by Admin | Aug 2, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Critical Thinking, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News
For those who didn’t see it: I was a recent guest on ‘New Mexico Living’, talking about my new book ‘America the Fearful: Media and the Marketing of National Panics.’ You can watch the short interview HERE!
by Admin | Jul 25, 2022 | Chupacabra, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Investigation, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, Skepticism
For the recent episode of Squaring the Strange we are joined by Professor Michael Branch, who has just released his new book On the Trail of the Jackalope. What began as an idea for a taxidermy correspondence course 90 years ago has blossomed into a cultural...
by Admin | Jul 23, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Critical Thinking, Investigation, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News, Skepticism
In the wake of the recent verdict in the dueling defamation lawsuits between actors Amber Heard and Johnny Depp, there was of course much punditry, commentary, and crystal gazing. It was seen not merely as an outcome of one trial between two often-toxic celebrities...
by Admin | Jul 20, 2022 | Benjamin Radford, Books, Media Appearances, Media Literacy, News
I’m a guest on ‘New Mexico Living’, talking about my new book America the Fearful: Media and the Marketing of National Panics. You can watch the short interview HERE!
by Admin | Jul 17, 2022 | Archives, Benjamin Radford, Folklore, Ghosts, Health and Medicine, Magic and witchcraft, Skepticism, Squaring the Strange, Squaring the Strange, Vampires
New episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This week we dug up some strange ways people have sent off their deceased loved ones. As a medieval person, how would you keep Aunt Edna from coming back as a vampire or a bitey undead plague-spreader? Or in the Victorian...
