Guest Appearances on Radio, Podcasts, Film and Television
Guest, NBC Universal, New Year’s story for NBC Universal’s Snapchat channel (Dec. 2024). Note: this channel has 74 million subscribers).
Preserve Cast, The History of New Year’s with Dr. Alexis McCrossen, episode 325, Preservation Maryland’s Podcast Series with Nick Redding, (December 2024).
Guest, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (Radio) Canberra Breakfast, New Year’s Day 2024.
Guest, “Five Things You Didn’t Know about New Year’s,” WFAA “Good Morning Texas,” December 2023.
Guest, “Have You Ever Wondered How New Year’s Eve Celebrations Started?,” CBSTexas News, December 2023.
Guest, History of Timekeeping, Riches and Power Podcast with Alex Doubet, December 2023.
Guest, “The Countdown,” National Public Radio’s All Things Considered December 31, 2021.
Guest, “It’s About Time: On the Clock,” Christian Science Monitor Podcast Series, (Mar. 2021).
Guest, “Time in American Life” hour interview with Chris Carroll for Oklahoma Humanities Podcast “BrainBox,” released December 23, 2019; rebroadcast January 2020.
Guest, “The Day of Two Noons” episode with Sally Helm, NPR’s “Planet Money,” (June 2019).
Guest, “New Year’s Eve” episode, Shaping Opinion Podcast, Interview with Host Tim O’Brien, released December 24, 2018.
Guest, “The Takeaway with John Hockenberry,” produced by WNYC March 9, 2015.
Expert, Time (Season 1, episode 2) of “How We Got to Now,” [35:25] BBC-PBS Documentary hosted by Steven Johnson (air date Fall 2014). Script consultant and on-screen expert.
Selected Recent Appearances as Scholarly Expert in Print and Digital Media
Expert for Olivia Waxman, “How Counting Down to Midnight on New Year’s Became a Tradition,” Time Magazine, (December 31, 2024).
Expert for Emily Laurence, “New Year’s Resolutions Aren’t a Fad—They Have Endured for a Thousand Years,” National Geographic Website (December 27, 2024).
Expert for Jordan Friedman, “How Timekeeping Innovations Turned New Year’s into a Midnight Celebration,” History Channel Website (December 19, 2024).
Expert for Jamie Stengle, “Why Are Clocks Set Forward in the Spring: Thanks Wars, Confusion and a Hunger for Sunlight,”APNews.com (March 7, 2024).