Beatrice on the Radio - Beatrice the Biologist

Yesterday I got the most exciting email. A producer for a show called The Takeaway, which airs on NPR, asked me if I could take part in a segment about symbiosis and explain what it is. I immediately replied with, “Yes, yes, yes!”

So this morning I got up super early and talked to John Hockenberry about mutualism and commensalism. I actually sound put together despite how nervous I was! I did the interview at home via Skype, and to psych myself up for a 6:30am discussion about symbiosis, I had some breakfast tea and jumped around my living room in my bathrobe singing Eye of the Tiger. I’m dead serious.

Here is the segment! It airs today across about 200 local NPR stations, which means about 1 million people will hear it! This is so exciting!

http://www.thetakeaway.org/2013/aug/22/circle-life/