1. Jorge Cham has since been syndicated in several university newspapers and in six published book collections.
16 Facts About Jorge Cham
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Jorge Cham was featured on NPR on December 20,2010.
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In September 2018, Cham and Whiteson debuted the podcast Daniel and Jorge Explain the Universe, produced by iHeartMedia, in which the hosts aim to explain popular questions and complex topics about science, technology, and the universe, in the simplest way possible.
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In October 2024 the podcast ended as co-hosts Whiteson and Jorge Cham decided to pursue separate projects.
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Jorge Cham co-creatored the PBS Kids animated series Elinor Wonders Why, which premiered in September 2020.
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Jorge Cham was born and raised in Panama to parents working in the Panama Canal Zone as engineers for the United States Government.
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Jorge Cham previously worked at Caltech as an instructor and as a researcher on neural prosthetics.
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Jorge Cham has now fully devoted to his comic work.
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In 2005, Jorge Cham became a full time cartoonist and began an invited speaking tour of major universities delivering his talk titled "The Power of Procrastination".
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Jorge Cham explores the guilt and the myths associated with procrastination and argues that in many cases it is actually a good thing.
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In 2012, Jorge Cham wrote and produced The PHD Movie, an independent feature-length film based on his comics.
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In 2015, Jorge Cham wrote and produced The PHD Movie: Still in Grad School, a sequel to the first film, which screened worldwide.
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Jorge Cham illustrated the book Scientific Paper Writing: A Survival Guide by Bodil Holst.
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Jorge Cham's book We Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe, with physicist Daniel Whiteson, has been translated to over 23 languages, was a Der Spiegel Best-seller, and was awarded the Wen Jin National Book Award in China.
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Jorge Cham is the co-creator of Elinor Wonders Why, a show on PBS Kids that is based on Jorge Cham's daughter.
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Jorge Cham is the co-owner of Shoe Ink, which produces the Elinor Wonders Why series and That's So Interesting, a live-action short form series hosted by Cham and featuring characters from Elinor Wonders Why itself.