Lindsey Murphy on Creating Content and Encouraging Kids to Think Critically

Lindsey Murphy

In The Interview: Episode #06, Ciara Pressler interviews Lindsey Murphy, Web Television Show Host, Public Speaker, and Founder.

Lindsey and Ciara talk about…

  • Adapting content to what an audience needs in a safe but still entertaining way
  • Jumping head first into new opportunities
  • Creating content for a quality web series
  • The importance of getting paid for the work you do, especially as a woman and/or person of color
  • Encouraging kids to think critically and learning to question everything

Lindsey Murphy is the award-winning creator and host of The Fab Lab With Crazy Aunt Lindsey, YouTube’s most beloved kids science web series that takes everyday science concepts and turns them into fabulous DIY projects children can do at home with their families. Since launching in 2010, the show has garnered partnerships with the likes of Scientific American Magazine, the New York Academy of Sciences, been published in various national family magazines, and crowdfunded nearly $100,000 for independent production in 2019.
Lindsey is a regular guest on television shows, conference stages, and has been invited to speak at places like Harvard University and Google Inc. to give talks on such topics as creative media in science communications, Diversity in STEM, fundraising, entrepreneurship, being brave, having courage, branding and marketing in the digital age. She is the four-time livestream host of TEDxPortland and has hosted two travel web series for Travel Oregon and Wieden+Kennedy’s On She Goes, Seasons 1 and 2.
Having been named one of Portland Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 for 2019, and as the CEO of Murph Media Co., Lindsey specializes in making content from the heart, digital consulting, audience + creative development.

Where to find Lindsey:
https://www.ilindseymurphy.com/about
https://www.instagram.com/ilindseymur…
https://twitter.com/AuntLindsey
https://www.youtube.com/thefablabhq