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You can contact her through her <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://abouttimeproject.wordpress.com/">website</a>.</p> </div> </header> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-thomas-john-experience-review/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/09/two-guys-in-car.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-thomas-john-experience-review/"><h5>The Thomas John Experience – Review</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 17, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>The day before the release of psychic medium Thomas John’s new show on CBS All Access—The Thomas John Experience—I released an article with my predictions for the show. That was June 4, 2020, and now it’s time to review those predictions and see how I did. If this is your first introduction to Thomas John …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/abysmal-failure-a-skeptical-psychic-medium-attempts-to-read-susan-gerbic/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/09/001-reading-002-1024x578.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/abysmal-failure-a-skeptical-psychic-medium-attempts-to-read-susan-gerbic/"><h5>Abysmal Failure: A Skeptical Psychic Medium Attempts to Read Susan Gerbic</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 8, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I’m going to tell you about my latest reading with a psychic medium who approached me in July 2020. She felt very strongly that she needed to reach out to me so I could get a reading from a “true and genuine psychic.” I’m not going to disclose who this person is for reasons I …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/there-is-no-way-the-psychic-could-have-known/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/08/Arrows-with-words.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/there-is-no-way-the-psychic-could-have-known/"><h5>There is NO WAY the Psychic Could Have known!</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 28, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Mark Edward and I hear this statement so often that I’m going write an article about it. “There is NO WAY the psychic could have known that!” With a lot of emphasis on the “NO WAY” part. These are the statements that usually follow that first statement: I’m not on social media anywhere. This happened …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/grief-vampires-an-update/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/08/AdobeStock_104375575-scaled.jpeg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/grief-vampires-an-update/"><h5>Grief Vampires – An Update</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 20, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I am often asked why we are still fighting the same old fight with these psychics. Why won’t they go away when we have exposed them over and over again? It is frustrating; they do seem to be everywhere. But I think we are seeing some hope. Data shows that the psychic world is a …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/they-oddly-did-not-see-this-coming/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/06/Sue-Nickolson-001.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/they-oddly-did-not-see-this-coming/"><h5>They Oddly Did Not See This Coming</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 10, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>We have all seen those clever memes on social media of pictures from a psychic fair with an additional sign that says, “Cancelled due to Unforeseen Circumstances.” We pass them around and have a little chuckle; well we are at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (or at the end if you believe psychic Jeanette …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-thomas-john-experience-buckle-up-hes-back/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/06/Main-page.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-thomas-john-experience-buckle-up-hes-back/"><h5>The Thomas John Experience—Buckle Up, He’s Back!</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 4, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Well it is here: Thomas John Flanagan’s newest bit of fame. His new show, The Thomas John Experience, will air on CBS All Access on Thursday, June 4, 2020. If you have been following the story of Thomas John through my writings, you will know that he has been exposed so many times that he …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/what-do-i-do-with-his-damn-book/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/04/What-do-I-do-with-his-Damn-Book.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/what-do-i-do-with-his-damn-book/"><h5>What do I do with his Damn Book?</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">April 10, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I’m writing this from stay-at-home California, and if you are reading this soon after its publication, you are likely reading it from a stay-at-home somewhere in the world. What I am asking now is “Why did this happen without warning? Why didn’t they see this coming?” No, not the governments of the world, although that’s …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/vaccine-activism-the-day-the-vaxxed-bus-came-to-town/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/03/Vaxxed-bus-in-parking-lot-with-people.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/vaccine-activism-the-day-the-vaxxed-bus-came-to-town/"><h5>Vaccine Activism: The Day the Vaxxed Bus Came to Town</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">March 18, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>This January, a few days after our local SkeptiCamp, the Vaxxed bus visited Monterey, California. It’s a problem anytime the Vaxxed bus visits anywhere, but this was my city and I wasn’t happy about it. First a bit of information. Vaxxed: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe is an American pseudoscience “documentary” directed by discredited doctor Andrew …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/good-day-new-york-fox-5-and-grief-vampire-matt-fraser/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/02/Screenshot-for-article.