{"id":825,"date":"2006-02-17T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2006-02-17T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/?p=825"},"modified":"2006-02-17T11:36:00","modified_gmt":"2006-02-17T18:36:00","slug":"argh-media-appearances-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dianeduane.com\/outofambit\/2006\/02\/17\/argh-media-appearances-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"Argh, media appearances madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m minding my own business Thursday morning when the phone rings.  On the other end is a nice lady from a production company connected with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\">RT\u00c9,<\/a> the Irish national broadcaster.  Somehow or other, she&#8217;s gotten hold of my name, and she wants to know if I&#8217;m interested in appearing on a TV show called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rte.ie\/tv\/thebigbite\/\">&#8220;The Big Bite&#8221;.<\/a> This is an afternoon current affairs and discussion program featuring a journalist-presenter and usually four guests who sit around discussing some interesting topic, normally &#8212; but not always &#8212; something that won&#8217;t get too rancorous in mid-afternoon, just before the cooking and casual chat show that follows.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Monday&#8217;s topic is whether or not there&#8217;s likely to be life on other worlds, and they thought it would be fun to have me on the show. The other guests are a professor of astrophysics from University College Dublin, Dave Moore from Astronomy Ireland, and someone else whose name I forget at the moment.  Either way, it sounds like the opinions of the group are going to be heavily weighted towards the &#8220;yes&#8221; side.<\/p>\n<p>So that&#8217;ll be enjoyable.  Meanwhile, I go into the usual pre-appearance craziness.  What time will the car from the studio get here? (Always too late.) Will the driver get lost?  (Yes, even though I e-mailed them an extremely clear and straightforward map.) I need a haircut.  (Thank heaven the hairdresser has time to take me today.) I have nothing to wear.  (Well, yes, I do.  For something like this, jeans and a silk sweater and an H\u00e8rm\u00e9s scarf &#8212; no, make that the shawl with the sun, moon, and stars on it &#8212; will do just fine.) And so on, and so on&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, well. Everything will sort itself out. 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