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'''Adam Ragusea''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|g|uː|s|i|ə}} {{respell|rə|GOO|see|ə}}; born March 22, 1982) is an American [[YouTuber]] who creates videos about [[Recipe|food recipes]], [[food science]], and culinary culture. Until 2020, Ragusea was a professor of journalism at [[Mercer University]].<ref name="How Slate">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=June |title=How Journalist Adam Ragusea Became a YouTube Star |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/06/youtube-adam-ragusea.html |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=[[Slate Magazine]] |date=8 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Working podcast">{{cite news |title=How YouTuber Adam Ragusea Learned to Talk to the Camera {{!}} Working |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/working/2020/06/youtube-cook-adam-ragusea |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=[[Slate Magazine]] |date=7 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Eating Spicy Food Doesn't Mean You're Tough, says SCIENCE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX8ri6fHfps |language=en |access-date=2022-10-02}}</ref> |
'''Adam Ragusea''' ({{IPAc-en|r|ə|ˈ|g|uː|s|i|ə}} {{respell|rə|GOO|see|ə}}; born March 22, 1982) is an American [[YouTuber]] who creates videos about [[Recipe|food recipes]], [[food science]], and culinary culture. Until 2020, Ragusea was a professor of journalism at [[Mercer University]].<ref name="How Slate">{{cite news |last1=Thomas |first1=June |title=How Journalist Adam Ragusea Became a YouTube Star |url=https://slate.com/culture/2020/06/youtube-adam-ragusea.html |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=[[Slate Magazine]] |date=8 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Working podcast">{{cite news |title=How YouTuber Adam Ragusea Learned to Talk to the Camera {{!}} Working |url=https://slate.com/podcasts/working/2020/06/youtube-cook-adam-ragusea |access-date=2 July 2021 |work=[[Slate Magazine]] |date=7 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation |title=Eating Spicy Food Doesn't Mean You're Tough, says SCIENCE |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vX8ri6fHfps |language=en |access-date=2022-10-02}}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
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Ragusea grew up in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /> Ragusea attended the [[Eastman School of Music]]<ref>{{Citation |title=How I became the Mariah Carey Christmas chord guy (and why I hate it) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUnwsttr_8 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> |
Ragusea grew up in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /> Ragusea attended the [[Eastman School of Music]] but left before the end of his first year.<ref>{{Citation |title=How I became the Mariah Carey Christmas chord guy (and why I hate it) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUnwsttr_8 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> He finished his bachelor's degree in music theory and composition at [[Penn State University]] in 2004.<ref name="freezingVideo" group="‡">{{Cite web |last=Ragusea |first=Adam |date=September 28, 2020 |title=How flash-freezing preserves food quality |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_PMnCpaJiQ&t=79s |website=YouTube |quote=That's doctor John Coupland, a food science professor at my alma mater [[Penn State]]}}</ref> He completed a master's degree at [[Indiana University Bloomington]] in 2006. |
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| ⚫ | Since mid-2021, he has lived in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], with his wife, novelist Lauren Morrill, and their two children. He previously lived in [[Macon, Georgia]].<ref group="‡">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.adamragusea.com/about}}</ref><ref group="‡">{{Cite web |title=Adam Ragusea on Instagram: "Greetings from Tennessee! Folks have been asking, so I figured I should clear things up and confirm that we did move to Knoxville a few…" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEIYAUHeOE/ |access-date=2022-02-01 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref> |
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==Career== |
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===YouTube=== |
===YouTube=== |
