John Wells
KPCW Co-HostJohn's curiosity with science and technology began at the age of 7 with the country's space program. With a subscription his parents gave him to Popular Science and Popular Mechanics along with other periodicals and Walter Cronkite's evening broadcast, he studied everything space. He followed the lives of America's test pilots and astronauts who piloted Mercury, Gemini and Apollo spacecraft. His curiosity in how things were built led him to dismantling the family's window fan, toaster and lawnmower. Taking apart things was easy. Putting them back together, well, not so much. John grew up in New York state and Massachusetts with two brothers and two sisters. He received a BA in Economics and Sociology from the University of Maryland.
John's fascination with technology continued with a 25-year career in the computer industry. He held area, senior and executive management positions with Chipcom Corporation (networking), MIPS Computer Systems (high performance computing) and Netapp (storage). He moved from Boston in November 2010 to live in Park City. He began DJing at KPCW in January 2011, has substitute co-hosted regularly on Mountain Money, Community Voices and The Mountain Life. In February 2013 John and Lynn Ware Peek became the permanent co-hosts of Community Voices.
In September 2013 John and Lynn launched Cool Science Radio, delivering understandable science and technology in a complicated world.
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Astronomer Phil Plait introduces his new book "Under Alien Skies." Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team as well and is a public outreach advocate for NASA missions. He has an upcoming talk at Clark Planetarium in Salt Lake City. (1:10)Then, when you think of NASA, you may think of mighty rockets, rovers and astronauts. What you may not know is that NASA is the home to the largest group of Earth scientists in the world, including NASA climate scientist Dr. Lesley Ott. (27:33) -
When you think of NASA, you may think of mighty rockets, rovers and astronauts. What you may not know is that NASA is home to the largest group of Earth scientists in the world, including NASA climate scientist Dr. Lesley Ott. -
Dr. Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, discusses current global temperatures, levels of greenhouse gasses and where 2022 ranks in the climate record. Then, Brenda Mann, program director of the University of Utah science and engineering fair, shares fascinating school science and engineering projects. -
Dr. Gavin Schmidt, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, discusses current global temperatures, levels of greenhouse gasses and where 2022 ranks in the climate record. -
Brenda Mann, program director of the University of Utah science and engineering fair, shares fascinating school science and engineering projects. -
Writer Paul Bogard discusses the importance of the night sky and the impact of darkness on all forms of life. -
Cognitive scientist Paco Calvo talks about the new science of plant intelligence in his book covering "Planta Sapiens." -
![[FILE] The Heber Valley night sky and whether stars are visible in it have attracted much attention since the LDS Church announced plans for a Heber Valley temple — possibly with bright lights shing upon it.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1709fef/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5616x3129+0+615/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F7b%2F6b69f8244e3cbaf7be3fdbd0d9ca%2Fadobestock-101203484.jpeg)
Cognitive scientist Paco Calvo talks about the new science of plant intelligence in his book covering "Planta Sapiens." Then writer Paul Bogard discusses the importance of the night sky and the impact of darkness on all forms of life. -
World-renowned criminologist Matthew Williams examines the elusive "tipping point" at the intersection of prejudice and hate in his new book, "The Science of Hate: How Prejudice Becomes Hate and What we Can Do to Stop It." -
Theresa West, chief commercial officer at Patient Discovery, shares how advances in health care technology create innovative ways to give more access and equity for better health care outcomes.
![[FILE] The Heber Valley night sky and whether stars are visible in it have attracted much attention since the LDS Church announced plans for a Heber Valley temple — possibly with bright lights shing upon it.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/79f0a2d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5616x3129+0+615/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F7b%2F6b69f8244e3cbaf7be3fdbd0d9ca%2Fadobestock-101203484.jpeg)
