Register for TAM 2013 Now Do not wait! Tickets are selling fast and registration prices will increase after March 31. We are expecting over 1,000 attendees again this year and if we fill up will be forced to close registration.
The Amaz!ng Meeting (TAM) is the leading conference focused on scientific skepticism. People from all over the world come to TAM each year to share learning, laughs, and the skeptical perspective with their friends and a host of distinguished guest speakers, panelists, and workshop presenters.
This annual gathering of critical thinkers is an unparalleled opportunity to make like-minded friends, enjoy some of the brightest minds on issues important to us, and leave with tools for spreading a helpful and skeptical message to those who might be hurt by charlatans and unfounded belief. TAM is like a vacation from the nonsense we confront every day, and a time to celebrate skepticism.
TAM is organized by the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF). Now in its 11th year, TAM began when members of the JREF’s online community had the idea for a small gathering in Ft. Lauderdale. More than 150 attendees came to the first TAM in 2003, and since then, the JREF has sponsored fifteen such such events. In recent years, TAM has grown to attract well over 1,000 attendees.
JREF and its team of volunteers and staff are proud to bring you talks, panels, workshops, and entertainment featuring some of the brightest and most engaging people in science and skepticism. But the best thing about TAM is still the community and camaraderie.
The theme of this year’s program is “Fighting the Fakers,” focusing on scientific skepticism. The inimitable musician, skeptic, and Geologic Podcast host George Hrab will once again be returning as Master of Ceremonies.
A major motivation for going to TAM is that skeptics care deeply about people and they know that when people believe in nonsense, they often get hurt. And at TAM 2013 we will explore ways to fight back. This is central to the mission of the James Randi Educational Foundation— Randi has been fighting the fakers for decades, and the JREF works to continue and expand that impact.
Our objectives for TAM 2013 are:
- To feature a variety of presentations on how to best “fight back” against irresponsible promoters of paranormal and pseudoscientific nonsense in our society, whether through outreach, science education, activism, or new approaches online or in new media.
- To provide top notch evening entertainment, including live music, magic, and comedy performances; and
- To foster community among the many hundreds of like-minded attendees, through social activities including conference meals and social events.
TAM has become the largest conference to focus on science, skepticism and critical thinking over the past ten years, and has become the must-go-to event for skeptics and science advocates.
Register for TAM Today Join the more than 1,000 like minded people for four days of fun, fellowship, and critical thinking in Las Vegas!
TAM 2013 will be four full days of skeptical programing running from 8:00 a.m. until after midnight most nights, and will include:
- Ten workshops offering hands-on activist and educational training.
- General sessions featuring dozens of talks, a number of panel discussions, and special keynote presentations.
- The TAM Store, featuring books by TAM Speakers and six book signing sessions by authors.
- Two live tapings of Skeptics Guide to the Universe, featuring Dr. Steve Novella, Jay Novella, Bob Novella, and Evan Bernstein.
- An SGU fundraising dinner and two private JREF “VIP luncheons” with Randi and other speakers.
- A Skeptics’ Poker Tournament
- Three stellar evening shows: What “THEY” Don’t Want You To Know, Paul Provenza’s SATIRISTAS, and Magic, Mayhem, and Mentalism
- Penn Jillette’s Private Rock & Roll, Doughnut and Bacon Party
- An exciting exhibit hall featuring TAM sponsors and other partners highlighting their services and products of interest to the skeptic community.
- A live test for JREF’s Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge.
- And hundreds of like-minded folks like celebrating critical thinking and scientific skepticism.
Everyone who comes to TAM enjoys the ‘TAM experience,’ but for those who want to enjoy access to all regular events at The Amaz!ng Meeting, The TAM Experience Package is an upgraded registration option that includes the following: (a) regular conference registration; (b) the All Workshop Pass; (c) tickets to all TAM evening shows; and (d) special, reserved VIP seating in all main program sessions and evening shows. This is the perfect way to have a great time while supporting a great cause. (Note: The TAM Experience Package does not include buy in to the Skeptics’ Poker Tournament, tickets to the SGU fundraising dinner, nor the fundraising luncheon with James Randi and friends.)
