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The Well-Known Skeptic

@twkskeptic

I am Rob Palmer and I promote science and encourage critical thinking via scientific skepticism. All my activism work is here: https://linktr.ee/thewellknownskeptic

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Ex–flat-Earth influencer Jeran Campanella joins RfRx to share how a 2024 Antarctic expedition changed his mind—and how former friends turned against him. A powerful look at leaving conspiracy communities behind. #RfRx #FlatEarth #CriticalThinking

25.10.2025 13:36 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
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Curious about ghosts, hauntings, or psychic powers? Don’t miss this pre-Halloween RfRx with Kenny Biddle—former ghost hunter & now CSI’s Chief Investigator. He’ll break down the paranormal with science & skepticism. Bring your questions & stay for the post-show hangout! #RfRx #Skeptic

18.10.2025 13:50 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Mr. Deity returns! Join us on RfRx for the Second Coming with Brian Keith Dalton, creator of The Way of the Mister. Ask your questions—this time, the All-Powerful-One will actually answer! 🎙️
🔗 https://recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

#secondcoming #thirdcoming #youtube #allpowerful

08.09.2025 08:07 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
RfRx - Filling the Vacuum Left Behind by Religion with a Love for Science, featuring Bertha Vazquez
RfRx - Filling the Vacuum Left Behind by Religion with a Love for Science, featuring Bertha Vazquez YouTube video by Recovering from Religion

If you missed the livestream RfRx show (for which I was the co-host) featuring Bertha Vazquez, the recording of that great episode is now available on our RfR YouTube channel... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOH-...

22.08.2025 01:07 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Join me for the next livestreamed RfRx show:

Erika Matthews (Gutsick Gibbon on YouTube) walks us through the evolutionary history of humans, and draws some surprising connections to the other apes we share the world with.

Details: www.recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

22.04.2025 05:41 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1
The Skeptic Zone #861 - 6.March.2025
The Skeptic Zone #861 - 6.March.2025 YouTube video by skepticzonepodcast

I did an interview with former flat-Earth proponent Jeran Campanella last week for my Skeptical Inquirer column, and I also did a teaser interview with Jeran for The Skeptic Zone Podcast, which has now been published to YouTube!

youtu.be/m_GKZ_4juFE?...

06.04.2025 20:27 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us this Monday for RfRx Talks when our guest will be Malorie Mackey of 𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔

Details with link to join the livestreamed show and hangout:
www.recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

05.04.2025 01:38 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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A Flat-Earther Sees the Light: A Conversation with Jeran Campanella | Skeptical Inquirer In this unique video interview, I talk with former flat-earther Jeran Campanella, freshly back from his participation in “The Final Experiment” in Antarctica, designed to demonstrate the illegitimacy ...

My newest article is my most unique: It involves a video interview with 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒆𝒓 flat-Earther Jeran Campanella, freshly back from his participation in “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁” in Antarctica! #FlatEarth #Flerf #FlatEarther #FlatEarthers

skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/a-...

01.04.2025 02:31 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 1
Aliens Arrive in 2025 (according to Instagram) 👽🛸
Aliens Arrive in 2025 (according to Instagram) 👽🛸 YouTube video by Think This Through

After writing about the subject of alien disclosure I was flooded with social media videos.

I decided to share the pain by sending SOME of this to Coleman Watts. So what did he do? He made an episode of Think This Through... and even contacted the Feds himself!

youtu.be/0QcxwIKY3B0?...

19.03.2025 16:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Kudos to the medical company Lilly. This is their full page ad in the March 17th edition of people magazine.

13.03.2025 16:59 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Is UFO disclosure really imminent? Or do we have to settle for the fictional version in 'Department of Truth' #28?

Day 26 of SKEPTICISM MONTH on @aiptcomics.com is ready! For UFO DISCLOSURE! Any day now ... right? It's happening in @jamesthefourth.bsky.social & @martinsimmonds.bsky.social's "Department of Truth" #28, but @twkskeptic.bsky.social says don't hold your breath for the real thing. @imagecomics.com

26.02.2025 15:55 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Monday, Feb. 24, Dr. Andrea Love will be our speaker on the RfRx live streamed show. (And I will be co-hosting.) The timely topic following the appointment of RFK Jr. as US Sec. of HHS: 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲?

