Einstein A Go-Go
I may have mentioned that I do some volunteer work for local community radio station 3RRR. Sunday morning, the morning after Bootleg, was the final show for the year for Einstein A Go-Go, the science show.
I am a phone volunteer for EAGG, meaning I am not heavily involved in the show. Every few months I give up an hour on Sunday morning to be their phone answerer. A pretty light commitment. But it is a fun show to be involved in and I quite enjoy it.
I woke up when my alarm went off, groaned and hit the snooze button. I really wanted to get to the show, but getting home after 3am doesn't agree with me and I couldn't drag myself out of bed. I managed to make it in for the last five minutes of the show, and then joined the crew for lunch at the pub across the road from the studio. A very handy location for a pub, I might add!!
The crew is a very large one, with about 15 rotating phone volunteers, I think about 5 regular presenters covering various science specialties plus a bunch of random guests & hangers on. So lunch was quite interesting.
The show is anchored by Dr Andi, who is absolutely gorgeous and completely crazy. She is a very bouncy bubbly person who plays ukelele very passionately, in addition to having a very inquiring mind. Another person who is not afraid to be a complete dag!
Dr Shane is the other main regular presenter, who is kind of the opposite to Dr Andi, very grounded and measured but with a quick wit and great sense of humour. Dr Shane has always made an effort to remember my name and have a chat despite being one of millions of phone volunteers. So I have a lot of time for Dr Shane.
The phone volunteers are a motley crew. Most of them have a strong interest in science, and range from middle aged woman who wears leather and rides a harley, to second year med student who lives in a country town.
Dr Shane had just become the proud father of half a dozen Siberian Husky puppies, and really did look like a proud father as he showed us the photos. Dr Andi was extremely excited and wanted to come over to his house to play with them. He explained what it was like to go out into the backyard.
"They jump up and cling to your legs like a 2 year old child, only there are six of them. It is like having boots made out of husky."
We chatted about lots of things and I enjoyed the conversation about the drought we are currently experiencing. The whole state is on water restrictions are our dams are well below capacity. It has been a very dry few years and there is no relief in sight. It was interesting hearing about it from a science perspective. Dr Shane has a very simple solution, or perhaps not solution, but it would provide some relief. His theory is that if the water pressure were reduced by 50% we would dramatically reduce the amount of water we use. I think he is right. The amount of times I turn on a tap and get splashed in the face because the pressure is too high! And the trigger nozzle on my hose constantly pops off because the pressure in the hose is too strong. Dr Shane also lamented the fact that rather than really educating people about what's going on, the government restricts people. Most people in Melbourne aren't aware that Bendigo, a large country town with, say 200,000 people, is going to run out of water in the next six months. This is serious! We need to know about this! People need to realise the extent of the problem. No-one I know can believe water is still so cheap, given its scarcity. Anyway, I am on a rant. Let's just say the lunch gave me food for thought.
It was time to leave as I had things on in the afternoon, and just before I made my exit I let it slip to Dr Shane that I have been paneling for the IT show, Byte Into IT for several months now.
"Are you saying you can panel?"
"Yes..."
"Great!!! Dr Andi, Cara can panel!!"
"Oh my god Cara that is wonderful!!!!" Dr Andi leapt up from her seat and enveloped me in a hug. Apparently I will be panelling the show from now on. Me and my big mouth!
Seriously though, I think it will be a fun show to panel, the only problem is the Sunday morning thing. But as long as I'm not doing it every single week, I don't think I'll mind.
I am a phone volunteer for EAGG, meaning I am not heavily involved in the show. Every few months I give up an hour on Sunday morning to be their phone answerer. A pretty light commitment. But it is a fun show to be involved in and I quite enjoy it.
I woke up when my alarm went off, groaned and hit the snooze button. I really wanted to get to the show, but getting home after 3am doesn't agree with me and I couldn't drag myself out of bed. I managed to make it in for the last five minutes of the show, and then joined the crew for lunch at the pub across the road from the studio. A very handy location for a pub, I might add!!
The crew is a very large one, with about 15 rotating phone volunteers, I think about 5 regular presenters covering various science specialties plus a bunch of random guests & hangers on. So lunch was quite interesting.
The show is anchored by Dr Andi, who is absolutely gorgeous and completely crazy. She is a very bouncy bubbly person who plays ukelele very passionately, in addition to having a very inquiring mind. Another person who is not afraid to be a complete dag!
Dr Shane is the other main regular presenter, who is kind of the opposite to Dr Andi, very grounded and measured but with a quick wit and great sense of humour. Dr Shane has always made an effort to remember my name and have a chat despite being one of millions of phone volunteers. So I have a lot of time for Dr Shane.
The phone volunteers are a motley crew. Most of them have a strong interest in science, and range from middle aged woman who wears leather and rides a harley, to second year med student who lives in a country town.
Dr Shane had just become the proud father of half a dozen Siberian Husky puppies, and really did look like a proud father as he showed us the photos. Dr Andi was extremely excited and wanted to come over to his house to play with them. He explained what it was like to go out into the backyard.
"They jump up and cling to your legs like a 2 year old child, only there are six of them. It is like having boots made out of husky."
We chatted about lots of things and I enjoyed the conversation about the drought we are currently experiencing. The whole state is on water restrictions are our dams are well below capacity. It has been a very dry few years and there is no relief in sight. It was interesting hearing about it from a science perspective. Dr Shane has a very simple solution, or perhaps not solution, but it would provide some relief. His theory is that if the water pressure were reduced by 50% we would dramatically reduce the amount of water we use. I think he is right. The amount of times I turn on a tap and get splashed in the face because the pressure is too high! And the trigger nozzle on my hose constantly pops off because the pressure in the hose is too strong. Dr Shane also lamented the fact that rather than really educating people about what's going on, the government restricts people. Most people in Melbourne aren't aware that Bendigo, a large country town with, say 200,000 people, is going to run out of water in the next six months. This is serious! We need to know about this! People need to realise the extent of the problem. No-one I know can believe water is still so cheap, given its scarcity. Anyway, I am on a rant. Let's just say the lunch gave me food for thought.
It was time to leave as I had things on in the afternoon, and just before I made my exit I let it slip to Dr Shane that I have been paneling for the IT show, Byte Into IT for several months now.
"Are you saying you can panel?"
"Yes..."
"Great!!! Dr Andi, Cara can panel!!"
"Oh my god Cara that is wonderful!!!!" Dr Andi leapt up from her seat and enveloped me in a hug. Apparently I will be panelling the show from now on. Me and my big mouth!
Seriously though, I think it will be a fun show to panel, the only problem is the Sunday morning thing. But as long as I'm not doing it every single week, I don't think I'll mind.
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