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/good-day-new-york-fox-5-and-grief-vampire-matt-fraser/"><h5>Good Day New York Fox 5 and Grief Vampire Matt Fraser</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">February 20, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I just can’t understand why morning TV shows give free publicity to grief vampires such as Matt Fraser. The hosts laugh and have a good ol’ time as if this is just a jump-house of frivolous fun bubbles. They think that people communicating with the dead is as normal as a six-toed cat. Kind of …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/nz-skeptic-conference-christchurch-2019/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/02/IMG_5254-1024x683.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/conference-report/" rel="tag">Conference Report</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/nz-skeptic-conference-christchurch-2019/"><h5>NZ Skeptic Conference – Christchurch – 2019</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">February 10, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Cover Image: Neon message on the outside of the Christchurch Art Gallery.   The New Zealand Skeptics have completed yet another awesome conference. This one was held November 29–December 1, 2019, in Christchurch on the South Island of New Zealand. I also attended the 2016 conference in Queenstown and you can read about that HERE. …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/operation-pizza-roll-part-ii/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/02/Logo-for-show.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/operation-pizza-roll-part-ii/"><h5>Operation Pizza Roll — Part II</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">February 3, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>“The NAME was specific but WE didn’t really get a lot of information over who this is.” —Thomas John Thomas John, the Manhattan Medium turned Seatbelt Psychic and star of the popular Operation Pizza Roll sting, has his own show at Caesars – Cleopatra’s Barge. Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin often hung out there and …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-window-into-gsow/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/01/about_time_logo2.png)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-window-into-gsow/"><h5>A Window into GSoW</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">January 30, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>It has been my honor and privilege to be the leader of the Guerrilla Skeptics of Wikipedia (GSoW) team for many years. I have fingers in many pies in the skeptic movement (and yes, this is a movement). I receive accolades and awards from the community, but I want to remind everyone that we have …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-abc-7-windy-predictions/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2020/01/Screen-shot-of-Jason-Campbell-tattoo.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-abc-7-windy-predictions/"><h5>Thomas John – ABC 7 Windy Predictions</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">January 16, 2020</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>As we near the opening night for Thomas John Psychic Medium at Cleopatra’s Barge at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas, which is January 16, 2020 (I can hardly wait), I thought we would take another look at one of his flawless readings. This was suggested by one of TJ’s biggest YouTube fans. This video was …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-cunning-plan-bringing-students-to-csicon/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/11/P1270244-1024x582.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/conference-report/" rel="tag">Conference Report</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-cunning-plan-bringing-students-to-csicon/"><h5>A Cunning Plan – Bringing Students to CSICon</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">November 18, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Cover Image: John Anglin talks about moon hoaxes to Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas. Photo by Ron Lee.   This article is about one of the skeptic community’s biggest success. We have been seeing so much bad news lately that I know this will warm up your aortas. One of the biggest complaints I …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/matt-fraser-live/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/10/Fraser-with-audience-002-Blured-faces-1024x560.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/matt-fraser-live/"><h5>Matt Fraser LIVE!</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">October 14, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>It’s been a while since the Operation Peach Pit investigation we completed on medium Matt Fraser. To catch up quickly, here is the NYT’s article and Kenny Biddle’s article with details of the experience. I promise I haven’t ignored him. All the footage I’ve seen of Fraser shows him to be a very quick and …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-and-the-believers/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/10/Faking-Questions-blurred.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-and-the-believers/"><h5>Thomas John and the Believers</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">October 9, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Faking questions? I highly doubt it. These people overwhelming believe Thomas John is in contact with their dearly departed. It’s extremely sad to watch people preyed on by these grief vampires who are trying to get a hook into their desperation and trust. As someone who has lived in this skeptic universe for years, I’ve …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/snopes-at-csicon/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/10/dpm_oxford-1.