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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">American writer, producer and podcaster (born 1965)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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href="/wiki/File:Brian_dunning.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brian_dunning.jpg/250px-Brian_dunning.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brian_dunning.jpg/330px-Brian_dunning.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Brian_dunning.jpg/500px-Brian_dunning.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="712" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Dunning at the <i>Skeptoid</i> 250th episode party at <a href="/wiki/UC_Irvine" class="mw-redirect" title="UC Irvine">UC Irvine</a>, California, 2011</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1965 (age 59–60)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Writer, producer, author</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal charges</th><td 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class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Dunning_voice.ogg" title="File:Brian Dunning voice.ogg">Brian Dunning's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="232" style="width:232px;" data-durationhint="20" data-mwtitle="Brian_Dunning_voice.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Brian_Dunning_voice.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/Brian_Dunning_voice.ogg/Brian_Dunning_voice.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><track src="https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=timedtext&title=File%3ABrian_Dunning_voice.ogg&lang=en&trackformat=vtt&origin=%2A" kind="subtitles" type="text/vtt" srclang="en" label="English ‪(en)‬" data-dir="ltr" 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See <a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">media help</a>.</i></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://skeptoid.com/">skeptoid<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brian Andrew Dunning</b> (born 1965) is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and <a href="/wiki/Skeptical_movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptical movement">skepticism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-lat-2013-04-19_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lat-2013-04-19-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has hosted a weekly podcast, <i>Skeptoid</i>, since 2006, and he is an author of a series of books on the subject of <a href="/wiki/Scientific_skepticism" title="Scientific skepticism">scientific skepticism</a>, some of which are based on the podcast. <i>Skeptoid</i> has been the recipient of several podcast awards such as the <a href="/wiki/Parsec_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsec Award">Parsec Award</a>. Dunning has also created the <i>Skeptoid.org</i> spin-off video series, <i>inFact</i>, and <i>The Feeding Tube</i> both available on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>. </p><p>Dunning has produced two educational films on the subject of <a href="/wiki/Critical_thinking" title="Critical thinking">critical thinking</a>: <i>Here Be Dragons</i> in 2008, and <i>Principles of Curiosity</i> in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dunning co-founded Buylink, a <a href="/wiki/Business-to-business" title="Business-to-business">business-to-business</a> service provider, in 1996, and served at the company until 2002. He later became <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a>'s second biggest <a href="/wiki/Affiliate_marketing" title="Affiliate marketing">affiliate marketer</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-n644_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-n644-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he has since been convicted of <a href="/wiki/Wire_fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Wire fraud">wire fraud</a> through a <a href="/wiki/Cookie_stuffing" title="Cookie stuffing">cookie stuffing</a> scheme, for his company fraudulently obtaining between $200,000 and $400,000 from eBay. In August 2014, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison, followed by three years of supervision.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buylink">Buylink</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Buylink"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1996 Dunning co-founded and was <a href="/wiki/Chief_technology_officer" title="Chief technology officer">chief technology officer</a> for Buylink Corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Buylink received <a href="/wiki/Venture_capital" title="Venture capital">venture capital</a> funding from <a href="/wiki/Hummer_Winblad_Venture_Partners" title="Hummer Winblad Venture Partners">Hummer Winblad Venture Partners</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000 he participated in a presentation on Buylink at The Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum called <i>Bricks to Clicks in the New Internet Reality</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He discussed the company on <a href="/wiki/CNNfn" title="CNNfn">CNNfn</a>'s <i>Market Call</i>, in Rhonda Schaffler's <i>Maverick of the Morning</i> segment.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, Dunning left his position as CTO of BuyLink.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1997 and 2005 he was technical editor for <a href="/w/index.php?title=FileMaker_Advisor_Magazine&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="FileMaker Advisor Magazine (page does not exist)">FileMaker Advisor Magazine</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and contributing editor of ISO FileMaker Magazine, 1996–2002,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> winning one of the FileMaker Excellence Awards at the 2001 <a href="/wiki/FileMaker" title="FileMaker">FileMaker</a> Developers Conference.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skeptical_activism">Skeptical activism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Skeptical activism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning in 2006, Dunning hosted and produced <i>Skeptoid</i>, a weekly audio <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a> dedicated "to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture, and replacing them with way cooler reality".