Hey Skepticoners! Zoooooom! That’s how fast Skepticon 11 is approaching. For those coming from out of town, or just wanting a place to stay overnight after Skeptiprom, you need to nab a hotel room soon. The deadline for our reserved block of rooms at the $109 rate is July 18th, Read more…
Hi Skepticonville! We’re two months away from Skepticon 11! It’s time to reveal the thank-you gifts that we have for our most generous donors, our bestest best friends. Okay, maybe you’re thinking that we’ve never revealed our $100 donor gift ahead of time before. Well, that’s because we sometimes … Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Rose Eveleth to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! Rose Eveleth is a producer, host, reporter and writer based in Berkeley. She’s dabbled in everything from research on pelagic invertebrates to animations about beer to podcasts about fake tumbleweed farms. These days, she explores how humans tangle with Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Indre Viskontasto the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! “I’m an opera singer who came of age during the decade of the brain. I’ve always been pulled both by art and by science and have finally found ways to integrate the two in my work. I finished a Masters Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Miri Mogilevsky to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! Miri is a writer, speaker, activist, and social worker based in Columbus, Ohio, originally from Israel by way of the Midwest, originally-originally from Russia (but she’s never been there). Her blog, Brute Reason, covers social justice, psychology, mental health, Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Megan Kenny and Rajani Gudlavalleti to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! As a team, we have held workshops for the National GLSEN conference and the National Secular Student Alliance (SSA) conference. Our goals in these conversations are: 1) to provide participants with tools for honest conversation about Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Dr. Juhem Navarro-Rivera to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! DR. JUHEM NAVARRO-RIVERA is one of the leading scholars at the intersection of race, religion, and politics in the United States. He is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Humanist Studies, the co-chair of the Latinx Humanist Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Cora Harrington to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! Cora Harrington is the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Lingerie Addict as well as the author of In Intimate Detail: How to Choose, Wear, and Love Lingerie. She has been featured as a lingerie expert on CNN, Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Marissa Alexa McCool to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! About Marissa: Marissa Alexa McCool is an LGBT-rights activist and speaker, multiple podcast host, author, columnist, and stage performer whose goal is to speak out, speak loudly, and bring visibility to LGBT issues. She hosts the Inciting Incident Read more…
Hello Skepticoners! Introducing Ashton P. Woods to the Skepticon 11 Speaker Lineup! About Ashton: Unapologetically Black, same gender loving, HIV positive & atheist. All of these descriptors speak to the identity of the New Orleans native who at age fifteen took part in the founding of one of the first Read more…