The following preliminary schedule is for planning purposes. Blue events are included with TAM registration, while Orange events require an additional ticket purchase. Gray events indicate breaks in programing for meals not included with registration. A more detailed schedule will be will be made available closer to the event.
Thursday, July 11 | Day 1
8:00 – 9:30 a.m.
Workshop Session 1
9:45 a.m. – 11:15 p.m.
Workshop Session 2
11:30 – 1:00 p.m.
Workshop Session 3
1:00 – 2:15 p.m.
Break for lunch on own
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
Workshop Session 4
4:15 – 5:45 p.m.
Workshop Session 5
5:45 – 7:00 p.m.
Break for dinner on own
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Evening Show
Friday, July 12 | Day 2
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Sessions 1
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Morning Sessions 2
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 1
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 2
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Break for dinner on own
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Evening Show
11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
TAM Late Night Event
Saturday, July 13 | Day 3
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Morning Sessions 1
10:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Morning Sessions 2
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 1
3:45 – 6:15 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 2
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Break for dinner on own
9:00 – 11:00 p.m.
Evening Show
11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
TAM Late Night Event
Sunday, July 14 | Day 4
7:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Morning Sessions 1
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Morning Sessions 2
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Break for lunch on own
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 1
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Afternoon Sessions 2
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Break for dinner on own
7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Live Million Dollar Challenge Event
* Program subject to change.
Susan Jacoby
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FRIDAY KEYNOTE – Susan Jacoby is the author of The Age of American Unreason, Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism, and many other books. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards, including those from the Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and Ford Foundations, as well as the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2001-2002, she was named a fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. Her articles and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Washington Post Book World, Los Angeles Times Book Review, Newsday, Harper’s, The Nation, Vogue, The American Prospect, Mother Jones, and the AARP Magazine, among other publications. She also writes a weekly column at the On Faith website published by The Washington Post.
James Randi
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James Randi has an international reputation as a magician and escape artist, but today he is best known as the world’s most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. Randi has pursued “psychic” spoonbenders, exposed the dirty tricks of faith healers, investigated homeopathic water “with a memory,” and generally been a thorn in the sides of those who try to pull the wool over the public’s eyes in the name of the supernatural. He is the author of numerous books, including The Truth About Uri Geller, The Faith Healers, Flim-Flam!, and An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural.
George Hrab
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George Hrab has gained international notoriety in the skeptic community with his award-winning weekly show The Geologic Podcast. A multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, composer, and heliocentrist, Hrab has written and produced six independent CDs; performed for President Clinton; shared the stage with Elton John, Bernie Worrell, and many others; and has traveled across the country both as a drummer for the nationally recognized Philadelphia Funk Authority and as defacto President for Life of The Geologic Orchestra.
Dan Ariely
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Dan Ariely is the James B Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He is the author of a number of books, including Predictably Irrational and The Honest Truth About Dishonesty.
Susan Blackmore
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Sue Blackmore is a psychologist and writer researching consciousness, memes, and anomalous experiences, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth. She is the is author of a number of books, including The Meme Machine and Zen and the Art of Consciousness.
Russell Blackford
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Russell Blackford is an Australian attorney, philosopher, science fiction writer, and critic. He is the author of a number of books, including Freedom of Religion and the Secular State and 50 Voices of Disbelief.
Elisabeth Cornwell
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Dr. R. Elisabeth Cornwell is Executive Director of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (US). In addition to her work with the Foundation, she is an evolutionary psychologist whose research includes examining the underlying mechanisms of human mate selection.
Jerry Coyne
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Jerry Coyne, Ph.D is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Chicago and a member of both the Committee on Genetics and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology. His work is focused on understanding the origin of species: the evolutionary process that produces discrete groups in nature.
Barbara Drescher
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Barbara Drescher taught cognitive psychology and quantitative research methods, primarily at California State University, Northridge, for a decade. She developed award-winning material and text for teaching science and critical thinking. As a National Science Foundation Fellow and Phi Kappa Phi Scholar, Barbara studied visual attention, perception, learning, and reasoning.
