Earth Month keynote address Regina G. Barber, co-host of NPR’s Short Wave podcast: Fear will not save our planet, but hope might. Hear from the host of NPR’s Science Podcast Short Wave on climate change communication! Regina G. Barber co-hosts and reports on NPR’s science podcast Short Wave. She completed her doctorate in physics at Washington State University with a focus in astrophysics, studying ancient star clusters beyond the Milky Way. Before working at NPR, she taught physics and astronomy at Western Washington University (WWU). She was also WWU’s first STEM inclusion and outreach specialist. Barber loves pop culture and almost all food.