I was interviewed recently by Dan Sondak for the Discovery Channel podcast, and the ‘cast is now online (direct download here). I was unusually lucid during this interview — coffee, is there nothing it can’t do? — and we chatted about JREF, the Mythbusters, and Death from the Skies!
I’ve also embedded the player below, so you can listen from the comfort of your very own home… page.
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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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September 10th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Don’t you need to print a disclaimer saying that Discover Magazine is not affiliated with the Discovery Channel?
September 10th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
The link you posted leads to the Obama’s science policy thread, Phil.
September 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/netstorage.discovery.com/_SCIENCE/200809/Plait.mp3
September 10th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
Man, I’d better be more careful with my cut-and-paste. That must have gotten messed up when I added the embed. Thanks for letting me know!
September 10th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
You are most welcome. Thanks for sharing your exploits with us.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:40 pm
Very good interview BA.
I’m very much reassured that I’m not in immediate peril from passing black holes. Plus, I’m strangely compelled to admire VISA and its services.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Phil, I’ve always been impressed with your clarity and lucidity when you speak of complex scientific ideas and processes. I love your YouTube Q&As. You really ought to host a documentary or science show some day, you’d be great at it.
September 10th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Death from the Skies? Did you write a book or something? If not, can I steal that title? It would be a story about the Large Hadron Collider forming a microblackhole, and then inexplicably falling on Dallas. Also, robots.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Lucid, eh? Guess the coffee wore off before you got to the posting,,,Now, I prefer Peets French Roast, ingested 12 ounces at a time. THAT will waken most folk(or else give them a heart attack,,,)
Phil, I would be VERY suspicious of you if you DIDN’T occasionally make a mistake. Only advanced AIs have THAT capability,,,SAY, wait a minute, maybe THAT explains how you can be on TV, attend SciFi/Fantasy Cons, write a book, administer this Blog, AND have a family life. Or perhaps, like Issac Asimov, you have a half dozen clones running around,,,
Hmmmm, I’ll be keepinmg a close eye on you,,,
GAry 7
September 10th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
OOPS, I almost forgot to ask, when is your new book due out? I dislike ordering mine too far in advance, as I sometimes forget I did that and and up with multiple orders.
GAry 7
September 10th, 2008 at 7:26 pm
@Gary
I’m sure Phil won’t mind if you order more than one.
September 10th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
There are many things coffee can not do Phil. For example, it will never make my gf look as good as beer does. Now, if you excuse, I need to make sure she never finds this blog.
BTW cool show.
September 10th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Very nice interview Phil.
Can I get a free copy of your new book for saying that?
September 10th, 2008 at 10:38 pm
@Gary7, what’s wrong with the posting? seems perfectly lucid to me.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Okay, so now the interviews have started, when can we expect to see you on the Colbert Report? With a title like that, any publicist worth their salt should be able to swing an interview….. right?
September 10th, 2008 at 11:12 pm
Overstroming :
Phils link posted to Obamas Science policy instead of the Discovery Channel podcast, Decius said so, so it must be true,,,
Actually, I just love to kid Phil. He’s so bloody competent at getting things done. Musta learned that on his way to his PHd. I wish I’d had half as much discipline when I was pursuing my physics degree, way back when,,,
GAry 7
September 11th, 2008 at 7:53 am
you can listen from the comfort of your very own home…
But, I’m at work!
(no speakers on the computer)
J/P=?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:43 am
you can listen from the comfort of your very own home…
But, I’m at work!
(no speakers on the computer)
psst! Headphones plugged into the speaker jack…