Reginald Finley
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Reginald Finley Sr is considered one of the pioneers of skeptic-oriented talk media; going back as far as 1999. His program, The Infidel Guy Show, ran for 12 years in which he focused on skepticism, critical thinking, religious and philosophical discussions/debates, and science education. He now runs The Fun Scientists LLC, which aims to encourage children to question unashamedly and without hesitation while at the same time, revealing that science is fun!
David Gorski
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David Gorski is an academic surgeon at Wayne State University School of Medicine, where he specializes in breast cancer surgery and serves as the Medical Director of the Alexander J. Walt Comprehensive Breast Center at the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. When not actively engaged in breast cancer research or taking care of patients, he is also the managing editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog.
D. J. Grothe
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D. J. Grothe is President of the James Randi Educational Foundation. Formerly a “mind-reader” and magician, he studies the processes of deception and self-deception. He lectures and debates frequently on topics surrounding science and central beliefs at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Susan Haack
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Susan Haack is professor of philosophy and law at the University of Miami. She is the author of Putting Philosophy to Work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture, and Defending Science: Within Reason Between Scientism and Cynicism, among many other books.
Harriet Hall
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Harriet Hall, MD, aka “The SkepDoc,” is a retired family physician and former Air Force flight surgeon who writes prolifically about science, critical thinking, alternative medicine, and quackery. She is a CSI fellow, a contributing editor to both Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer magazines, an editor of the Science-Based Medicine blog, an adviser to the Quackwatch website, a founding fellow of the Institute for Science in Medicine, and is on the editorial review board of the Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database.
Sharon Hill
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Sharon Hill is a geologist and policy specialist. She has a Masters degree in education, specializing in Science and the Public, and runs the popular critical thinking newsblog, Doubtful News. She writes on topics relating to the paranormal, pseudoscience, cryptozoology, anomalous natural phenomena, and skepticism.
Marty Klein
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Dr. Marty Klein has been a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist for 31 years. He has aimed his entire career toward a single set of goals, among them, telling the truth about sexuality and debunking widely held sex myths. He has written a number of books on human sexuality, and speaks frequently on the psychology, science and pseudoscience of human sexuality.
Max Maven
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The great movie director Orson Welles wrote that Max Maven has “the most creative mind in magic.” He has published more than 2,000 articles and has been a consultant to the California ScienCenter, numerous universities, and to the magicians David Copperfield, Doug Henning, and Penn & Teller. In addition, he is the author of The Book of Fortunetelling.
Sara E. Mayhew
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Sara E. Mayhew, is a writer and illustrator that the prestigious Applied Arts magazine called “young blood commanding our attention”. The world renowned TED conference accepted Sara into their TED Fellowship program, a class of young world-changers on the cutting edge of their fields, for her work to promote science education through manga.
Steve Novella
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Founder and currently Executive Editor of Science-Based Medicine, Steve Novella is a JREF senior fellow and academic clinical neurologist at the Yale University School of Medicine. He is also the president and co-founder of the New England Skeptical Society, the host and producer of the popular weekly science podcast, The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe, and the author of the NeuroLogicaBlog. He is the author of two courses by The Teaching Company, including Your Deceptive Mind: A Scientific Guide to Critical Thinking Skills.
Edwina Rogers
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Edwina Rogers is Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America. She has spent two decades on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist and attorney, including roles as General Counsel for several high profile politicians. Rogers has extensive experience as a public policy expert and has worked for two Presidents and four Senators, and speaks about the role of nonbelievers and skeptics in our society.
Massimo Pigliucci
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Massimo Pigliucci is the chair of the Department of Philosophy at the City University of New York. He is also the editor in chief for the journal Philosophy & Theory in Biology. An outspoken skeptic and critic of creationism and advocate of science education, his most recent books are Answers for Aristotle: How Science and Philosophy Can Lead Us to A More Meaningful Life and Nonsense on Stilts: How to Tell Science from Bunk.
Massimo Polidoro
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Massimo Polidoro is an Italian psychologist, writer, journalist, television personality, and the co-founder and executive director of the Italian Committee for the Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (CICAP). He is the editor of Scienza & Paranormale, and has investigated and tested numerous alleged psychics, astrologers, clairvoyants, dowsers, mediums, prophets, psychic detectives, psychic healers, psychic photographers, telepaths and many others, and has been the host of a number of Italian television shows. He is the author of numerous books, including Final Séance, and Secrets of the Psychics.
