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{{Short description|American culinary YouTuber (born 1982)}}

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| image_caption = Ragusea in 2014

| birth_name = Adam Conrad Ragusea

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|03|22}}

| birth_place = Pennsylvania, U.S.<ref name="hersheyVideo" group="‡">{{Cite web |last=Ragusea |first=Adam |date=August 3, 2020 |title=Why Hershey bars taste like vomit (and I love them) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J44svaQc5WY&t=782s |website=YouTube |quote=I grew up in central Pennsylvania not far from where [[Milton Hershey]] lived, there's an amusement park there called [[Hershey Park]].}}</ref>

| occupation = [[YouTuber]]<br />Professor of [[journalism]] (former)

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*[[Pennsylvania State University]]

*[[Indiana University Bloomington]]

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| years_active = 2010–present (first started producing food videos in 2017)

| genre = Cooking, [[science journalism]]

| subscribers = 2.144 million <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->

| views = 524652 million <!-- PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE WITHOUT UPDATING stats_update BELOW -->

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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>▼

==Early life and education==

▲'''Adam Ragusea''' 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]].<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>

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 all coursework towards a [[Master of Music]] at [[Indiana University Bloomington]], but did not graduate.<ref name="mastersMusic" group="‡">{{Cite web |last=Ragusea |first=Adam |date=December 21, 2020 |title=How I became the Mariah Carey Christmas chord guy (and why I hate it) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUnwsttr_8 |website=YouTube |quote=[...] I finished all my coursework for my masters, but I never graduated.}}</ref>

==Personal life==▼

Ragusea grew up in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /> Ragusea graduated from [[Penn State University]].<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> 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>▼

==Career==

===Journalism===

Adam Ragusea wasbegan as a journalistreporter in residencepublic atmedia [[Mercerfor University]]the fromIndiana 2014 until February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7GSuat22E|title=How Adam Ragusea's journalism background helps him in his YouTube career|date=February 12, 2020|website=YouTube|urlUniversity-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830034206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7GSuat22E&gl=US&hl=enowned |archive-date=August 30[[WFIU]], 2020before |access-date=Aprilmoving 27,to 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/dining/food-videos-bring-professor-millions-views/iuB0lADQP5GgzOpZKNoJHJ/|title=Food videos bring Mercer professor millions of views|last=Rammohan|first=Janani P.|date=July 4, 2019|website=[[The Atlanta JournalWBUR-ConstitutionFM]]|language=English|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611040545/https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/dining/food-videos-bring-professor-millions-views/iuB0lADQP5GgzOpZKNoJHJ/ |archive-date=Junein 11Boston, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> Ragusea taught introductory and advancedthen journalism,[[Georgia andPublic mediaBroadcasting]] production classes while still a professor at Mercer(GPB).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccj.mercer.edu/team/|title=TheAdam CCJ Team - Mercer University|last=|first=|date=|website=Ragusea|url-status=live|archive-url=https://webwww.archivegpb.org/webauthor/20160909223955/http://ccj.mercer.edu:80/team/ adam-ragusea|archiveaccess-date=September 915, 20162020|website=Georgia Public Broadcasting|access-date=AprilMay 2710, 2020 |language=en}}</ref> BeforeWhile becoming aat professorGPB, Raguseahe workedserved as athe reporter fororganization's [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] Public[[News Broadcastingbureau|NPRBureau Chief]] and itshost affiliates. He wasof the longtime host oflocal ''The Pub'', a [[tradeMorning publication|trade]] podcast for people in [[public mediaEdition]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Press Publish 13: Adam Ragusea on podcasts and the pessimist's case for public radio's future |url=https://www.niemanlab.org/2015/08/press-publish-13-adam-ragusea-on-podcasts-and-the-pessimists-case-for-public-radios-future/ |accessdate=October 20, 2020 |work=[[Nieman Lab]] |date=August 19, 2015}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adam Ragusea|url=https://www.gpb.org/author/adam-ragusea|access-date=September 15, 2020|website=Georgia Public Broadcasting|language=en}}</ref>

Adam Ragusea was a journalist in residence at [[Mercer University]] from 2014 until February 2020, teaching introductory and advanced journalism, and media production classes, while coordinating with regional news outlets partnered with the university's journalism program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7GSuat22E|title=How Adam Ragusea's journalism background helps him in his YouTube career|date=February 12, 2020|website=YouTube|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830034206/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7GSuat22E&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=August 30, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/dining/food-videos-bring-professor-millions-views/iuB0lADQP5GgzOpZKNoJHJ/|title=Food videos bring Mercer professor millions of views|last=Rammohan|first=Janani P.|date=July 4, 2019|website=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]|language=English|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611040545/https://www.ajc.com/entertainment/dining/food-videos-bring-professor-millions-views/iuB0lADQP5GgzOpZKNoJHJ/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ccj.mercer.edu/team/|title=The CCJ Team - Mercer University|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909223955/http://ccj.mercer.edu:80/team/ |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=April 27, 2020}}</ref> During his time at Mercer, Ragusea was the longtime host of and contributor to ''[[Current (newspaper)|Current]]'''s ''The Pub'', a [[trade publication|trade]] podcast covering the [[public media]] industry.

===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.<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>

▲== Personal life ==

▲Ragusea grew up in [[State College, Pennsylvania]].<ref name=":0" /> Ragusea graduated from [[Penn State University]].<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> Since mid-2021, heRagusea 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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