WORK HUNT! I know it's summer but it's time to think ahead. Need a freelancer who can help you out with transferable skills training, a host for your event, some comedy for your conference, event photos or anything else? Drop me a line! drstevecross.squarespace.com
Steve Cross
@drstevex.bsky.social
Comedy and science communication. Trainer, consultant, speaker, host, podcaster, photographer. I help experts to be interesting, effective and public. Founder of Science Showoff he/him
Do any of you have a big rock we can push? Prepping for a big Sisyphus episode recording this week.
A - Deadline is tomorrow. B - These kind of consultations need to be written in a readable way. I ran this through the Flesch-Kincaid reading score, and it's on a level with a Brief History of Time. English isn't everyone's first language and this is important stuff.
Self-employed people! Sorry to put a downer on your Sunday, but in case you'd not seen, the Government wants us to pay our tax *monthly* like we're employees or something With the World Cup and all the politics, I'd missed the consultation they put out last month, which is here: 1/
Philosophy Playdate isn't taking a summer break, so you can keep filling your brain and confusing your friends while the sun is out. Go listen!
New episode day! We start with roast dinner consumption strategies and end up worrying that time might not even be real. We'reasked "Why do we save the best for last?" and we almost have answers. Download, stream, subscribe and review wherever you get podcasts. #philosophysky #philsky #podcast
It's new episode day on my podcast, Philosophy Playdate! We've been asked "Do animals have different emotions?" and try to find out if a penguin, duck or jay can feel joy or merely pleasure. Download, subscribe and leave funny reviews wherever you get podcasts! #philosophy #comedy #podcast
Also go follow @philosophyplaydate.bsky.social because we just hit 20 episodes which as anyone who has made a podcast will tell you is approximately one million hours of blood, sweat and tears.
This Thursday I am telling jokes both about and using my very chaotic brain. It's free! You'll enjoy it!
This Thursday! Come and catch Steve and some of his ADHD/ASD friends telling jokes for FREE at @qmul.bsky.social . Contains science. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/minds-neur...
For wannabe comedians among us, join @drstevex.bsky.social's workshop "Comedy skills for researchers and other humans" on 3 June for tips and tricks to craft successful jokes about life, work and the future. (I can personally vouch for this and I'm hilarious.) www.tickettailor.com/events/dfist...
Register Here – Comedy skills for researchers and other humans with Steve Cross – MAC 302 (Formerly MB1.1) - Macadam Building
Comedy skills for researchers and other humans with Steve Cross – MAC 302 (Formerly MB1.1) - Macadam Building, Wed 3 Jun 2026 - With Steve Cross. Join comedian and talent developer, Professor Steve Cr...
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THIS SATURDAY! Come and laugh along with seven comedians, therapists and people with lived experience of mental health issues as we make jokes about our poor, sore brains. Near Tower Bridge, 6-8pm and FREE Tickets: www.mediculture.co.uk/all-events/s...
Science Showoff Cures All Brain Ills — Medi-Culture
Join us for a night of medically-themed stand-up comedy, stories and silliness from some of London's funniest people.
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This Saturday - a special comedy show about mental health, featuring therapists and people with lived experience. And tickets are FREE! At the Raven (off Tower Bridge on the South side) from 6-8pm. Grab your seat by booking at www.mediculture.co.uk/all-events/s... Christabel will be performing!
It's new episode day! After getting caught doing something naughty, Steve's daughter tries to escape blame by asking "Is my brain a separate thing that tells my body what to do?". We asked Plato, Cavendish, Descartes & more to answer. drstevecross.squarespace.com/podcast #philsky #philosophysky
BOOK AGENT CHAT who are your UK agents for non-fiction? Who is good? Asking for a friend.
We have our first merchandise! Available from stevecross.squarespace.com/podcast I honestly don’t know enough philosophy to get the joke. Can anyone explain?
New episode @philosophyplaydate.bsky.social as a child asks "When will I die?". Stream or download now. This t-shirt celebrates the day Christabel told a teacher she'd got into UCL but he misheard "UCLA" and got super excited. Should we sell these? drstevecross.squarespace.com/podcast
Get tickets now for this month's @scienceshowoff.bsky.social with seven incredible acts, most of them new to our stage. April 21st at The Harrison near King's Cross wegottickets.com/f/18111
Science Showoff April 2026
Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff. Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...
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Episode 2 is up! Join us as we discuss "What's The Best Favourite Colour to Have?" with some help from Immanuel Kant and the many philosophers who have pointed out the holes in his arguments through which one could sail an oil tanker . The episode should be on all platforms. Shout if it isn't!
We are live! Download episode one and decide who is getting converted; Babies into dogs or dogs into babies? Can philosophy help us to decide? Available now on Spotify & Apple Podcasts. Other platforms coming very soon. open.spotify.com/show/6ryHSeM... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...
Ep 1 - The Dog/Baby Switch
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Once again I beseech all universities: Don’t buy Extron systems they do not work properly with Macs.
TONIGHT Catch the funniest up-and-coming science talent in London. Tickets: wegottickets.com/event/690755/
Science Showoff Feburary 2026
Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff. Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...
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Get tickets now for our next show in London. Feb 25th with a cracking lineup! wegottickets.com/event/690755
Science Showoff Feburary 2026
Science Showoff is the chaotic science comedy show where your favourite comedians, favourite scientists and favourite friends get to be silly about serious stuff. Join a carefully-curated lineup of ...
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I'm enjoying an episode of that history podcast you like where two tory men talk about stuff www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0im...
History Today - The Industrial Revolution (from the Mary Whitehouse experience)
YouTube video by Alan Heath
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A gentle reminder to pay your freelancer invoices before Xmas. You know how you pay your PAYE staff early in December because everyone in Finance goes away from the end of this week until January? We also need to be able to afford crackers and tinsel.
If you'd like to see an amateur comedy routine vaguely on the subject of peer review involving lots of puns and me forgetting a line, look no further! Credit and thanks to @drstevex.bsky.social for the video and, as always, being a very funny, supportive compere! youtube.com/watch?v=D4ll...
James Connolly - peer review - LOLs in Translation
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NOW RECRUITING FUNNY ENGINEERS. On March 4th The Brunel Museum and I are running an engineering-themed fundraising comedy gig and I'm looking for acts. 10 minute sets, unpaid, and a chance to play an iconic (but pretty inaccessible) venue. This is them: thebrunelmuseum.com Who would like a show?
Homepage - Brunel Museum
The Brunel Museum is an educational charity run by volunteers that tells the story of one of the world’s great engineering dynasties
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TOMORROW! Catch London's hottest Arts and Humanities talent telling jokes about their work. Just a few tickets left: wegottickets.com/event/679150
LOLs in Translation - standup comedy from Arts and Humanities researchers
A new night of research-based comedy from the team behind Science Showoff, but this time we've shown science the door to find out about HUMANS. Join Steve Cross and a team of philosophers, linguists...
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I'll be performing at this - really looking forward to it! It'll be my sixth time doing stand-up, almost a year exactly since I first tried it. Also my fifth different set, which is admittedly a slightly abnormal way of approaching things.
NEXT TUESDAY London's funniest Arts and Humanities researchers will make you laugh your ass off at LOLs In Translation. Tickets selling fast so get one now! wegottickets.com/event/679150