Cara Santa Maria
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Cara Santa Maria is not your typical science journalist. From cheerleader to jazz vocalist, model to tattoo enthusiast, she traveled many paths before pursuing her interest in all things related to the brain. Currently, Cara works as the Senior Science Correspondent for The Huffington Post, where she produces and hosts a science web series called “Talk Nerdy To Me.”
Joe Schwarcz
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Joe Schwarcz is the Director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society and teaches a variety of courses in McGill’s Chemistry Department and in the Faculty of Medicine with emphasis on health issues, including aspects of “Alternative Medicine”. Using stage magic to make scientific points is one of his specialties. Professor Schwarcz has received numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public, including Royal Society of Canada’s McNeil Award and the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack Award. He is the author of numerous books and articles, including Science, Sense and Nonsense.
Michael Shermer
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Michael Shermer is the Publisher of Skeptic magazine, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society, a monthly columnist for Scientific American, host of the Skeptics Distinguished Science Lecture Series at Caltech, and an Adjunct Professor at Claremont Graduate University and Chapman University. Shermer is the author of The Believing Brain, The Mind of the Market, Why Darwin Matters, and Why People Believe Weird Things among others.
Karen Stollznow
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Dr. Karen Stollznow is a linguist, Bad Language columnist for Skeptic magazine, and author of the forthcoming books Language Myths, Mysteries and Magic, and Red, White and (True) Blue. She is a long-term investigator of paranormal and pseudoscientific beliefs and practices, a co-host of Monster Talk, and is a Research Fellow for the James Randi Educational Foundation.
Jamy Ian Swiss
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Jamy Ian Swiss is a senior JREF Fellow. He has appeared internationally for presenters ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the Smithsonian Institution. He is the author of books including The Art of Magic, and two collections of essays, the most recent is Devious Standards. His U.S. television appearances include CBS’ 48 Hours, PBS’ Nova, The Today Show, and repeat appearances on The Late, Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Banachek
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Banachek is without a doubt the world’s leading mentalist, performing over 200 college shows a year. He is also the director of the James Randi Educational Foundation’s Million Dollar Challenge.
Joshie Berger
Joshie Berger is the Season 2 Worst Cooks in America winner. He hosted the TAM Poker Tournament last year, and joins us in the same capacity this year.
Evan Bernstein
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Evan Bernstein is a co-host of The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe radio show, as well as a co-cost of The Skeptics’ Guide 5×5 podcast. He serves as the chairman of the Connecticut Chapter of the New England Skeptical Society.
Bob Blaskiewicz
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Bob Blaskiewicz is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, where he specializes in extraordinary claims (especially conspiracy theories), among other topic. He co-edits the blog skepticalhumanities.com, edits a series about skepticism in education for randi.org, and appears on the weekly live web show The Virtual Skeptics.
Bryan & Baxter
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Bryan & Baxter have done countless investigations covering all manner of paranormal claims, executed several different approaches of skeptical outreach, and have worked very hard to expose frauds within the paranormal community.
Chip Denman
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Chip Denman is a Director and former Senior Lecturer in the Division of Information Technology at the University of Maryland, where he created the course “Science & Pseudoscience” in which ESP, astrology and other extraordinary claims provide a context for understanding the way the scientific method is supposed to work. He is a founder of the National Capital Area Skeptics.
Tim Farley
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Tim Farley is a computer application security analyst and software developer who has over 25 years of experience in the software industry. He is a Research Fellow for the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) specializing in electronic media.
Shane Greenup
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Shane Greenup is a cofounder of the RBUTR, a community driven app which creates links between webpages where the content of one page is a rebuttal against another.
Miranda Celeste Hale
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Miranda Celeste Hale is a college English instructor who focuses on rhetoric, rhetoric/composition pedagogy, the intersection of rhetoric and skeptical activism, and the relationship between clear and precise writing and the effective dissemination of knowledge.
Kyle Hill
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Kyle Hill is a fellow of the James Randi Educational Foundation. A graduate student in science communication at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his research is focused on how personal motivations and website characteristics affect the use of critical thinking.
