There is a program on CUNY TV called Science Goes to the Movies. It’s a fun show.
Each episode they pick a particular science topic, and invite two scientists in different fields to give complementary views on how those topics are treated in film. Which generally ends up leading to a larger discussion.
In October I was one of those scientists, and it was a blast. Here is an on-line link to the episode.
It was really fun being on this show. At the very end I got to quote a particularly wise observation by my mom, and that was especially nice.
Not being a television personality, I found it strange, when watching the show, to see the host asking me questions. She kept asking all these questions of a guy named Ken, who was me.
Because I’m not used to seeing myself on TV, part of my mind kept thinking of this Ken guy as somebody else. The experience was weirdly dissociative.
I imagine that people who are used to seeing themselves interviewed on TV wouldn’t find such a thing at all strange. To them it is probably just all in a day’s work.
I suppose if I keep showing up on TV, that will eventually be the way that I feel about it. But for now it’s fascinating to experience it as something exotic, like the very first time you dip your toes in the ocean, or the first time you eat a Maracuyá from Colombia.
It made me happy that you got through to the interviewer. So beautiful that she thanked you for creating a way for her to relate to new developments. That’s what human communication really is about, isn’t it?
Love how you got that Pride and Prejudice mention in there too!