One of the weird things about writing historical (albeit entertaining) books like the Pocket Guides is that it makes you an “expert” on the subject matter. Sort of. Which means I am an expert on the book of Revelation. And I’m an expert on the Bible.

Right.

So occasionally I’ve had the opportunity to be an expert on TV. I think producers like me because I’m not an old, fusty professor-looking kind of person. And because I’m good with a sound bite. On a few different occasions I’ve flown to L.A. and been interviewed for two hours in a studio. Then, a year later, get to watch about 40 seconds of myself on TV. It is exactly as glamorous as that sounds.

For kicks, I put together a clip show of one of these appearances, from the History Channel‘s “Decoding the Past: Searching for the Garden of Eden.”

Enjoy.