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Token Skeptic #19 - On Skepticism And Education (Interview With JREF's Michael Blanford)
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:22:00
Publish Date: 2010-05-02 23:24:00
Description: It's Episode 19 - and I'm getting back into the swing of things by releasing the two missing episodes AND the required 'one episode a week'! Can't say how much I appreciate all the listeners, considering how this show has gone in a variety of directions and subjects which (I assure you) wasn't the original intention! Where are we now? We're listening to Michael Blanford, who you may have noticed has recently joined the James Randi Educational Foundation! He's the new Director of Educational Programs! As a high-school teacher myself, I've got a lot of questions and vested interest in knowing how he's going to help with the 'E' in JREF. "With an academic background in zoology, Blanford began his career as a field biologist, studying amphibians and reptiles in the United States and Costa Rica.  While he enjoys doing research, he has spent much of the last 15 years promoting science literacy and appreciation.  He has developed science curricula, programs, and informal content for a number of institutions, including schools, community centers, and museums.  Most recently, he was coordinator for the Saint Louis Science Center’s Life Science Lab, an innovative space with the mission of exposing the public to the tools and methods of scientific research. Michael lives with his family in Saint Louis, Missouri, where he spends much of his spare-time promoting grassroots skepticism through a number of organizations.  Michael is founder of the Saint Louis Skeptics Meetup, founder and President of the Skeptical Society of Saint Louis, co-founder of Saint Louis Skeptics in the Pub, and has served as Vice President of the Rationalist Society of Saint Louis, America’s oldest continuously meeting free thought organization." Head to the www.randi.org site to learn more.   The official site for Token Skeptic is at www.tokenskeptic.org. Themes by Derek Miller (P and P) at www.penmachine.com and Milton Mermikides (365) at www.miltonmermikides.com.  
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