Skeptoid - in The Media

In The Media

• October 2012, presented "Finding the Missing Cosmonauts" at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.

• October 2012, presented "Your Brain Sucks" to the Psychology Club at Claremont McKenna College with Prof. Diane Halpern.

• James Randi Educational Foundation The Amaz!ng Meeting TAM 2012; TAM 9, 2011; TAM Australia 2011; TAM 8, 2010; TAM 7, 2009; TAM 6, 2008; TAM 5.5, 2008

• May 2012, presented "Sounds from Beyond" to the College of Curiosity at the St. Louis City Museum.

• March 2012, presented "Sounds from Beyond" at New England College in New Hampshire.

• March 2012, Dunning presented "Miracle or Science?" to the BIL Conference on board the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA.

• In 2011, Dunning appeared in two episodes of the William Shatner TV series Weird or What?. In episode 202 "Life after Death", Dunning analyzed a demonstration by mentalist Mark Edward showing how easily the Scole Experiment seances could have been faked. In episode 206 "Freaks of Nature" he discussed the finding that the Bell Island Boom was probably a lightning superbolt.

• May 2011, Dunning spoke at Authors@Google with a presentation of Sounds From Beyond. When asked if he sees any positive science trends in the media he answered, "No...I think we have a negative trend, in the realm of rationality and reason it is going to continue to slide. And the reason I think we are going to continue to lose ground as far as capturing the hearts and minds of the general public, is because of the Internet and television, its become so easy to reach so many people with a sensational message. People don't have time to listen to ten things a day, they have time to listen to one thing and it is whatever is easiest. Its the front page of CNN or the first five minutes of Oprah, that's where people get their science information."

• May 2011, Dunning presented his Sounds From Beyond lecture for Pixar University

• April 2011, presented "The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Positive Take" at the University of California, Los Angeles, sponsored by CFI On Campus.

• April 2011, Dunning was a speaker at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism.

• April 2011, Dunning presented "Solving the Missing Cosmonauts" to a room full of high school students whose class had won a science contest to attend, as part of the inaugural Science Symposium at West Virginia University. The talk was also broadcast nationwide to all high school classes who had participated in the contest.

• March 2011, presented "Sounds from Beyond!" at the Queen Mary in Long Beach, CA.

• December 2010, presented "Sounds from Beyond!" at a free public lecture sponsored by the University of Melbourne Secular Society in Australia. This was followed the next evening with a presentation of "The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Positive Take" at a special dinner event with Rebecca Watson for the Victoria Skeptics in Melbourne, Australia.

• November 2010, Dunning ran workshops and presented "Sounds from Beyond" to The Amaz!ng Meeting in Sydney, Australia. While in town he appeared with Dr. Karl Kruszelnicki on his weekly science talkback show on Triple J Radio, "Sceptics, Energy Fields, and Busting Myths".

• September 2010, Dunning presented "Solving the Missing Cosmonauts" at Dragon*Con

• July 2010, At SkeptiCal Conference in Berkeley: lecture on The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Positive Take

• April 2010, Ohlone College, Psychology Club Speaker Series speaks on Health Scams and Myths

• December 2009, Chaos Communication Congress: Here Be Dragons in Berlin, Germany.

• September 2009, Dunning presented various events in the SkepTrack at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA.

• March 2009, Dunning joined IPCC co-author Dr. Michael Prather and climate skeptic John Coleman for a debate "The Climate Change Dilemma… And Why People Hate Al Gore" at the Paul Merage School of Business at University of California, Irvine.

• In 2008 Dunning appeared in the video short A Brief History of Flying Saucers accompanying the 2008 DVD re-release of War of the Worlds discussing the origins of the Roswell UFO mythology.

• October 2008: Dunning presented "Here Be Dragons: Introduction to Critical Thinking" at Manchester University in North Manchester, IN.

• January 2008: Was a guest on Skeptics Guide to the Universe Dunning announces a casting call for The Skeptologists, we need "...skeptical experts to jump in the Batmobile racing to the center of the woo to work their skeptical magic on whatever the topic is that week".