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also the author of the book of the same title and a sequel. </p><p>Beginning in 2007, Dunning periodically released video episodes of his <i>InFact</i> series. Each episode is under four minutes long and covers issues similar to those explored in more depth in the <i>Skeptoid</i> podcast, but is intended to reach a wider audience due to its brevity and availability on <a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2008 Dunning produced <i>Here Be Dragons</i>, a free 40 minute video introduction to critical thinking intended for general audiences,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and received an award from the Portland Humanist Film Festival for this in November 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010 Dunning was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Parsec_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsec Award">Parsec Award</a> for "Best Fact Behind the Fiction Podcast".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2010 he received an award recognizing his contributions in the <a href="/wiki/Skeptical" class="mw-redirect" title="Skeptical">skeptical</a> field from the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Investigations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Investigations Group">Independent Investigations Group</a> (IIG) during its 10th Anniversary Gala.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2017 Dunning's second film, <i>Principles of Curiosity</i>, was released. According to Dunning, this "presents a general introduction to the foundations of scientific skepticism and critical thinking... It is nonprofit, noncommercial, and licensed for free public, and private screenings. It is provided with free educational materials for teachers, designed for high school through college. It is suitable for all audiences. Its 40-minute runtime should fit into most classes."<sup id="cite_ref-POC_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POC-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-POC_on_YTube_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POC_on_YTube-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, a special preview of the Skeptoid Media documentary, <i>Science Friction</i>, was shown after <a href="/wiki/CSICon" title="CSICon">CSICon</a> in <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>. Through a series of interviews, the film addresses the issue of scientists and skeptics being misrepresented by the media. Produced by Dunning and directed by filmmaker and comedian <a href="/wiki/Emery_Emery" title="Emery Emery">Emery Emery</a>, release of the film is scheduled for 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dunning has written articles for Skepticblog.org, published by <a href="/wiki/The_Skeptics_Society" title="The Skeptics Society">The Skeptics Society</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was an executive producer for the unreleased network television pilot <i>The Skeptologists</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a member of the <a href="/wiki/National_Association_of_Science_Writers" title="National Association of Science Writers">National Association of Science Writers</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <span class="anchor" id="Thunderwood_College"></span> is the "Chancellor" of the non-accredited "Thunderwood College", a parody of <a href="/wiki/Unaccredited_institutions_of_higher_learning" class="mw-redirect" title="Unaccredited institutions of higher learning">unaccredited institutions of higher learning</a> which offer "degrees" in a variety of subjects.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wire_fraud_case">Wire fraud case</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Wire fraud case"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2008, <a href="/wiki/EBay" title="EBay">eBay</a> filed suit against Dunning, accusing him of defrauding eBay and eBay affiliates in a <a href="/wiki/Cookie_stuffing" title="Cookie stuffing">cookie stuffing</a> scheme for his company, Kessler's Flying Circus. In June 2010, based on the same allegations and following an investigation by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> indicted Dunning on charges of <a href="/wiki/Wire_fraud" class="mw-redirect" title="Wire fraud">wire fraud</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ars_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ars-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On April 15, 2013, in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Northern_District_of_California" title="United States District Court for the Northern District of California">San Jose, California, U.S. District Court</a>, as part of a plea agreement, Dunning pleaded guilty to wire fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-FBI_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FBI-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The eBay civil suit was dismissed in May 2014 after the parties came to an agreement, while Dunning was sentenced in August 2014 to fifteen months in prison as a result of his company receiving between $200,000 and $400,000 in fraudulent commissions from eBay.<sup id="cite_ref-prolific_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prolific-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-dunningmessage_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunningmessage-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a statement on his website, Dunning explained the circumstances, and initially accepted responsibility for his actions,<sup id="cite_ref-dunningmessage_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunningmessage-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although in a later account claimed to have been in the right and to have only pled guilty in order to protect his family and to avoid a longer jail term.<sup id="cite_ref-dunningsecondmessage_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dunningsecondmessage-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Skeptoid_podcasts"><i>Skeptoid</i> podcasts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Skeptoid podcasts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_skeptical_podcasts" title="List of skeptical podcasts">List of skeptical podcasts</a></div><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg/220px-Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg/330px-Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg/440px-Skeptoid_5_image_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4107" data-file-height="3290" /></a><figcaption><i>Skeptoid 300th episode party: Brian Dunning, Ryan Johnson, Jesse Horn, Lee Sanders and Bill Simpkins in Q&A discussing the debut of The Secret of the Gypsy Queen</i></figcaption></figure><p><i>Skeptoid</i> is Dunning's weekly <a href="/wiki/Podcast" title="Podcast">podcast</a>. The show follows an audio essay format, and is dedicated to the critical examination of <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscience" title="Pseudoscience">pseudoscience</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Paranormal" title="Paranormal">paranormal</a>. In May 2012, Skeptoid Media became a <a href="/wiki/501(c)(3)_organization" title="501(c)(3) organization">501(c)(3)</a> educational nonprofit.