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Ragusea created his YouTube channel on February 12, 2010, and his first videos were food recipes, made with the intention of sharing with his friends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.13wmaz.com/video/news/local/youtube-professor-mercer-university-creator-influencer-adam-ragusea/93-adae2e65-356f-49d6-a3a6-94c072e08bb3|title=Former professor quit his job at Mercer to become a full-time YouTube creator|website=[[WMAZ-TV]]|date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.13wmaz.com/article/life/people/journalism-professo-turned-youtube-creator/93-12a23947-9aac-403d-8863-66e8d1847f88|title=He was teaching at Mercer when a video he posted on YouTube went viral. Now, he's a full-time YouTube creator.|website=WMAZ|date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> He also cites ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' as an influence on his style of comedy, describing it as "edgy but fundamentally [...] just a beam of bright sunshine".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF7RQVdxCAk&t=101s|title=The professor that went viral|last=Ragusea|first=Adam|date=July 2, 2019|website=YouTube|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|quote=Where I take a lot of inspiration from oddly enough is Spongebob Squarepants ... that show is like there's so much acidity in it, like ... it's edgy but fundamentally it's still just a beam of bright sunshine, you know, I want to be Spongebob upon the world.}}</ref> He launched "The Adam Ragusea Podcast" with the first episode "Dorian Yates Drumsticks" releasing on February 25, 2022. Ragusea announced that he would drop from his usual 2 videos a week along with the podcast to only 1 video a week plus the podcast on December 19, 2022 in a video titled "The next phase of our relationship".<ref>{{Citation |title=The next phase of our relationship |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Kw4DHYz00 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> |
Ragusea created his YouTube channel on February 12, 2010, and his first videos were food recipes, made with the intention of sharing with his friends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.13wmaz.com/video/news/local/youtube-professor-mercer-university-creator-influencer-adam-ragusea/93-adae2e65-356f-49d6-a3a6-94c072e08bb3|title=Former professor quit his job at Mercer to become a full-time YouTube creator|website=[[WMAZ-TV]]|date=February 13, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.13wmaz.com/article/life/people/journalism-professo-turned-youtube-creator/93-12a23947-9aac-403d-8863-66e8d1847f88|title=He was teaching at Mercer when a video he posted on YouTube went viral. Now, he's a full-time YouTube creator.|website=WMAZ|date=February 12, 2020 |access-date=April 28, 2020}}</ref> He also cites ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' as an influence on his style of comedy, describing it as "edgy but fundamentally [...] just a beam of bright sunshine".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iF7RQVdxCAk&t=101s|title=The professor that went viral|last=Ragusea|first=Adam|date=July 2, 2019|website=YouTube|publisher=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|quote=Where I take a lot of inspiration from oddly enough is Spongebob Squarepants ... that show is like there's so much acidity in it, like ... it's edgy but fundamentally it's still just a beam of bright sunshine, you know, I want to be Spongebob upon the world.}}</ref> He launched "The Adam Ragusea Podcast" with the first episode "Dorian Yates Drumsticks" releasing on February 25, 2022. Ragusea announced that he would drop from his usual 2 videos a week along with the podcast to only 1 video a week plus the podcast on December 19, 2022 in a video titled "The next phase of our relationship".<ref>{{Citation |title=The next phase of our relationship |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Kw4DHYz00 |language=en |access-date=2022-12-20}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
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| ⚫ | Since mid-2021, he has lived in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], with his wife, novelist Lauren Morrill, and their two children. He previously lived in [[Macon, Georgia]].<ref group="‡">{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.adamragusea.com/about}}</ref><ref group="‡">{{Cite web |title=Adam Ragusea on Instagram: "Greetings from Tennessee! Folks have been asking, so I figured I should clear things up and confirm that we did move to Knoxville a few…" |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CQEIYAUHeOE/ |access-date=2022-02-01 |website=Instagram |language=en}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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| Born | March 22, 1982 Pennsylvania, U.S.[‡ 1] | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | YouTuber Professor of journalism (former) | |||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2010–present (first started producing food videos in 2017) | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Cooking, science journalism | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 2.3 million[1] | |||||||||
| Total views | 599.8 million[1] | |||||||||
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Adam Ragusea (/rəˈɡuːsiə/ rə-GOO-see-ə; born March 22, 1982) is an American YouTuber who creates videos about food recipes, food science, and culinary culture. Until 2020, Ragusea was a professor of journalism at Mercer University.[2][3][4]
Early life and education
Ragusea grew up in State College, Pennsylvania.[4] Ragusea attended the Eastman School of Music but left before the end of his first year.[5] He finished his bachelor's degree in music theory and composition at Penn State University in 2004.[‡ 2] He completed a master's degree at Indiana University Bloomington in 2006.
