Rebecca got Globed

… Boston Globe, that is. They printed a nice article about her new radio show, Curiosity Aroused.

BTW, Rebecca will be at TAM 5.5, and I will be sure to ~~mock~~ praise her when I introduce her.

January 13th, 2008 9:01 AM Tags: rebecca, Rebecca Watson, skepchick
by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Cool stuff, Debunking, Science, Skepticism | 4 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

4 Responses to “Rebecca got Globed”

1. Richard B. Drumm Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am

Good article! I have my fingers crossed (hey wait a minute, that’s magical thinking, Rich, stop it! ) for her to get picked up by NPR. I wonder what “pick-up lines” they might use… “Hey babe, nice show ya got there!”

This medida stuff is expensive and $20K/show might seem high to the uninitiated out there. But there are editors & producers involved in the show who need to get paid.

I’m a video producer/editor/graphic artist myself, so I understand from personal experience that a quality program takes time to produce so I’m sure that it’s money well spent. It takes me 3 months to make a DVD program for my corporate clients, and my kids need daddy to put something on the dinner table during that time.

Personally I’m itching to turn my talents away from shilling for industry and work on science education programming. Maybe I can find a way to do that this year.
Rich
2. Quiet Desperation Says:
January 13th, 2008 at 11:46 pm

Aroused? Globed? I’m waiting for “money shot” next. Yikes!
3. Michael Lonergan Says:
January 14th, 2008 at 10:05 am

BA, That just sounds wrong on so many levels….
4. SF Reader Says:
January 15th, 2008 at 7:52 am

Too bad there’s no way to download an mp3 that I can find. I don’t have the time to sit at my desk and listen, but I get lots of podcast time every day.

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