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What I love about the job is that you never know who you聮re going to meet and it聮s amazing what you find out about people. Nathan Hamilton

Vox Pop translates as Vox Populi or Voice of the People and basically it means instead of interviewing one person with a series of different questions 聳 you stop lots of people in the street and ask them the same question.

大象传媒 GMR聮s Gaytalk Reporter Nathan Hamilton regularly vox pops gay people on Canal Street to get a cross section of opinions on a particular issue for the Thursday night 8.30pm show.

Strangely, it聮s a job that programme volunteer Nathan loves, perhaps because vivacious Nathan relishes the chance to be nosy and it聮s an excuse to have a chat.

"I had great fun canvassing views on Michael Portillo聮s announcement that there may one day be a gay Prime Minister which people were keen to share their views on. It聮s more difficult to get people to talk about personal stuff like relationships and it聮s also a tricky job when it聮s dark, chucking it down or even snowing because people just won聮t stop to pass the time of day.

"What I love about the job is that you never know who you聮re going to meet and it聮s amazing what you find out about people. It聮s a great way of finding stories for the programme too."

In the 3 year聮s Nathan聮s been doing vox pops he聮s also been offered free cups of chocolate, jelly babies, Easter eggs, and he聮s even been asked out.. Not such a bad gig after all then!