<sup id="cite_ref-test_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-test-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Along with similarly themed <i><a href="/wiki/Point_of_Inquiry" title="Point of Inquiry">Point of Inquiry</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Skepticality" title="Skepticality">Skepticality: The Official Podcast of Skeptic Magazine</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Skeptics%27_Guide_to_the_Universe" title="The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe">The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe</a></i>, it is listed on an <a href="/wiki/ITunes" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> (US) web page of popular science and medicine podcasts.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2014, <i>Skeptoid'</i>s website reported that the podcast had a weekly average of 161,000 downloads.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Each roughly ten-minute <i>Skeptoid</i> episode focuses on a single issue that is generally <a href="/wiki/Pseudoscientific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pseudoscientific">pseudoscientific</a> in nature. Transcriptions of the episodes are available on line,<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and usually fall into one of four categories: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Quackery" title="Quackery">Quackery</a> medical modalities: such as <a href="/wiki/Homeopathy" title="Homeopathy">homeopathy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reflexology" title="Reflexology">reflexology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Detoxification_(alternative_medicine)" title="Detoxification (alternative medicine)">detoxification</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Chiropractic" title="Chiropractic">chiropractic</a></li> <li>Popular cultural misconceptions: such as <a href="/wiki/Organic_foods" class="mw-redirect" title="Organic foods">organic foods</a>, <a href="/wiki/SUV" title="SUV">SUVs</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_legends" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban legends">Urban legends</a>: such as <a href="/wiki/Crop_circles" class="mw-redirect" title="Crop circles">crop circles</a>, the <a href="/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror" title="The Amityville Horror">Amityville Horror</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Lights" title="Phoenix Lights">Phoenix Lights</a>, or the <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment" title="Philadelphia Experiment">Philadelphia Experiment</a></li> <li>Religion and mythology: such as <a href="/wiki/Creation_legends" class="mw-redirect" title="Creation legends">creation legends</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Age" title="New Age">New Age</a> religions, and concepts of <a href="/wiki/Sin" title="Sin">sin</a></li></ul> <p>Beginning in 2007, Dunning authored a series of books based upon the <i>Skeptoid</i> podcast episodes.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite his shift away from the technology industry, Dunning continues to do computer programming, and does <a href="/wiki/Web_development" title="Web development">web development</a> for his Skeptoid website.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 2022, the show is distributed by public media organization <a href="/wiki/Public_Radio_Exchange" title="Public Radio Exchange">PRX</a>'s Dovetail publishing platform; PRX also provides sponsorship and promotional support.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_2022_01_12_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety_2022_01_12-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Skeptoid_honors">Skeptoid honors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Skeptoid honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Skeptoid</i> was a 2009 <a href="/wiki/Podcast_Awards" title="Podcast Awards">Podcast Awards</a> finalist in the Education category.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2010, <i>Skeptoid</i> won the <a href="/wiki/Parsec_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Parsec Award">Parsec Award</a> for "Best Fact Behind the Fiction" podcast.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2010, <i>Skeptoid</i> was recognized for "Outstanding Contribution to Science and Skepticism" by the <a href="/wiki/Independent_Investigations_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Investigations Group">Independent Investigations Group</a> (IIG).<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (August 2017)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publications">Publications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Publications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Strapping Young Lads</i> (1 ed.). <a href="/wiki/Xlibris" title="Xlibris">Xlibris Corp</a>. 2001. p. 272. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4010-1168-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4010-1168-0"><bdi>978-1-4010-1168-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Strapping+Young+Lads&rft.pages=272&rft.edition=1&rft.pub=Xlibris+Corp&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-4010-1168-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Strapping Young Lads</i> (2 ed.). <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2014. p. 322. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5008-5407-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5008-5407-2"><bdi>978-1-5008-5407-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Strapping+Young+Lads&rft.pages=322&rft.edition=2&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-5008-5407-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDunningKnoxBecker2003" class="citation book cs1">Dunning, Brian; Knox, Allyson; Becker, Lori (2003). <i>Special Edition: Using Adobe GoLive 6</i>. <a href="/wiki/Que_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Que Publishing">Que</a>. p. 650. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7897-2727-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7897-2727-5"><bdi>978-0-7897-2727-5</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/48678473">48678473</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Special+Edition%3A+Using+Adobe+GoLive+6&rft.pages=650&rft.pub=Que&rft.date=2003&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F48678473&rft.isbn=978-0-7897-2727-5&rft.aulast=Dunning&rft.aufirst=Brian&rft.au=Knox%2C+Allyson&rft.au=Becker%2C+Lori&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Skeptoid: Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2007. p. 213. