# I'll be on the radio Friday!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [May 17, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494 "2002-05-17T04:09:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/1 "2002-05-17T04:09:04Z")
Hey Dopers! On Friday May 17 at 11:00 a.m Eastern I’ll be debating notorious Moon Hoax guy Bart Sibrel on the radio. It’s in Vermont, but it’ll be streamed on the web. [I have details on my homepage](http://www.badastronomy.com).
This should be fun. I have never debated such a person live, so it’ll be a learning experience for me, no doubt.
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### Author:  [@Heloise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heloise)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/2 "2002-05-17T06:30:46Z")
So, what are you debating? I’m in Los Angeles, so I’ll have to check it out online.
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### Author:  [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/3 "2002-05-17T06:46:17Z")
Will it be archived? I don’t think I’ll be awake early enough to hear it live but it sounds interesting 😃
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### Author:  [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/4 "2002-05-17T07:12:44Z")
My favorite fallback: for as much time, money and effort as would have been spent on the hoax, we might as well have just gone.
Have fun!
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### Author:  [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/5 "2002-05-17T15:51:57Z")
Argh! I lost the connection with a “file not found” message! Did this happen to anyone else?
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### Author:  [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/6 "2002-05-17T18:09:29Z")
So, how did it turn out? Did Sibrel finally convince you?
😃
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### Author:  [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/7 "2002-05-17T18:17:35Z")
Bugger.
I couldn’t get a conncetion to the server, so it wouldn’t play. Will it be archived?
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### Author:  [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/8 "2002-05-17T18:52:11Z")
I think the whole thing went pretty well; Sibrel made a lot of bogus claims and I refuted them, or pointed out where people can go to find more info. I have asked for a tape to make a transcription, but it’ll be a while.
There was a short but spirited discussion of the show [on my bulletin board](http://www.badastronomy.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?topic=1299&forum=3&88) (the show talk starts on the second page of the thread). Take a look; it’s most amusing.
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### Author:  [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/9 "2002-05-17T19:10:09Z")
Wow, kickass! I’d certainly love to see a transcript of that show if you ever get a tape. Good value!
I’m a little confused, though. Obviously Sibrel is a crank who seems to like trying to ruin Neil Armstrong’s day, and if I were in Armstrong’s shoes I’d blow him off every chance I get, too. But what if Armstrong were to have taken that oath? How could Bart have used that oath to further his crank theories?
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### Author:  [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/10 "2002-05-17T19:30:24Z")
!!! I should have read this earlier!! You’re not in VT are you? I’m a UVM student myself. Who was the DJ?
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### Author:  [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-on-the-radio-friday/109494/11 "2002-05-17T20:18:49Z")
No, I’m not in Vermont; they called me on the phone. I don’t think I’ve ever been in VT, actually!
Basically, doing anything Sibrel asks could be seen as compliance. Still, IMO Sibrel knew Armstrong wouldn’t go for it, which is why he did it. Now he can claim Armstrong wouldn’t swear.