Skepticality - Science and Revolutionary IdeasSkeptical discussion, critical thinking, science, and the de-bunking of the supernatural and psuedoscience.Skepticality 082 - Rationalist Rap - Interview: Greydon Square- July 30, 2008 The mainstream rap and hip hop communities are known not only for a way with words and penchant for controversy, but also for occasional drama. Rapper Greydon Square is no exception. On this week's episode of Skepticality, Derek and Swoopy hang loose with Greydon and talk about his musical influences, being embraced by the atheist community and why this Compton native (raised as a legal orphan by the Department of Children & Family Services of California) refuses to be a product of the...http://skepticality.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=363706 Skepticality 081 - Alpha Kids - Interviews: Banachek, Mel Lipman & Lori Lipman Brown- July 15, 2008 Continuing from last week's interviews recorded at the "Amazing Meeting 6" conference, Derek & Swoopy talk with secular lobbyist Lori Lipman Brown and her father Mel Lipman (both secular humanists with backgrounds in law and government). They also speak with mentalist Banachek, who has been responsible for putting more magic and mentalism on American television than any other magic consultant in the world. While the paths of these skeptics seem widely divergent, Derek & Swoopy learn that.http://skepticality.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=359226 Skepticality 080 - Skeptic Rock Stars at TAM - Interviews: Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Mythbuster Adam Savage,- July 1, 2008 This week on Skepticality, Derek and Swoopy return from the desert with highlights from "The Amazing Meeting 6" conference in Las Vegas (hosted by the James Randi Educational Foundation). Joining them are two skeptics who are changing the face of popular science: astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, and MythBuster Adam Savage. The incomparable Neil deGrasse Tyson (Director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History, current host of Nova Science Now, and the...http://skepticality.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=354820 |