Dr. Stuart Robbins, who runs the blog Exposing Pseudoastronomy, interviewed me last Saturday night. You can find this interview with me speaking perfect Swenglish on his 14th podcast. Stuart has had a podcast on Planet X and he will be covering other astronomical parts of the 2012 phenomenon later on (such as the galactic alignment). I have not yet listened to it myself since I hate hearing my own voice.
Posted by: Johan Normark | December 9, 2011
2012: Me on Exposing Pseudoastronomy
Posted in Events, Mayanist studies, New age and creationism | Tags: 2012, Exposing Pseudoastronomy, Maya, New Age, Pseudoscience, Stuart Robbins
I hear ya on the listening to your own voice. I couldn’t listen to myself in interviews, either. Nor on podcasts. The first two episodes I did, I didn’t edit because I couldn’t stand listening to myself. I’ve kinda gotten over it, though.
I was impressed with your English, though the bridge between countries didn’t help with the sound clarity and I really hope I didn’t mess up my pronunciation earlier on in the episode. I tried to cut out most of the pauses where you were searching for the right word every now-and-then. I think it came out fairly well and very good considering that English isn’t your first language.
By: Stuart Robbins on December 9, 2011
at 09:05
My main worry is that I mispronounced some Maya words since I am not an epigrapher.
By: Johan Normark on December 9, 2011
at 09:10
Ah. Well, they were about as I had heard them spoken by people who are born into English. For what that’s worth. I frequently apologize for my pronunciation on the podcast anyway (like the last one on Planet X, for example),
By: Stuart Robbins on December 9, 2011
at 09:15