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Former Arizona Swimmer, Future Dr. Pepper, Lands as Host on TV Show

Martin Pepper, a former swimmer at the University of Arizona, has been named the host of the upcoming Science Channel series “How the Earth Works,” which is a successor to the Discovery Channel’s “How the Universe Works” series.

How the Universe Works was narrated by Discovery Channel legend Mike Rowe, but the new series will be hosted by Pepper and French-born Irish presenter Liz Bonnin.

Pepper swam at Arizona, where he won the NCAA Championship in the 100 fly in 1996 (following in the footsteps of older brother Seth, who was the 1993 NCAA Champion). The show will premier in its first season on October 9th.

According to a story on AZCentral.com, Pepper said he’s most worried about maintaining the reputation of the Arizona science department where he’s a geology doctoral student.

“I study geology, yet we’re covering volcanic things that I had no experience with,” Martin Pepper said. “A lot of times I was going off a hunch, trying to re-word stuff or correct scripts. I’ve seen Discovery and Science channels, and I know a lot of it is drama. I know the academic world can be very harsh. My biggest fear is giving a bad name to our department or the science. But I’m excited how many people it might touch to get excited about different sciences.”

 

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Frank Pepper
8 years ago

Watching it now well done

tim doogan
8 years ago

Love it keep up the good work!

glenn
10 years ago

I watched several episodes back to back, finding them extrremely informative and I learned. So from someone who knows almost nothing about geology, Martin and his co host did an excellent job.

Leslie
10 years ago

Great show! I taught secondary Earth science for 20 years and it is exciting for me to watch how skillfully you explain geologic concepts/features to viewers! You go!

11 years ago

Marty Moose! You are the man!

SWIMFOLLOWER
11 years ago

Nice article…..great to hear about the successes of former swimmers & great students! Can’t wait to see the show!

11 years ago

CONGRATS Martin!

Proud of you my friend. You can’t give a bad name to the Arizona Science Department, you are such a passionate individual that I bet this show is great. Can wait until October 9th!

Keep up the great work!

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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