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<div>Any suggestions for Heather? (see note below.)</div>
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Elizabeth A. Thomson<br>
Assistant Director, Science & Engineering News<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
News Office, Room 11-400<br>
77 Massachusetts Ave.<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
617-258-5402 (ph); 617-258-8762 (fax)<br>
<thomson@mit.edu><br>
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<http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www></div>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Elizabeth
and Kristen,<br>
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I was given your names by the MIT news office. They thought you
might be of<br>
help. I am currently casting a series for the Discovery Channel
called<br>
<b>Things We Love to Hate</b>, and we are looking for a female co-host
who is a<br>
scientist or engineer.<br>
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I am hoping you have some suggestions about where I might begin my
search<br>
among MIT graduate students, faculty, lecturers or alumni.
Following is a<br>
description of the show and our ideal host. Please feel free to
forward it<br>
to whomever you think might be able to help.<br>
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I would be happy to hear from either of you via e-mail or phone
with<br>
thoughts or ideas.<br>
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Many thanks,<br>
Heather Weyrick<br>
202.587.5512<br>
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Beyond Productions is currently looking for a female co-host for a
new<br>
Discovery Channel series called<b> Things We Love to Hate</b>.<br>
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Beyond Productions is an international production company that has
produced<br>
shows for American cable networks such as the National Geographic
Channel,<br>
Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel, which is now featuring our
hit<br>
show,<b> Mythbusters</b>.<br>
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<b>Things We Love to Hate</b> is a thirteen-hour series that
investigates the<br>
science behind everyday objects like cell phones, alarm systems and
traffic<br>
lights. <b>Things We Love to Hate</b> is all about
deconstruction. An exploded<br>
view of something familiar broken down into compelling stories which
reveal<br>
amazing facts and minutiae, introduce us to people with unusual skills
and<br>
interests and explore truth through science and process. Each
hour starts<br>
with a 101 overview of how the "thing" works with a more
detailed<br>
understanding emerging throughout the episode.<br>
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We are looking for a woman with a background in science or engineering
who<br>
can guide us through the process of figuring out these everyday
things. She<br>
is the chief de-constructor and appears throughout the hour with
hands-on<br>
experiments and first-hand experiences to plumb the depths of that
episode's<br>
subject. She may not have on-camera experience, but she is
charismatic - a<br>
natural performer. She will appear alongside an irreverent,
smart-alecky<br>
male co-host who may be more or less tech-savvy.<br>
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If you know someone with these particular talents, please contact
Heather<br>
Weyrick at heather_weyrick@beyond.com.au.</font></blockquote>
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