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/snopes-at-csicon/"><h5>Snopes at CSICon</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">October 3, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>David Mikkelson is the founder and leader of the urban legend website Snopes. Founded in 1994, it began on a Usenet newsgroup called alt.folklore.urban and continued growing into its own amazingly popular website Snopes.com. Mikkelson will be speaking at CSICon Friday October 18 at 11:30 am. His talk is titled “Junk News as Science.”   …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/an-interview-with-terry-beatty/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/09/TBpromo.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/an-interview-with-terry-beatty/"><h5>An Interview with Rex Morgan, M.D. Writer/Artist Terry Beatty</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 24, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>  Susan Gerbic: So, Terry, thank you for taking some time to talk to me. I’ve been reading Rex Morgan, M.D. for years but got into it quite late in Rex’s terms, as it has been running since 1948. It was created by Dr. Nicholas Dallis and has been in print for over seventy years. …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/whats-wrong-with-the-news-just-reporting-the-news-matt-fraser-on-morning-tv/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/09/Shannon-Miller-and-Matt-Fraser-show.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/whats-wrong-with-the-news-just-reporting-the-news-matt-fraser-on-morning-tv/"><h5>What’s Wrong with the News Just Reporting the News? Matt Fraser on Morning TV</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 23, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I’ve become very interested in the relationship between mediums and the morning news programs giving free publicity to push psychics’ shows and private readings. I know that morning programming is trying to be engaging and fun, even showing the reporters as a friend to the viewer in the hopes of persuading them to start every …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/meet-csicon-2019-emcee-leighann-lord/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/09/Leighann-Lord-Dragon-Con-2018-Fan-Shirt-1.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/meet-csicon-2019-emcee-leighann-lord/"><h5>Meet CSICon 2019 Emcee Leighann Lord</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 13, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Leighann Lord is a standup comedian from Jamaica Queens, who was the winner of the 2019 Humanist Arts Award. She is an author of several books, including Real Women Do It Standing Up and Dict Jokes. She hosts a podcast called People with Parents, and you can find her at various skeptic conferences as speaker …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/robert-s-lancaster-february-11-1958-september-7-2019/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/09/Robert-Lancaster-Susan-Gerbic-2017-1024x711.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/in-memoriam/" rel="tag">In Memoriam</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/robert-s-lancaster-february-11-1958-september-7-2019/"><h5>Robert S. Lancaster: February 11, 1958 – September 7, 2019</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">September 11, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>We have lost one of the most influential members of the modern skeptic community. And it is very possible that you won’t have even heard of him. I’m going to fix that right now, so read on. Before Facebook, Twitter, and other social network platforms, we used forums to communicate. Some of you probably still …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/on-intelligence-a-interview-with-jeff-hawkins/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/Jeff_HTM_Challenge-1024x683.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/on-intelligence-a-interview-with-jeff-hawkins/"><h5>On Intelligence – An Interview with Jeff Hawkins</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 30, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Jeff Hawkins is the cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience and AI company. Previously, he was the Director of the Redwood Neuroscience Institute and was cofounder of Palm Computing and Handspring He is the author of the book On Intelligence. Jeff will be speaking at CSICon on Friday October 18 at 10 a.m. His lecture is …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/three-parents-reveal-the-truth-about-psychic-thomas-john/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/Tyler-Sullivan-sneakers.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/three-parents-reveal-the-truth-about-psychic-thomas-john/"><h5>Three Parents Reveal the Truth about Psychic Thomas John</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 28, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>One of my team members just got back to me with extensive research of another of Thomas John’s readings. This time it was three grieving women, Linda M. McCarthy, Beth West, and Tracy Soussi, each of whom lost a son. Soussi is currently Thomas John’s assistant. All three women state that “some” of the information …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/legislative-alchemy-an-interview-with-jann-bellamy/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/Jann-kayaking-in-Alaska-recently-happy-to-discover-some-ice-is-still-there-1024x768.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/legislative-alchemy-an-interview-with-jann-bellamy/"><h5>Legislative Alchemy: An Interview with Jann Bellamy</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 21, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Cover Image: While kayaking in Alaska recently, Jann Bellamy was happy to discover some ice is still there.   Jann Bellamy is a Florida attorney who writes for the popular Science-Based Medicine site. She is a founder and board member of the Society for Science-Based Medicine (SfSBM). She will be speaking at CSICon on Friday, …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/slow-down-filter-and-reflect-with-gordon-pennycook/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/Gordon-with-his-team-accepting-the-Ig-Noble-1.