Rationally Speaking #91 - Kendrick Frazier On Skeptical Inquiry
Rationally Speaking Podcast
New York City Skeptics
4.6 • 787 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2013
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Rationally Speaking, Massimo and Julia survey the present, past, and future of skepticism. Special guest Kendrick Frazier, editor of Skeptical Inquirer, talks about how the movement's focus has changed and what the frontiers of skepticism should be.
Kendrick Crosby Frazier is a science writer and editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine for over 30 years. He is also a former editor of Science News, author or editor of ten books, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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| 0:00.0 | Rationally speaking is a presentation of New York City skeptics dedicated to promoting critical thinking, skeptical inquiry, and science education. |
| 0:22.6 | For more information, please visit us at NYCCEceptics.org. |
| 0:35.1 | Welcome to Rationally Speaking, the podcast where we explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense. |
| 0:40.4 | I am your host, Massimo Pilucci, and with me, as always, is my co-host, Julia Gilef. |
| 0:45.6 | Julia, what are we going to talk about today? |
| 0:48.1 | Well, Massimo, today I am pleased to introduce our special guest, Ken Frazier. |
| 0:53.9 | Ken is a science writer and longtime editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine. |
| 0:58.8 | He's also a former editor of Science News, has written and edited 10 books, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. |
| 1:08.7 | Ken, welcome to the show. |
| 1:10.5 | Thank you very much. |
| 1:11.6 | I'm very honored to be here. |
| 1:13.3 | It's a pleasure to have you. |
| 1:15.3 | So you are basically, being the editor of Skeptical Inquirer, you're essentially, in my mind, sort of a skeptic at large. |
| 1:23.5 | You see all sorts of stuff crossing your desk about people that write about skepticism, right? |
| 1:28.7 | And you've been doing this for a long time. |
| 1:30.4 | How long at this point? |
| 1:32.2 | Well, I hate to say it because I think I'm... |
| 1:35.3 | But I've been doing it now for 37 years. |
| 1:38.8 | It'll be in August. |
| 1:40.1 | Wow. |
| 1:40.6 | So, Ken, you've been essentially... |
| 1:42.3 | You've been one of the people shaping the direction of the skeptic movement by, among other things, choosing which topics to cover in Skeptical Enquirer, which is kind of a cornerstone of the movement. |
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