You're listening to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.

The following live performance of the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe was performed on September

12, 2009 in New York City at the first Northeastern Conference of Science and Skepticism

hosted by the New England Skeptical Society and the New York City Skeptics.

How many of you listen to the Skeptic's Guide to the Universe?

Well, I'm not surprised at that because they claim 65,000 weekly listeners of the podcast.

They are the leading Skeptical Podcast out there and over 10 million downloads since 2005.

So let me begin with Jane Avella.

He is a skeptical satirist who lends his unique, right perspective on all things wacky and weird.

He creates and maintains the Internet technology for the group.

Jay is sort of the part of the comic relief and the voice of every man.

Evan Bernstein is a co-host and is the producer and co-host of the Skeptic Guide 5 by 5 weekly science podcast.

He serves as the Connecticut chapter chairman of the New England Skeptical Society.

He's also a technical advisor for the officialness investigations and has been an active participant in the Skeptic Movement since 1996.

Speaking of comic relief, Rebecca Watson is the founder of Skeptic.org,

an online magazine focused on women in critical thinking.

Her articles and essays have appeared online in the newspapers and magazines across the United States.

Her daily rammlings can be found at Skeptic.org.slashblog.

And she occasionally poses in Skeptic pinup calendars and if you brought yours, she'll be happy to sign it.

Rebecca Watson.

Bob the Vellish co-founder and vice president of the New England Skeptic Society has written numerous articles

that are widely published in the Skeptical literature and has a special interest in physics and astronomy.

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