I am available to speak
about any of my article or book topics. In the past
I have given lectures and interviews about such
diverse topics as the Moon, voting theory,
mathematics, and the challenges of being a science
journalist.
Having conducted many
interviews myself, I am comfortable on either side
of the microphone or telephone, and I understand how
to answer questions in a way that will be
interesting
for a broad audience. Please contact me if you would
be interested in interviewing me for your broadcast
or print publication.
Television
6/26/07 ... Appeared
on the History
Channel series, "The
Universe." The June 26 episode, entitled
(appropriately enough) "The Moon," featured several
clips from an interview with me. In fact, roughly
the last half of the hour-long episode followed the
outline of my book
The Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be.
If you like the episode, please
order the book! Or if you prefer, you can
order the DVD boxed set for the series.*
Radio
7/1/07 ...
Interviewed on
Mel Walsh's radio show,
Second Wind, on
KVMR-FM
in Grass Valley, California. This is a show devoted
to the interests and lifestyles of older people (the
over-50 crowd). I will talk about backyard
astronomy, Moon-watching, and The Big Splat.
7/19/05 ...
Spoke on
Explorations in Science, hosted by
Michio Kaku, which airs on eight radio stations
nationwide. My interview starts about 10 minutes
into the show, and lasts about 40 minutes. You can
listen online in the archives of
KPFA Berkeley.
11/14/04 ... Spoke
on The Naked Scientists, a BBC radio show
(and now podcast). My interview starts about 45
minutes into the show, and lasts about 5 minutes.
You can listen on their website at
www.thenakedscientists.com.
6/23/03 ... Spoke on
The Todd Mundt Show, which formerly aired on
39 NPR stations nationwide. Unfortunately, Todd
discontinued the show later that year, and I can't
find any archive of it online.
Book Readings and
Lectures
2/20/08 ... "Moon
and a Mocha II," Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola, CA. A
return engagement! I talked about the lore and the science of
eclipses. Though it was cloudy, the clouds were thin
enough that we were able to see just about the whole
thing. Spooky and wonderful! At left is the
announcement that ran in the San Jose Mercury
News.
11/26/07 ... "Moon and a Mocha," Capitola Book Cafe,
Capitola, CA.
A fun evening of viewing the moon through a
telescope, talking about my book, and showing clips
from a DVD of my appearance on the History Channel
(see above).
4/4/05 ...
Engineering Colloquium, NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center, Greenbelt, MD.
11/10/03 ... Los
Angeles Astronomical Society, Los Angeles, CA.
8/26/03 ... Mt.
Diablo Astronomical Society, Concord, CA.
5/21/03 ... Capitola
Book Cafe, Capitola, CA. This is my "home book
store" — the one
closest to where I live — so giving a book reading
there was a special thrill.
5/5/03 ... Black Oak Books, Berkeley, CA.
Radio
11/9/00 ... WTOP-AM,
Washington DC. Topic: Voting. (This was two days
after the disputed election of 2000. With eerie
clairvoyance, I had written an article on voting
theory for the October 2000 issue of Discover
called "May the Best Man Lose.")
Lectures
5/24/07 ... Visiting
lecturer for Science Communication Program,
University of California at Santa Cruz. Topic:
Free-lancing.
5/16/06 ... Visiting
lecturer for Science Communication Program,
UCSC. Topic: Book
writing.
3/2/00 ... Visiting
lecturer for Science Communication Program, UCSC.
Topic: Editing and being edited.
Newspaper
The only articles ever
written about me focused on my chess. They were:
"Chess player gears up for
prestigious tournament," by Rosy Weiser. Santa
Cruz Sentinel, 5/8/2005.
"Affable Chess Champion
Says Game 'A Work of Art,'" by Lenore Southgate
Jones, Durham (NC) Herald, 9/??/1985
