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Cosmology on Colbert

by Mark Trodden

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You may recall that I’ve mentioned my colleague Mark Devlin, his work on the Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) experiment, and the thrilling movie about it that his brother Paul put together.

Well, this evening cosmology will get some welcome exposure when Mark will be the guest on The Colbert Report, airing, as usual, at 11:30pm EST on Comedy Central.

A few friends of the blog have appeared on the show before, and it can be a real challenge to get any information across at all while Colbert is doing his thing (this is a comedy show, after all). But if you can manage it, you’ve got a much bigger audience than we’re used to. So good luck Mark!

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August 13th, 2009 1:04 PM
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5 Responses to “Cosmology on Colbert”

  1. 1.   eric gisse Says:
    August 13th, 2009 at 3:47 pm

    The ability to transfer meaningful amounts of information, while larger than a lot of other shows, is limited by Colbert’s sthick. Jon Stewart is a shade more likely to sit and let the guest talk.

    It is a feature of the medium.

  2. 2.   Joe Bogus Says:
    August 13th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    There are only two TV programs I watch: Stewart and Colbert. Turn to Stewart for information and to Colbert to watch him abuse his guests. So far I’ve only seen two people best Colbert — Jane Fonda and Sir Richard Branson. Mark, you are doomed.

  3. 3.   Paul Says:
    August 14th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/89822/the-colbert-report-mark-devlin#in-playlist

  4. 4.   Sili Says:
    August 14th, 2009 at 11:54 am

    Wish I had some sorta talent that could get me to the Antarctic.

  5. 5.   bigjohn756 Says:
    August 14th, 2009 at 6:00 pm

    Actually, Colbert helped Devlin significantly. Good thing, too, Mark needed help after Colbert nailed him for being inept at handling Colbert.





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