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Round 3 for Rebecca

Rebecca from Skepchicks has made it to Round 3 of the contest to find a new radio host. She interviews Randall Munroe, the guy who draws XKCD, the best math/science/geek web comic there is. Show her the <3.

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August 8th, 2007 12:14 PM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff | 4 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

4 Responses to “Round 3 for Rebecca”

  1. 1.   Gary Ansorge Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 8:40 pm

    So, rebecca is trying for a real show?
    Define real,,,

    I liked the comment in the posts about knowing what we really mean by believe. That’s really a hard one to qualify, especially off the top of my head. Go Rebecca,,,

    Gary 7

  2. 2.   He Said She Said « Eclectics Anonymous Says:
    August 8th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

    [...] cool writer, has made to round three in NPR’s contest looking for a new radio talent. (hat tip: Phil Plait, congratulations and good luck Rebecca on the contest and a quick nudge to geeky web comic XKCD , [...]

  3. 3.   Irishman Says:
    August 9th, 2007 at 9:54 am

    Show her the “less than three”?

    Or show her the butt?

    That symbol is confusing. ;-)

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    April 1st, 2009 at 2:47 am

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