Daniel Loxton
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Daniel Loxton is the Editor of Junior Skeptic, and the author and illustrator of the national award-winning kids’ science book Evolution: How We And All Living Things Came to Be.
Maria Myrback
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Maria Myrback is a skeptic blogger and volunteer with the James Randi Educational Foundation. She helps coordinate the randi.org blog.
Bob Novella
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Bob Novella is a co-founder and Vice-President of the New England Skeptical Society. He co-hosts the Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast and blogs for SGU’s Rogues Gallery.
Jay Novella
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Jay has been a skeptical activist for 15 years who serves as a co-host and producer of The Skeptics’ Guide To The Universe. Jay also is a regular contributor to The Rogues Gallery, a popular science and skepticism blog.
Penn Jillette
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Penn Jillette is a cultural phenomenon as a solo personality and as half of the world-famous Emmy Award winning magic duo Penn & Teller. He cohosts the series Penn & Teller: Bullshit! and the Discovery Channel’s Penn & Teller Tell A Lie.
Don Prothero
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Donald R. Prothero has taught geology and paleontology for 34 years, most recently at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and Pierce College in Woodland Hills. He is the author of over 30 books, including “Abominable Science” (about cryptozoology), “Reality Check” (about science denialism), and “Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters.”
Stuart J. Robbins
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Stuart J. Robbins is a postdoctoral student at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the first recipient of the Baruch Blumberg Citizen Science postdoctoral fellowship through the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
Paul Provenza
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Paul Provenza is an actor, comedian and filmmaker, a self-professed skeptic currently based in Los Angeles. He is the host of the Showtime’s The Green Room, and co-author of ¡SATIRISTAS!
Todd Robbins
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Todd Robbins is the preeminent sideshow entertainer on the scene today. He is the author of the cult classic book The Modern Con Man: How to Get Something for Nothing.
Richard Saunders
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Richard Saunders is the producer of The Skeptic Zone podcast and can be seen on national TV in Australia as the Skeptical Judge on THE ONE. Richard is also President of Australian Skeptics. In 2009 Richard exposed the trickery behind the PowerBalance wrist band fad.
Eve Siebert
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Eve Siebert has a Ph.D. in English literature from Saint Louis University. She taught college composition and literature classes for many years and is co-authoring a book called Was Shakespeare an Alien? Skepticism and the Humanities.
Nakul Shenoy
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Nakul Shenoy is ‘The Mind Reader’ – a leading corporate speaker and entertainer for Fortune 500 companies and other premier events, based in Bangalore (India). This professional magician & hypnotist holds a Master of Science degree in Communication and remains an active proponent of critical thinking.
Brian Thompson
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Brian Thompson is Outreach Coordinator for the James Randi Educational Foundation. He hosts the Consequence Podcast, and numerous other podcasts.
Brent Weedman
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Brent Weedman is a professional MMA competitor who has competed in several Bellator tournaments, including: Bellator Season 5 Welterweight Tournament and the Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tournament. He reps for the JREF.
* More presenters to be announced.
These hand-on educational workshops and activist training sessions are separately ticketed events held before the main program begins on Thursday, July 11. Attendees may register for workshops separately or purchase an All Workshop Pass.
Note: An All Workshop Pass entitles you to enter any of the ten workshops, but because workshops run in concurrent tracks, you will not be able to attend each one.
- Workshop 1A
- How Your Camera Lies to You
- Workshop 1B
- Blogging Skepticism
- Workshop 2A
- Skepticism Across the Curriculum
- Workshop 2B
- Crowd-Sourcing Skepticism
- Workshop 3A
- Spiritualism 101
- Workshop 3B
- Supporting Skepticism Around the World
- Workshop 4A
- Science Based Medicine
- Workshop 4B
- Preserving Skeptic History
- Workshop 5A
- How Rational Are We?
- Workshop 5B
- Taking On Woo in Martial Arts
* Detailed workshop information to be announced.
Our evening shows are among the most talked-about and memorable aspects of TAM. We offer skeptic-themed comedy, magic, and other top-notch entertainment every night of the program.
This year, evening events will include:
- Thurs. 9:00 p.m.
