Meet the Lab
September 7th, 2012I would love for C&EN or Chemistry World to produce a hard-hitting, chemistry news show, but I doubt it will ever happen. Making a regular program would be a lot of work, assuming you could even find guests to show up. That said, a boy can dream, can’t he?
So, while I am not especially proud of this effort, I’ll throw it out there as food for thought:
Blergh! Go ahead and add “a nice voice” to the list of things I wish I had. Also, my deepest apologies to Jyllian Kemsley, Neil Withers, Rudy Baum, Derek Lowe, and E.J. Corey.
(And for those of you who have no idea what this post is about, watch this.)
September 7th, 2012 at 8:36 PM
Lets do a Google Hangout On Air show on this subject!
September 7th, 2012 at 9:05 PM
Yes! I’ll violate Google Plus’ terms of service to make this happen!
September 8th, 2012 at 8:42 AM
I’m totally serious! I’ve been trying to put together a web talk show for AGES. And I’m sure that we could come up with an awesome pseudonym for your G+ Profile. Let’s call you EJ Sorenson. No one will suspect. Have your cam feed with heavy shadows and artificial rain in the background, mask your voice to make it deep and modulated. It’ll be ridiculous but likely one of the show’s biggest draws!
September 8th, 2012 at 12:37 PM
We could make it, but would anyone actually watch it?
September 8th, 2012 at 5:21 PM
There’s about 30 people in this world who might listen to it, maybe 70.
September 10th, 2012 at 2:07 AM
It may not be hard-hitting enough for you, but Chemistry World already has a monthly news/interviews podcast. It generally features 3 members of the CW team talking about news stories from the latest issue of the magazine, plus interviews with scientists relating to the month’s feature articles.
If you listen to the latest edition here http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CWpodcast.asp you can hear what Neil himself, Phil Robinson and Elinor Richards sound like, and if you go back through the archive a bit you’ll find all the other team members, including me…
September 10th, 2012 at 5:34 AM
No need to apologise Paul – I’m flattered to be in such august company, let alone featured on ChemBark!
And I think you make a good point. There’s definitely an audience for serious discussion, so we should address it.
February 4th, 2013 at 8:43 PM
This is still a dream of mine.
February 4th, 2013 at 11:03 PM
Would you rather host “Meet the Lab” or serve as bureau chief of the ACS Media War Room?
February 5th, 2013 at 5:42 AM
I’m not clever enough for rapid response; I’ll choose MtL.