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/slow-down-filter-and-reflect-with-gordon-pennycook/"><h5>Slow Down – Filter and Reflect with Gordon Pennycook</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 14, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Gordon Pennycook is the assistant professor at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. He is on the Editorial Board for Thinking and Reasoning and a consulting editor for Judgement & Decision Marking. He researches gut feelings versus analytic reasoning, fake news and the causes and consequences of analytic thinking. He will be speaking at CSICon …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/cfi-homeopathy-lawsuit-updates-an-interview-with-nick-little/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/Nick-Little.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/cfi-homeopathy-lawsuit-updates-an-interview-with-nick-little/"><h5>CFI Homeopathy Lawsuit Updates: An Interview with Nick Little</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 12, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Nick Little is the vice president and general counsel of Center for Inquiry (CFI), the organization that oversees the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSI), which hosts CSICon. Nick will be speaking at CSICon on Saturday, October 19, at 10 am.   Susan Gerbic: Hello there, Nick. So nice to get a chance to talk to …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/interview-with-cracked-science-jonathan-jarry/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/MatteoZamariaPhotography03-1024x576.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/interview-with-cracked-science-jonathan-jarry/"><h5>Interview with <em>Cracked Science</em>, Jonathan Jarry</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 9, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Cover Photography by Matteo Zamaria   Susan Gerbic: Hello Jonathan – I’m looking forward to seeing you at CSICon this year. We first met at CSICon 2017 when you interviewed me for the McGill Office for Science & Society (OSS). Please introduce yourself to everyone. You will be speaking at CSICon, Saturday, October 19, at …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/human-errors-what-our-quirks-tell-us-about-our-past/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/08/IMG_1486.jpeg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/human-errors-what-our-quirks-tell-us-about-our-past/"><h5>“Human Errors: What Our Quirks Tell Us about Our Past.” — An Interview with Nathan Lents</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">August 7, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Nathan Lents is a professor of biology at John Jay College, a prolific science writer, and a speaker at this year’s CSICon. He will be presenting on Saturday October 19 at 9:30am. His talk is titled “Human Errors: What Our Quirks Tell Us about Our Past.”   Susan Gerbic: Hello, Nathan. Very nice to meet …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/musings-on-skeptical-at-ten/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/07/IMG_3602-1024x769.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/musings-on-skeptical-at-ten/"><h5>Musings on SkeptiCal at Ten</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">July 26, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>It has been ten years since the Sacramento Area Skeptics and the Bay Area Skeptics cosponsored the first SkeptiCal. I’m very proud to say that I have attended all ten and enjoyed them all. The conference is usually held in either Oakland or Berkeley, but this year it found a new location. On June 9, …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/catching-up-with-britt-hermes-csicon-2019/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/07/D-ttFRZXsAE6RSA.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/catching-up-with-britt-hermes-csicon-2019/"><h5>Catching Up with Britt Hermes – CSICon 2019</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">July 15, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Britt Marie Hermes is a writer, scientist, and former naturopathic doctor who will be speaking at CSICon on Saturday, October 19 at noon. Her lecture is titled “Do Not Harm, But First, Nature.”   Join us at CSICon 2019 in Las Vegas! Meet fellow skeptics and hear from the brightest minds in science. Learn More …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/im-speechless-thomas-john-reads-kjbk-fox2-derek-kevrea/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/06/Fox-2-video-screenshot-1024x585.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/im-speechless-thomas-john-reads-kjbk-fox2-derek-kevrea/"><h5>I’m Speechless! Thomas John reads KJBK Fox2 Derek Kevrea</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 26, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Cover Image: Facebook Post by Derek Kevrea — “I’m speechless. Thomas John: Celebrity Medium communicated with my Grandpa. Said ‘He’s proud of you’. It’s a miracle I held it together.”   If you have been following the career of Thomas John “Seatbelt Psychic” Flanagan also known as The Manhattan Medium through my various investigations, then …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/behind-the-scenes-at-wikipedia-with-the-gsow/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/06/Leon-Susan-1024x811.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/behind-the-scenes-at-wikipedia-with-the-gsow/"><h5>Behind the Scenes at Wikipedia with the GSoW</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 24, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I would like to introduce you to the most prolific editor for Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW), Leon Korteweg. Leon is unusual in many good ways, but as far as our Wikipedia editing team goes, he was already a prolific editor when he joined us. The majority of our (so far) 150-member team are first-time …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/today-is-your-lucky-day/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/06/bailey.