- What “THEY” Don’t Want You To Know
An Evening of Humor from Skepticism’s Leading Dis-Information Agents. Find out if hypnosis works on skeptics. See the world’s most convincing “proof of aliens” evidence. Watch audience members be transformed into psychics. Witness demonic possession and a live exorcism. See Banachek turn into his own worst nightmare.
What others are saying about Bryan and Baxter:
“They are disinformation agents working for a secret government black ops program.” – Jeff Peckman in the Wall Street Journal
“Hideously irresponsible and borderline criminal” – Fr. Daniel Gargullio III aka Dr. Gargoyle
“The Laurel and Hardy of the paranormal” – J. Allen Danalek (A Case For Ghosts)
“The Greatest Show on Earth!” – Lloyd Kaufman (The Toxic Avenger) - Fri. 9:00 p.m.
- ¡SATIRISTAS! — Live in Concert
Paul Provenza, the celebrated comic and social critic, presents a cadre of provocateurs and proud comic voices targeting hypocrisy, media distortion and the institutionalized ignorance infecting America. These skeptical comedians are distinguished by the savage bite of their wit, virtuosic command of irony and finely tuned bullshit detectors. Celebrating the spirit of the book of the same name, ¡SATIRISTAS! will chew the fat of traditional credulity and leave you wanting more.
- Fri. 11:00 p.m.
- Penn Jillette’s Private Rock & Roll, Doughnut and Bacon Party
Be forewarned —
This really is Penn’s private party. He’s paying for everything and JREF has nothing to do with it. This party will be whatever Penn wants; it’s not a JREF event.
there will be stupid rock and roll
there will be obscenity
there will be scantily clad people
there will be 1200 Krispy Kreme doughnuts and tons of bacon
you will learn nothingEveryone at TAM is invited, and it is free to attend. There is a suggested donation to the JREF at the door of $20.00 or more.
Note: This event is neither paid for nor sponsored by the JREF.
- Sat. 9:00 p.m.
- Magic, Mayhem and Mentalism!
Produced by Jamy Ian Swiss, this show will feature a variety of literally amazing performers – magicians, mentalists, and more – in an all-star line-up. Our first foray into “Magic, Mayhem and Mentalism” at TAM 7 was a great success. This year we will be presenting an all-new lineup – featuring none other than Todd Robbins, the King of the Coney Island Sideshow, and star of the hit Off-Broadway show, “Play Dead!” We’re thrilled to have Todd back at TAM after several years, and this show promises to be a great one!
- Sat. 11:00 p.m.
- Skeptics’ Poker Tournament
Don’t miss this opportunity to compete against TAM speakers and other notable skeptics! Every round you survive seats you at another skeptic’s table. This special TAM event includes private cocktail servers and an open bar for the duration of the tournament.
The fundraising luncheons and SGU dinner are separately ticketed meals that are offered in addition to the meals included with conference registration.
Enjoy a private luncheon with James Randi and other VIPs from the program!
Don’t miss the opportunity to have an intimate catered luncheon with James Randi and other selected TAM luminaries. As a fundraiser for the JREF, we are offering an exclusive luncheon limited to 20 people.
Or how about Dinner with the cast of The Skeptics Guide to the Universe?
Join Dr. Steve Novella, and Jay, Bob, and Evan for this fundraiser dinner, a portion of the proceeds of which go to support the show.
We are back this year in the fantastic South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa. This 2500+ room resort on Vegas’s growing South Strip offers a wide array of amenities. Along with the expected casino, pools, restaurants and lounges, South Point also houses a premium movie theater, bowling and even an equestrian center. Located a few miles south of the Strip, this hotel has all the convenience of Vegas without the hassle, and for folks driving from California, you arrive before the traffic gets heavy on the strip!
South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa
9777 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89183
Phone: (866) 791-7626
Group discount code: AMA0707
Alternative Hotel
Grandview Resort (next door to the Southpoint)
9940 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89183
Phone: (866) 752-9834
There is no group code for the Grandview.
Other Hotel Options
No block of rooms are held at these hotels. Rates fluctuate. Please call or book online.
Emerald Suites (1 mile from the Southpoint): 702-948-9999
Silverton Casino (3 miles from the Southpoint): 702-263-7777
The M Resort (4.5 miles from the Southpoint): 702-797-1000