Most PhD programs teach students nothing about how to get book deals, do podcasts, give interviews, run a YouTube channel, use social media, or engage with the public in any way. As if getting cited by a hundred colleagues is worth more than reaching a million fellow citizens.
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As an institution, the university bears some responsibility to communicate interesting science to the public It makes no sense to expect each individual researcher to have this as a goal. Their efforts should be directed towards good research and effective pedagogy
Pedagogy is just public outreach on a very small scale.
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No. Teaching in a classroom setting presumes a host of background information that the public does not have
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You will learn nothing useful from a Brian Greene lecture, in terms of your ability to conduct or understand physics in any detail
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