I’m on Carpool with Robert Llewellyn!
I’d like to apologize now for any camera & car-related awkwardness! The still frame of us is hilarious:
Or watch on LlewTube!
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Rebecca leads a team of skeptical female activists at Skepchick.org and appears on the weekly Skeptics' Guide to the Universe podcast. She travels around the world delivering entertaining talks on science, atheism, feminism, and skepticism. There is currently an asteroid orbiting the sun with her name on it. You can follow her every fascinating move on Twitter: @rebeccawatson.
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rnoyfb
01.29.2010
Rebecca, thank the flying spaghetti monster you’re in England now and haven’t heard much about Jesse Ventura’s new show glorifying conspiracy theories. He has on mostly right-wing kooks that believe Bush was the organizer of 9/11 _and_ that Obama was born in Kenya.
Joerg
01.29.2010
Watching people drive on the left side definitely makes me uncomfortable. Good job though
MathMike
01.29.2010
As a fellow Red Dwarf geek, can I just say, SQUEEEE! OMG OMG OMG!!!
OK, now that that’s out of my system. Great interview. A good overview of many topics, that looked like so much fun.
phlebas
01.29.2010
Great photo. What are you two singing? Robert appears to be doing the backup vocals.
NewEnglandBob
01.29.2010
That was a fun interview, but Rebecca, slow down a bit and take a breath.
Andrew Nixon
01.29.2010
Being a big Red Dwarf fan for many years, I am so envious right now…
jtradke
01.29.2010
@Joerg:
Try watching Torchwood, where the guy is driving on the left while speaking in an American accent! I’m not sure how John Barrowman pulls it off.
MiddleMan
01.29.2010
@Joerg: Just watch the video in a mirror. Problem solved!
That was definitely a fun interview to watch. The conversation between the both of you was too cute.
astro_boy
01.29.2010
Kryten! How cool is that?
Bjornar
01.29.2010
Hey, that means I’m only separated from Kryten by two degrees. Come to think of it, knowing Rebecca puts me two degrees from lots of people.
So, Rebecca, how many steps from you to Kevin Bacon?
mikerattlesnake
01.29.2010
Ketchup?! WITH LOBSTER?!
*pow*
sorry, I can’t watch video at work…that’s all I’ve got.
Skeducator
01.29.2010
“Gone in a puff of logic.”
Best line. Ever. Well done, great interview!
Rei Malebario
01.29.2010
I’m looking forward to watching this when I get home. Robert Llewellyn is great.
marilove
01.29.2010
lmao it’s like you guys are singing along to some cheesy pop song.
Fracture
01.29.2010
Holy cow. I’ve been a huge fan of CarPool since the early trial runs. I almost wish I hadn’t seen this post and just got a shock when I watched it.
Grats!
And folks, seriously, dig through the old ones. They’re all good. The recent Patrick Stewart CarPool was fantastic.
jhughson
01.29.2010
What an awesome way to start my morning.
And by the way there are plenty of skeptics in Seattle. We aren’t all placaeboswillingactivisthippies….
spellwight
01.29.2010
Rebecca that was wonderful! I could see you’re wearing a SurlyAmy necklace but not what it said. Next time, stop playing with your hair (personal pet peeve) and slow down a bit. Great conversation once I stopped actually watching it.
Rebecca
01.29.2010
Thanks everyone!
@spellwight: I bet that sounded nicer in your head…
davew
01.29.2010
I think it’s interesting that everyone mentions Red Dwarf. Aren’t there any _Scrapyard Challenge_ fans here?
Excellent job, Rebecca!
Andrew Nixon
01.29.2010
@Bjornar: Robert Llewellyn has filmed a role in an upcoming film called “Eldorado” that features Steve Guttenberg, who was in the 1982 film “Diner” with Kevin Bacon.
This gives Rebecca a Bacon number of three. I have a Bacon number of 5, if you allow connections other than film/TV/video podcasts.
