Robynn McCarthy
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Robynn McCarthy
Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy is an American skeptic and podcaster. She is the producer and co-host, with Derek Colanduno, of the talk show Skepticality,[1] the official biweekly podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine.[2] She is the Director for the Podcasting fan track at Dragon*Con.[3]
Swoopy has been the main researcher and writer for the Skepticality podcast since co-host Colanduno suffered an aneurysm-like brain AVM in the September 2005. Besides her scientific skepticism she has an artistic side with interests including audio production, photography, and fine arts.[4]
She has been interviewed on the XM-Sirius show & podcast Slice of SciFi,[5] and on The Skeptic Zone.[6]
McCarthy is the namesake for the asteroid 106537 McCarthy.[7] It was named for her by Jeff Medkeff because he felt Swoopy had "pioneered the new media of podcasting and put it to service for skeptical thinking."[8]
References
- ^ Ho, Rodney (July 19, 2005), "With 'podcasting,' anyone's a deejay", The Providence Journal (Providence, Rhode Island), http://www.projo.com/technology/content/projo_20050719_podcast2.303f1c8.html, retrieved July 27, 2009
- ^ Skeptic Society: Podcast, http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/, retrieved July 27, 2009 (Masthead says: "The official podcast of SKEPTIC magazine")
- ^ Dragon*Con Fan Tracks: Podcasting, Dragon*Con, April 23, 2009, http://www.dragoncon.org/fan_tracks.php#POD, retrieved July 27, 2009
- ^ Skepticality hosts, http://www.skepticality.com/p_aboutus.php, retrieved October 10, 2010
- ^ "#159: Interview with Derek Colanduno & Swoopy". Slice of SciFi. Farpoint Media Network. May 3, 2008. http://www.sliceofscifi.com/2008/05/03/slice-of-scifi-159/. Retrieved August 1, 2009.
- ^ Saunders, Richard (December 26, 2008), "#10 Derek and Swoopy - Murder for Entertainment and Profit", The Skeptic Zone (Australian Skeptics), http://media.libsyn.com/media/skepticzone/the_skeptic_zone_10_081226.mp3, retrieved August 8, 2009 (Interview from 02:42 to 28:15)
- ^ "106537 McCarthy (2000 WB63))", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=mccarthy;orb=1/, retrieved July 27, 2009
- ^ Medkeff, Jeff (March 25, 2008). "Asteroids Named For PZ Myers, Phil Plait, Rebecca Watson, Michael Stackpole". Blue Collar Scientist. http://bluecollarscientist.com/2008/03/25/asteroids-named-for-pz-myers-phil-plait-rebecca-watson-michael-stackpole/. Retrieved August 6, 2009.
External links
- Skepticality official site
- Dragon*Con official site
- Robynn McCarthy on Twitter
- Robynn McCarthy on Facebook
- The Skeptics Society and Skeptic Magazine
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