Career
Journalism
Adam Ragusea was a journalist in residence at Mercer University from 2014 until February 2020.[6][7] Ragusea taught introductory and advanced journalism, and media production classes while still a professor at Mercer.[8] Before becoming a professor, Ragusea worked as a reporter for NPR and its affiliates. He was the longtime host of The Pub, a trade podcast for people in public media.[9] While working at Georgia Public Broadcasting, Ragusea was the Macon Bureau Chief and host of the local Morning Edition. Prior to working at GPB, Ragusea worked at WBUR-FM in Boston, and WFIU in Indiana.[10]
YouTube
Ragusea created his YouTube channel on February 12, 2010, and his first videos were food recipes, made with the intention of sharing with his friends.[11] His videos began to garner attention for his "straight-to-the-point" style that is influenced by his background in journalism.[12] He also cites SpongeBob SquarePants as an influence on his style of comedy, describing it as "edgy but fundamentally [...] just a beam of bright sunshine".[13] He launched "The Adam Ragusea Podcast" with the first episode "Dorian Yates Drumsticks" releasing on February 25, 2022. Ragusea announced that he would drop from his usual 2 videos a week along with the podcast to only 1 video a week plus the podcast on December 19, 2022 in a video titled "The next phase of our relationship".[14]
Personal life
Since mid-2021, he has lived in Knoxville, Tennessee, with his wife, novelist Lauren Morrill, and their two children. He previously lived in Macon, Georgia.[‡ 3][‡ 4]
References
- ^ a b "About Adam Ragusea". YouTube.
- ^ Thomas, June (June 8, 2020). "How Journalist Adam Ragusea Became a YouTube Star". Slate Magazine. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ "How YouTuber Adam Ragusea Learned to Talk to the Camera | Working". Slate Magazine. June 7, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ a b Eating Spicy Food Doesn't Mean You're Tough, says SCIENCE, retrieved October 2, 2022
- ^ How I became the Mariah Carey Christmas chord guy (and why I hate it), retrieved December 20, 2022
- ^ "How Adam Ragusea's journalism background helps him in his YouTube career". YouTube. February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on August 30, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ Rammohan, Janani P. (July 4, 2019). "Food videos bring Mercer professor millions of views". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on June 11, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "The CCJ Team - Mercer University". Archived from the original on September 9, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "Press Publish 13: Adam Ragusea on podcasts and the pessimist's case for public radio's future". Nieman Lab. August 19, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ^ "Adam Ragusea". Georgia Public Broadcasting. May 10, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
- ^ "Former professor quit his job at Mercer to become a full-time YouTube creator". WMAZ-TV. February 13, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ "He was teaching at Mercer when a video he posted on YouTube went viral. Now, he's a full-time YouTube creator". WMAZ. February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ Ragusea, Adam (July 2, 2019). "The professor that went viral". YouTube. Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Where I take a lot of inspiration from oddly enough is Spongebob Squarepants ... that show is like there's so much acidity in it, like ... it's edgy but fundamentally it's still just a beam of bright sunshine, you know, I want to be Spongebob upon the world.
- ^ The next phase of our relationship, retrieved December 20, 2022
Primary sources
In the text these references are preceded by a double dagger (‡):
- ^ Ragusea, Adam (August 3, 2020). "Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them)". YouTube.
I grew up in central Pennsylvania not far from where Milton Hershey lived, there's an amusement park there called Hershey Park.
- ^ Ragusea, Adam (September 28, 2020). "How flash-freezing preserves food quality". YouTube.
That's doctor John Coupland, a food science professor at my alma mater Penn State
- ^ "About".
- ^ "Adam Ragusea on Instagram: "Greetings from Tennessee! Folks have been asking, so I figured I should clear things up and confirm that we did move to Knoxville a few…"". Instagram. Retrieved February 1, 2022.