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What I love about the job is that you never know who youÂ’re going to meet and itÂ’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 – you stop lots of people in the street and ask them the same question.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ GMRÂ’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, itÂ’s a job that programme volunteer Nathan loves, perhaps because vivacious Nathan relishes the chance to be nosy and itÂ’s an excuse to have a chat.

"I had great fun canvassing views on Michael PortilloÂ’s announcement that there may one day be a gay Prime Minister which people were keen to share their views on. ItÂ’s more difficult to get people to talk about personal stuff like relationships and itÂ’s also a tricky job when itÂ’s dark, chucking it down or even snowing because people just wonÂ’t stop to pass the time of day.

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

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