Nothing says #SK8 like a skateboarding stegosaurus, sooooo we got you a skateboarding stegosaurus shirt! You know you want this shirt!!! Like, honestly, how have you lived this long without it in your life? We’re now officially taking pre-orders on our Shopify Merch Store. While you’re there, you can check Read more…
Say Hello to Hiba Krisht! Hiba (pronounced Hib-bah) is a writer, lecturer, and professional translator from Beirut. Her stories have been published in The Kenyon Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Blackbird, and Mizna, among others. She is a recipient of the 2012 Jane Foulkes Malone Fellowship from Indiana University and the 2013 JoAnn Athanas Memorial Award Read more…
As our intern says, “Oh my cheese that shirt is so cool!” Our intern is the hippest kid we know, so if a shirt design tests well with him, we know it’s going places. Here’s your next hint on what the shirt design for Skepticon 8 is looking like… and Read more…
Here’s a sneak peek on #SK8’s t-shirt awesomness! We’ll be doing pre-orders for this badass shirt design VERY SOON!!! While you wait for more info, consider helping fund Skepticon 8 in other ways by visiting our donation page. Thank you SO MUCH for all your support!!!!
Meet Teka-Lark Fleming! Teka-Lark Fleming is a journalist, essayist, poet and independent publisher. She is the founder of the Blk Grrrl Book Fair and is the host and producer of the Blk Grrrl Show, a cultural and news web series. She is also the founder and publisher of the radical Read more…
In a continued effort to make this Skepticon the 8th most yet we are proud to announce our next speaker: Mark Bunker! Mark Bunker is an American broadcast journalist, videographer and documentary filmmaker and Wise Beard Man . He won an Emmy Award in 2006 from the Pacific Southwest Emmy Awards division Read more…
Introducing Muhammad Syed! Muhammad is a resident of the DC Metro area. Due to the desire to better understand his faith, he embarked on a long period of research and study culminating in the inevitable conclusion that Islam like other religions was nothing more than bronze age mythology. He decided Read more…
Say Hello to Stephanie Zvan! Stephanie Zvan is an analyst by trade, but she’s paid not to talk about it. She is also the former associate president of Minnesota Atheists and one of the hosts for their radio show and podcast, Atheists Talk. She speaks on science and skepticism in Read more…
Introducing Mary Anne Franks! Dr. Mary Anne Franks is a law professor, activist, and Krav Maga instructor. She is a Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law, where she teaches criminal law, criminal procedure, and family law, as well as seminars on topics such as free Read more…
Welcome Justin Vollmar! Raised in a strict Christian sect known as the Independent Fundamental Baptists, Justin was a born-again, washed-in-blood Christian. He attended the Capital Baptist Deaf College, where he graduated with an unaccredited bachelor’s degree in pastoral studies. For the next nine years, Justin worked as a pastor until he established an online preaching ministry, Read more…