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/today-is-your-lucky-day/"><h5>Today Is Your Lucky Day! An Interview with Bailey Harris</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 12, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Susan Gerbic: Hello, Bailey! So nice to meet you, if only over email. I’m really looking forward to meeting you in person at CSICon this year. You will be speaking on Saturday, October 19, in the 11:00 am timeslot. I think this is your first skeptic conference and hope it won’t be your last. Please …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-revisited/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/06/t-john-gerbic-cover.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/thomas-john-revisited/"><h5>Thomas John Revisited</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">June 4, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>On February 26, 2019, the New York Times published an article by journalist Jack Hitt, featuring the two-year investigation I and my team had conducted on mediums Thomas John and Matt Fraser. These operations were named Operation Pizza Roll and Operation Peach Pit. Also included in the NYT article was a mention of research I …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/csicon-101/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/05/P1200608-1024x647.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/conference-report/" rel="tag">Conference Report</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/csicon-101/"><h5>CSICon 101</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">May 23, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>I’ve been hearing that attendance numbers for CSICon 2019 are ahead of last year’s pace, and each year more people attend than the previous year. I’m sure conference organizer Barry Karr does not believe in jinxes, so of course he will be fine with my confidence that we should put out a primer for those …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/activism-for-the-rest-of-us/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/05/SGU-vs-Gerbic-2018-1024x702.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/activism-for-the-rest-of-us/"><h5>Activism for the Rest of Us</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">May 16, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Normally I’m not one to expound on a peer’s article, especially when that peer is Steven Novella, skeptic communicator extraordinaire. But I’m about to do so now. Novella wrote an article that focused on a Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) editorial about medical misinformation (“JAMA on Medical Misinformation,” published April 24, 2019) and …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/fringe-theory-on-portuguese-wikipedia/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/05/GSoW-editor-Thiago-Gasparino-2019-.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/fringe-theory-on-portuguese-wikipedia/"><h5>Fringe Theory on Portuguese Wikipedia</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">May 13, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Since nearly the beginning of the Guerrilla Skepticism on Wikipedia (GSoW) project, I have been preaching to anyone that will listen that if we are going to educate the world about pseudoscience, we will have to recognize that not everyone reads in English. This is why our team edits in many languages. We write and …</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/buckle-up-seatbelt-psychic/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/uploads/images/si/wendy-westmoreland-psychic.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/buckle-up-seatbelt-psychic/"><h5>Buckle Up – Seatbelt Psychic</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">February 21, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>CSI Fellow, Susan Gerbic investigates Lifetime’s “Seat Belt Psychic”. Thomas John (The Manhattan Medium) drives around Los Angeles picking up “unsuspecting” riders, along the way he speaks to their dead family members and pets. Very accurate and specific readings. There is no way he could know these things … unless.</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/operation-pizza-roll-thomas-john/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/uploads/images/si/gerbic-thomas-edward.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/guerrilla-skepticism/" rel="tag">Guerrilla Skepticism</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/operation-pizza-roll-thomas-john/"><h5>Operation Pizza Roll – Thomas John</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">February 21, 2019</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div style="height:25px;"></div></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <span class="grey-tags"></span> <p>Susanna and Mark Wilson got a psychic reading from the Manhattan Medium, Thomas John’s March 2017 psychic event. Thomas John was accurate and detailed with his readings. One problem though, Susanna and Mark Wilson don’t exist. But their Facebook pages do.</p> </div> </div><hr style="margin: 25px 0px;"/> <div class="article-row"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/vampires-at-csicon/"><div class="article-image img-fit" style="background-image:url(https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812im_/https://centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/uploads/images/si/hyde-and-gerbic.jpg)"></div></a> <div class="article-info"> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/category/csicon/" rel="tag">CSICon</a><br/></span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/vampires-at-csicon/"><h5>Vampires at CSICON?</h5></a> <span class="grey-tags">October 3, 2018</span><br/> <span class="grey-tags"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200927100812/https://skepticalinquirer.org/authors/susan-gerbic">Susan Gerbic</a><br/><div 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