SK8

Our next speaker for Skepticon wants us all to use our brains rationally. Introducing: Bo Bennett! Bo’s personal motto is “Expose an irrational belief, keep a person rational for a day. Expose irrational thinking, keep a person rational for a lifetime.” Much of his charitable work is in the area Read more…

Check out Skepticon’s Shopify site! It’s been down for the count for a few months, but it’s back in action and stronger than ever! You superstars pretty much bought us out of t-shirts and glassware at the event itself (there ARE still a few shot glasses up for sale), but Read more…

Our next speaker has accumulated over 187 million views on YouTube with nothing but fun, engaging and educational science videos AND he does it using a combination of fancy video editing, humor, slow motion cameras and sometimes arrows! If that doesn’t support the mission of Skepticon we don’t know what does! Appearing at Read more…

It’s us, again Skepticoners! Can you believe that we are almost halfway through our speaker list? Let’s learn more about this year’s lineup! Say Hello To: Sam Kean! Sam Kean spent years collecting mercury from broken thermometers as a kid, and now he’s a writer in Washington, D.C. His stories Read more…

Happy Hump Day, Skepticoners! Let’s get to it and learn about another amazing speaker for Skepticon 8! Introducing: Nathanael Johnson! Nathanael Johnson is a journalist who lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter. He is the food writer for Grist, and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, Read more…

Happy Monday, Skepticon lovers! To help lift your spirits, let’s learn the name of another totally cool and outright awesome speaker that will be joining us for Sk8!: Introducing: Jamie DeWolf! With a long ranging career began in his teens, Jamie first became known to Bay Area audiences as a performance Read more…

Happy Friday, Skepticontown! We here at Skepticon HQ are happy to announce another (super friggin’ amazing) speaker for this year: Introducing Kavin Senapathy! Kavin is a quack-fighting mom who contributes to Grounded Parents, Genetic Literacy Project, and Skepchick. She is a freelance writer and science popularizer whose work has appeared on Read more…

Happy Wednesday, Skepticoners! Are you ready to learn another speaker name? Well, we hope that’s a yes! Introducing Our Second Speaker for Skepticon 8: Sikivu Hutchinson! Sikivu Hutchinson is an American feminist, atheist and author. She is the author of Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels (2013), Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Read more…

Skepticontown! June is here! Let’s learn about the amazing speakers we have for Sk8! Introducing Our First Speaker for Skepticon 8: Fallon Fox! Fallon Fox is a professional Mixed Martial Arts Fighter specializing in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling, and Muay Thai.  She began training in 2008 and currently Read more…