Here at Skepticon HQ we’ve heard that about one in five adults will suffer from mental illness this year. The fact that half of these will not receive treatment should be cause for alarm. With May announced, by presidential proclamation, as National Mental Health Awareness Month, we’d like to do Read more…
Transportation for your favorite speakers will cost us in the neighborhood of $10,000 this year. All of this will be paid for by donations made by attendees and viewers like yourself. Of course, we are looking into reward programs with airlines and other such discounts but that’s a fair figure for Read more…
Rob Lehr of Hambone Productions has made a donation, on behalf of Skepticon and the atheist community, from the advertising revenue generated from the speaker videos to the Mtaani Centre, an HIV testing facility, in Nairobi, Kenya. The money donated will not only fund the entirety of the center’s expenses Read more…
How exactly does Skepticon, the nation’s largest free skeptic convention, work at all when others have to charge attendees? Starting this week we are going to be running a series of weekly articles on how Skepticon works. (more…)
It’s been a really upsetting week in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, so lets enjoy a delicious morsel and cheer up a bit. Let’s take a moment to remember some of the Sandy Hook Heroes. They deserve so much more. Our book, A Very Skepticon Christmas, was Read more…