In this episode, Andrew interviews Morag, the newest member of the Culips team. Join Andrew as he gets to know all the nerdy details about our newest co-host!

Expressions included in the Learning Materials

* Rookie mistake

* Edgy

* To stick with it

* To let something slide

* Trial and error

Sample Dialogue

Andrew:

On today’s episode, I will be interviewing the newest member of the Culips family, Morag. Morag will be helping co-host with me, and I couldn’t be happier about this, and I can’t wait to introduce her to you. So that’s what we’ll be doing today.

 

Before we start, I’ll tell you a little story about the problems I had recording this episode. It really turned out to be quite the ordeal. Morag and I recorded this interview, actually, several weeks ago. But then when I tried to edit that episode, I realized that I made a mistake—and this is actually quite a rookie mistake.

 

I forgot to hit the record button. And so I ended up with blank audio files, and that was disappointing. So what you’ll hear today is the make-up interview that Morag and I rescheduled. But, while we were recording this interview today, suddenly my microphone died and I had to switch microphones half-way through the interview.

 

So you’ll notice a change in the quality of the audio when this happens. And I apologize for that. It’s less than perfect sounding. But I think you’ll be able to hear and understand me OK. So, please, let it slide just this once.

 

OK, so now it’s time for the interview. Here it is: Introducing the new Culips co-host, Morag.

 

Hi Morag, how are you?

Morag:

I’m doing pretty well, Andrew. And how about you?

Andrew:

I am good. I am super excited to have you on Culips.

Morag:

Oh, thanks so much. I’m excited to be here.

Andrew:

Yeah. And the reason that I’m talking to you today is because you are the newest member of the Culips team. You are going to help me co-host some episodes in the future. So this is very exciting for me.

Morag:

And for me, too. I’m really excited to start out and get to know all you guys.

Andrew:

Awesome, awesome. OK, so, since you are new, I am going to interview you today, if that’s OK, so that our listeners can get to know you a little bit.

Morag:

Absolutely.

Andrew:

Very good, OK. So I have a lot of questions for you. I’m a very curious person.

Morag:

Well, that sounds like fun. I’ve never been interviewed before.

Andrew:

There’s a first time for everything.

Morag:

Yes.

Andrew:

OK, so Question One: Your name is very interesting to me. I’ve never met anybody with the name Morag before. So could you tell me a little bit about your name?

Morag:

I definitely can. It’s quite normal to not have met a Morag before. It’s a Scottish name. So it’s not actually English language at all. It’s Scottish Gaelic. And I have it because my mother is Scottish.

Andrew:

OK, I was thinking it might be Scottish. Interesting.

Morag:

Apparently, it used to have an H on the end. So… used to be even more confusing.

Andrew:

I was curious about that, because it looks like a word that would have an H on the end. I just thought that in my head, and I was almost going to ask you that question.