Sam Ogden
01.29.2010
Oh sure. I pick up a girl on the street corner and videotape it, and I’m an asshole.
That was a great interview, but that dude has entirely too many “L”s in his name. He’s a walking Tom Brokaw nightmare.
delphi_ote
01.29.2010
@davew: Me me me! He was the best host. I actually learned to weld in an attempt to be on that show.
Andrew Nixon
01.29.2010
@Sam Ogden: It’s historically a Welsh name, and they like their Ls. In Welsh, LL is a letter on it’s own and is pronounced sort of like an L with a lisp – the Welsh town Llanelli is pronounced roughly Thlanethli.
Mr Llewellyn just pronounces it as a single L though.
Amy
01.29.2010
AWESOME interview! I didn’t know it was possible but I adore you just a little bit more… and SQUEEEEEEEE you’re wearing a Surly!!!!!!!!
Displaced Northerner
01.29.2010
Great interview! I especially loved the part about loving the real world but maintaining an appreciation for imagination. It’s an excellent point that is not often articulated as well as you expressed it in this interview. And not to bring up a discussion that’s been had many times on this forum before, but I completely agree that “lying” to your kids can be good for them. It gives them the opportunity to figure something out on their own- and that can be extremely rewarding.
Tracy King
01.29.2010
I am really surprised people thought you were speaking too quickly! Your pace was pretty much spot on for me (you speak more slowly on your weekly videos which I find a tiny bit too slow). Maybe a British/American thing?
MathMike
01.29.2010
@davew: Scrapyard was good, but Kryten is far more entertaining and memorable. Anyone who says otherwise is a Smeeeeee Heeee!
Bjornar
01.29.2010
First: Llewtube! Funny.
Second: Oh man, that was an excellent interview/conversation (ignoring the horribly wrong numbers)! I’m totally impressed by Rebecca’s cool and ability to say so much, so eloquently, without false starts and incomplete sentences.
Third: That I was really watching Rebecca, in a car, with Robert Llewellyn kept interrupting my thought processes at irregular intervals.
Four: @Andrew Nixon. Thank you for that very useful information. I’ll blatantly count carpool and this video to claim a Bacon number of 4.
Okay, so it’s only a youtube video, but it has Rebecca, and my voice.
James Fox
01.29.2010
Rebecca, you can still come back to Washington State, we won’t hold your history against you. And this was your best video performance to date! (IMO)
spellwight
01.29.2010
@Rebecca:
Egads yes. I meant that as, “because you adjust your hair so much and that’s a personal pet peeve for me, I clicked off onto another tab but continued to LISTEN to the interview.” Is that better I hope?
You did great!
James Fox
01.29.2010
I watched three more “Carpool’s” during my lunch. What a great show/podcast! Thanks Rebecca!
jthewonderllama
01.29.2010
Robert Llewellyn reminds me of my dad, and that make me wonder why Abba wasn’t playing on the car stereo. Thank for the post Rebecca.
Brian
01.30.2010
Excellent interview, Rebecca! I particularly enjoyed learning some bits about your background that I didn’t already know. And now that I know about Carpool, I’ve got something else to spend time on.
magicdude20
01.30.2010
Just when I didn’t think I could like Rebecca anymore, this came along. Always great stuff!
kitty
01.30.2010
@mikerattlesnake: That’s my favorite Kryten quote:)
Rebecca, you did a great job! <3 <3
Hrdina
01.31.2010
That was a great interview. Now I have the urge to go watch RD (after watching the Car Pool with Patrick Stewart, of course).
@Rebecca: I didn’t know that you were a fellow South Jerseyan. Awesome.
jrpowell
02.01.2010
That was brilliant (to coin a phrase).
chigh
02.02.2010
So jealous! Been a Red Dwarf fan for years!
sneeuwhaas
02.02.2010
Holy cow! That was Kryten 2X4B-523P?
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