About this episode

Mark Rober discusses his $60 million initiative to enhance STEM education through high-quality video content.

Today on The Colin and Samir Show we’re joined by Mark Rober, the former NASA engineer turned YouTube’s most prolific scientist, along with his Chief Content Officer, Scott Lewers. In this episode we explore why Mark is spending tens of millions to replace outdated classroom videos with free, high-production STEM content for teachers. We also dig into YouTube vs Netflix and the growing scale of the Mark Rober cinematic universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Colin, Samir

Guests: Mark Rober, Scott Lewers

Topics covered

• STEM education
• YouTube content
• classroom videos
• Mark Rober
• content creation
• media comparison

Keywords

• Mark Rober
• STEM
• YouTube
• education
• content creation
• classroom videos
• Netflix

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NASA, YouTube, Netflix

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