By nobugsonme on Mar 6, 2008 in BBC, BBC Breakfast Show, David Cain, JoAnne Good, John Kettley, bed bug information, bed bug misinformation, bed bugs, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, central heating, dust mites, everyone has bed bugs, fleas, london, radio, uk | 2 Comments
I finally had a chance to listen to David Cain’s UK radio appearance last Friday via the BBC iPlayer interface (which requires a RealPlayer plugin; I’m on a Mac and I was able to listen; I am sure Windows users will have no trouble).
Go to this link.
Find “The Breakfast Show with JoAnne Good” in the […]
By nobugsonme on Dec 8, 2007 in 1015 The Point, Tampa, bedbugger.com, florida, meta, pop culture, radio, trivia | 1 Comment
We were part of a radio station’s answer to a trivia question, and we had no idea!
It was 1015 The Point in Tampa, Florida’s Nearly Impossible Question, and we have no idea when, but suspect it was after Tampa’s News 10 mentioned us last April.
Anyway, this is old news. Eight months later, bed […]
By nobugsonme on Nov 12, 2007 in audio, bed bugs, bedbugs, dr. louis sorkin, interviews, media, new york, radio, usa | 2 Comments
Tune into WBAI 99.5 in New York City tomorrow morning at 10:40 to hear longtime Bedbugger contributor Lou Sorkin (entomologist from the American Museum of Natural History) talk about bed bugs (and other bugs). I am not sure what proportion of the program will discuss bed bugs, but we can hope it will […]
By nobugsonme on Aug 23, 2007 in audio, bed bug bite pictures, bed bug bites, bed bugs, bedbugs, mattresses, news, radio, signs and symptoms | 2 Comments
Bed bugs were the subject of a report on Morning Edition this morning.
While it is always good that bed bugs are in the news, I have a few issues with the way this story was presented.
First, NPR fell into the trap of describing bed bug bites as if they always look the same:
Mayhill Fowler first […]
By nobugsonme on Mar 22, 2007 in bed bugs, bedbugs, health, institutions, mental health, new york, news, radio, treatment in institutions, usa, workplace | 1 Comment
This news story from the Times-Herald Record’s website recordonline.com reminds us, once again, that the most vulnerable people in our society may be suffering the most from bed bugs.
Port Jervis – Patients in the mental health unit at Bon Secours Community Hospital were relocated last week amid a bedbug outbreak.
Two patients complained to doctors about […]