Lanyards and Lanyrd, Oh My!

Everyone who registered before October 17th is entitled to a nifty badge and lanyard to wear around your neck during Skepticon. But even if you didn’t manage to make that deadline, Skepticon this year is using the website lanyrd.com to keep track of the speakers and schedule. But what you might Read more…

Skepticon 7 Schedule Released

We and our minions have been working hard here at the Skepticon 7 secret moon base to put together this year’s schedule of talks. And guess what! It’s now available! You can check it out on our schedule page or you can head over to our page on Lanyrd where you can see Read more…

An Update re: Greta Christina

As many of you know, Greta Christina – a long-time Skepticon speaker and someone whom many of us on the team consider a much-loved personal friend – has been diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Yesterday she had major abdominal surgery, which will hopefully have removed all of the problematic tissue and Read more…

Win a Skepticon Surly-ramic!

Win a Skepticon Surly-ramic! That’s right – Skepticon now has its own line of Surly-ramics! And for the rest of September, every single person who donates to Skepticon will have the opportunity to win one. Some of these surlies show off our logo, and others feature our website’s little dinosaur (yet Read more…

Travel Grant: Jason

Jason’s Story I have been a skeptic since a young age, but was reared in a devoutly religious community in the aptly-named Bible Belt. Telling people I was atheist was somehow harder even than coming out as gay. Having been kicked out of my home after high school, I now Read more…