08/03/2024
I kind of feel like I've been royally dissed here. Earlier in the week I had a phone convo with one of the producers for this show, and thought I was going to be part of it. In which case I would have been really excited! But now the promo has been published and my name is nowhere to be found, so I guess that means I've been dropped from the program??? No word from said producer, so I'm left hanging in the wind. Maybe they ditched me because I can't be in San Francisco at 9 a.m. on Monday morning, despite the fact that they said it would be no problem to participate remotely? Or is it the bias against the kinds of organisms I've helped Deep Look with over the years? Or am I not as charming as I think I am? Dunno, because nobody has bothered to tell me!
However, giving the producer(s) the benefit of the doubt and hoping that they'll let me know whether or not they want me and will treat me with some decency, I'll promote this thing anyways. So tune in if you want, and maybe you'll get to hear me and call in with questions?
Based on how this has come down so far, I'm not impressed with the way Forum handles things. But Deep Look is fantastic even when I'm not involved.
Why is the ocean full of moon jellies? How do snails use fishing nets made of slime? What’s actually happening when a mosquito sucks your blood? These are just some of the questions that the producers and scientists behind “Deep Look,” KQED’s Emmy-award winning video series, take on. Now in ...