and other topics have appeared in the los angeles times, new york times, scientific american, espn magazinew scientists and readers digest amongst others. she's been invited across the world to speak to various audiences about how to not fool yourself or others with statistics. welcome george and regina >> hi. >> thanks for having us. >> okay, george, i think it's you and us. >> you and i. >> before we start, i googled you. [laughter] i found this random fact that you played thomas jefferson on tv at one time. true or false? >> that is 100% true. [laughter] this is actually, i worked on a food show on the food network called "good eats" hosted by alton brown, my very first and my job was a production assistant. it was nothing glamorous. i was plunging toilets, making coffee, helping with whatever needed be done. my very first day on the job he looks at me and goes, put that guy in a wig we need a thomas jefferson. i had one line and it was Ãb "i declare these sprouts to be delicious". my one line came at the end of like a three minute monologue that elton had to do and i screwed it up like