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4348-2166-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4348-2166-9"><bdi>978-1-4348-2166-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/287154998">287154998</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skeptoid%3A+Critical+Analysis+of+Pop+Phenomena&rft.pages=213&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F287154998&rft.isbn=978-1-4348-2166-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Skeptoid 2: More Critical Analysis of Pop Phenomena</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2008. p. 265. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4404-2285-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4404-2285-0"><bdi>978-1-4404-2285-0</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/589083050">589083050</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skeptoid+2%3A+More+Critical+Analysis+of+Pop+Phenomena&rft.pages=265&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F589083050&rft.isbn=978-1-4404-2285-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Skeptoid 3: Pirates, Pyramids, and Papyrus</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2011. p. 314. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4538-8118-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4538-8118-7"><bdi>978-1-4538-8118-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skeptoid+3%3A+Pirates%2C+Pyramids%2C+and+Papyrus&rft.pages=314&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4538-8118-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Skeptoid 4: Astronauts, Aliens, and Ape-Men</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2012. p. 349. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4752-0565-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4752-0565-7"><bdi>978-1-4752-0565-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skeptoid+4%3A+Astronauts%2C+Aliens%2C+and+Ape-Men&rft.pages=349&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=978-1-4752-0565-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Skeptoid 5: Massacres, Monsters, and Miracles</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2013. p. 359. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4927-0906-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4927-0906-0"><bdi>978-1-4927-0906-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Skeptoid+5%3A+Massacres%2C+Monsters%2C+and+Miracles&rft.pages=359&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-4927-0906-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>The Secret of the Gypsy Queen (illustrated by Jesse Horn)</i>. <a href="/wiki/CreateSpace" title="CreateSpace">CreateSpace</a>. 2013. p. 32. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4776-2623-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4776-2623-8"><bdi>978-1-4776-2623-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Secret+of+the+Gypsy+Queen+%28illustrated+by+Jesse+Horn%29&rft.pages=32&rft.pub=CreateSpace&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-4776-2623-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Conspiracies Declassified: The Skeptoid Guide to the Truth Behind the Theories</i>. Adams Media. 2018. p. 256. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-5072-0699-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-5072-0699-7"><bdi>978-1-5072-0699-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Conspiracies+Declassified%3A+The+Skeptoid+Guide+to+the+Truth+Behind+the+Theories&rft.pages=256&rft.pub=Adams+Media&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-1-5072-0699-7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Dunning+%28author%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Science_Friction">Science Friction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Science Friction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dunning was co-writer (with <a href="/wiki/Emery_Emery" title="Emery Emery">Emery Emery</a>) of <i>Science Friction</i>, a documentary on how scientists are misrepresented in the media. It was released on <a href="/wiki/Amazon_Prime_Video" title="Amazon Prime Video">Amazon Prime Video</a> in 2022 and starred Matt Kirshen, Janine Kippner, <a href="/wiki/Simon_Singh" title="Simon Singh">Simon Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Banachek" title="Banachek">Banachek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Steven_Novella" title="Steven Novella">Steven Novella</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Shermer" title="Michael Shermer">Michael Shermer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Radford" title="Benjamin Radford">Ben Radford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zubin_Damania" title="Zubin Damania">Zubin Damania</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Feder" title="Kenneth Feder">Ken Feder</a> amongst other scientists.<sup id="cite_ref-Amazon.com_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Amazon.com-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDb_2022_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDb_2022-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_UFO_Movie_THEY_Don't_Want_You_to_See"><span id="The_UFO_Movie_THEY_Don.27t_Want_You_to_See"></span><i>The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See</i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2023 Dunning produced the documentary <i>The UFO Movie THEY Don't Want You to See</i><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that explores the science behind <a href="/wiki/UFOs" class="mw-redirect" title="UFOs">UFOs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was crowd-funded<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is available as video-on demand<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and free, but ad-supported.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The documentary was favorably reviewed in <a href="/wiki/Psychology_Today" title="Psychology Today">Psychology Today</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Skeptical_Inquirer" title="Skeptical Inquirer">Skeptical Inquirer</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been shown at the <a href="/wiki/SETI_Institute" title="SETI Institute">SETI Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brian_Dunning_(author)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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