Conflict of Interest
I was a guest this week on Channel 31’s Conflict of Interest, hosted by Peter Farris QC and Greg Barns. The topic was “petrol prices and where they are heading”.
The format of this show is that Greg and Peter argue about various issues (Greg from a more liberal perspective, Peter from a more ‘conservative’) and in a middle section a guest is thrown in the middle. Peter’s dismissive references to the CSIRO come from the fact that he is a climate change skeptic and believes the institution has a political agenda. My train of thought gets derailed a couple of times, and I probably come off as a bit of a cultural snob refering to McMansions. This was my first time interviewed on TV without having my identity hidden with backlighting.
I also got quoted in parlaiment last month.
There have actually been some really good interviews on Australian TV lately with regards peak oil, far better than mine. Check out Phil Hart on ABC Stateline talking about the Future Fuels Forum report, and Richard Heinberg on ABC Lateline and the 7:30 Report with the PM!
cat said,
July 21, 2008 @ 9:35 pm
hey, i reckon you held up pretty well under the circumstances- tough gig!!
:-) cat
adrian said,
July 21, 2008 @ 9:47 pm
yep, love your work mate!
what was with that freak? tough gig indeed!
esther said,
July 22, 2008 @ 12:25 pm
i am strangely very proud that you are quoted in parliament! weird given the contempt i normally hold that forum in… but perhaps i am just easily impressed.
now i understand why you are too much the big man to respond to my emails!
xxx e
adam said,
July 24, 2008 @ 1:58 pm
i have 12569 unread emails and counting in one account, 5457 in the other. i don’t know where they all came from. i think i have lost hundreds of important ideas, several friends, two potential lovers and a secret family heirloom pickled vegetable pizza recipe in there, and perhaps none of them are coming back.
the more time i spend in the garden, the louder i hear the background hiss waiting for me. still, wouldn’t be without it. and i’ll make a special estherorama star filter :)
rick t said,
July 27, 2008 @ 3:49 pm
nicr shirt, adam.
terrible format in that they invite you, the expert, then talk among themselves.
wtf is the point?
baaaad television. and who wants to watch those two middle aged (and middle class) boring farts yap yap crap.
are they supposed to represent in some way our society?
i am glad i am not part of that (in a narrow sense anyway).
yep, spring is nearly around the corner, get ready, have fun.
cheers,
David said,
September 15, 2008 @ 11:23 am
adam,
i didn’t hang around to watch the other guys, but I thought your anecdotes and examples were excellent, interesting, and very clear.
yes, it was a very tough gig. one very experienced media interviewee advised me to never do a panel gig. i think something like that advice would apply here. never be part of a conversation where someone doesn’t want to listen. unless you are feeling very relaxed, even ’sportingly adversarial’, and feel like engaging in crappy banter.
looks like a career in televsion in between stints in the garden for you!
dave a
Linn said,
October 4, 2008 @ 12:46 pm
*Nudge* Would love more updates on this blog :)
adam said,
November 26, 2008 @ 10:27 pm
I’m placing this quote here so I can remember where to find it…
From Ruth Ozeki’s My Year Of Meat via Ran Prieur