More Info: www.recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

19.02.2025 05:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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12.02.2025 21:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tomorrow Feb 13th! 7pm EST! @twkskeptic.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/7j6-23S...

12.02.2025 20:32 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Join the livestream which I will be co-hosting!

09.02.2025 18:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why do intelligent people fall for science denial, pseudoscience, or conspiracy theories? In this talk, Melanie Trecek-King explores how cognitive biases, social influences, and deeply held beliefs can trap us in misinformation.

recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

09.02.2025 17:25 👍 13 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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Recovering from Religion - RfRx Talks and Discussions — Recovering from Religion RfRx Talks and Discussions feature our host having discussions with authors, mental wellness professionals, educators, and others who understand what it means to recover from religion. Topics include ...

Forrest Valkai will be our guest on tomorrow’s show! Join us.

www.recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

26.01.2025 15:41 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thrilled to be cohosting Skeptalk on The Line with Forrest Valkai on Monday! #calltheline
www.youtube.com/live/a4yI-q0...

08.01.2025 22:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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Join us this week as the RfRx team celebrates Festivus as popularized by Seinfeld.

There will be the traditional Airing of Grievances, claims of Festivus Miracles, and perhaps even some Feats of Strength (if we can figure out how to do this on Zoom!)

recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

23.12.2024 02:09 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us next Monday on the RfRx show as we celebrate Festivus on December 23rd at 8pm Eastern.

There will be the traditional Airing of Grievances, claims of Festivus Miracles, and even Feats of Strength!

Details & link: www.recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

20.12.2024 02:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Join us this Monday as a panel of RfR volunteers share their own deconversion/deconstruction stories. What circumstances made them leave their religion? How has this changed their lives? What were the repercussions?

recoveringfromreligion.org/rfrx

14.12.2024 21:38 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 3
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NYC SkeptiCamp 2024, where I am speaking at 4:30 Eastern time, is happening tomorrow. It is free to attend and will also be streamed on Zoom.

Home page with schedule and Zoom link: skepticampnyc.org/Default.aspx

06.12.2024 18:02 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How likely is the evolution of advanced aliens, really?
How likely is the evolution of advanced aliens, really? YouTube video by The Well-Known Skeptic

This is my short video, created for the SkeptiCal 2024 conference concerning the (un)likelihood of extraterrestrial civilizations. www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-Un...

03.12.2024 03:49 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
CSICon Sunday Morning Papers - 2024
CSICon Sunday Morning Papers - 2024 YouTube video by About Time

This is a video of the final session of the 2024 @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social conference. It is the Sunday Morning Papers Session with 6 great short talks on a variety of skeptical topics, so give it a watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlff...

03.12.2024 03:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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CSICon 2024: Meet the First-Timers | Skeptical Inquirer Have you ever wondered why people attend CSICon and what they thought of the conference? In this article, a diverse group of first-time attendees share thei ...

Have you ever wondered why people attend the annual @skepticalinquirer.bsky.social conference and what they thought of it? In this article, a group of first-time attendees (including @forrestvalkai.bsky.social) share their thoughts about CSICon 2024 with you. skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/cs...

03.12.2024 03:35 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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The 2024 NYC SkeptiCamp is all set for Saturday Dec 7. There is no charge for admission (and yours truly is one of the speakers) so please consider attending if you’re in the area. Here is the schedule… skepticampnyc.org/Schedule.aspx

03.12.2024 03:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
AI conversation about my Skeptical Inquirer article "Some People Just Want to Believe"
AI conversation about my Skeptical Inquirer article "Some People Just Want to Believe" YouTube video by The Well-Known Skeptic

I finally decided to try NotebookLM AI, and I am flabbergasted at the results. I uploaded my Skeptical Inquirer article "Some People Just Want to Believe" and it turned it into an on-the-nose discussion using two realistic AI voices: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z-9...

03.12.2024 02:04 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Manhattan Alien Abduction' recalls old UFO lore In 'Manhattan Alien Abduction,' Linda tells of being taken from her apartment by strange beings, missing time, and having an object implanted into her nose.

My latest article has been published. (And this is #110 since I started doing this in 2018 !!) This one is an analysis of the new Netflix miniseries "The Manhattan Alien Abduction." I watched it so you don't have to!
aiptcomics.com/.../manhatta...

03.12.2024 00:39 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0