreal, in partnership with T-Brand, the content studio within New York Times Advertising.

Izzie has done astronaut training, raced cars, and blown things up — all in the pursuit of making science seriously fun.