I'm delighted to have contributed a chapter in this new book on the folklore of monsters! I haven't read it yet but many of the other authors are brilliant friends and colleagues, and I'm looking forward to it. I also did the cover art! Check it out HERE!
Folklore
Squaring the Strange # 170: Pet Psychics and Psychic Pets
New episode of Squaring the Strange is now out! After a brief discussion on the recent jailbreak (rock break?) of a Japanese nine-tailed fox demon and some thoughts on war rumors we talk about people who think they can talk to animals. Or people who think their animal...
Squaring the Strange #168 – Sex Urban Legends
Did you miss out recent show on Sex Urban Legends? First, all the way from New York City Skeptics, Russ Dobler drops in to tell us about AIPT Comic's skepticism month -- and we also chat about Joe Rogan and Ivermectin. Then our main topic is sex urban legends, a field...
Guest on Paranormal Activity podcast: Curses and Voodoo
I'm a recent guest on the Paranormal Activity podcast, talking about curses, voodoo, and voodoo dolls... Check it out HERE!
Quoted in New Book: ‘Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and Folklore Genres’
Not the most compelling cover art, but I'm quoted in this new book from the Belgrade Institute for Literature and Arts. The subject, of all things, is my research into the Pokemon seizure panic of 1997. Check it out HERE!
Squaring the Strange #167: Bob Larson, the D-List Demon Dispatcher
The new episode of Squaring the Strange is out! This week we discuss an old Satanic Panic dog learning some new tricks. Televangelist Bob Larson has turned to giving remote exorcisms via Skype and Zoom these past few years, and we speak with two people who have...
The Battle Over Wikipedia Misinformation: Interview with Guerilla Skeptic Guru Susan Gerbic
If—like most people—you’ve ever searched Wikipedia for skeptical topics, or looked there for topic covered by organized skepticism, chances are you’ve probably read some of Susan Gerbic’s work. She’s a (very) active member of the Center for Inquiry and the Independent...
Quoted, along with Tim Burton, Albert Camus, and Michel Foucault!
I'm quoted, along with Tim Burton, Albert Camus, and Michel Foucault, in a new journal article on media education. Good company, I suppose...
Ben Radford in… ‘The Gory Details’!
My buddy JD Sword recently found a reference to me in a new book, Gory Details. I haven't read it, but it looks good and if I'm called an "expert" then it's got to be quality!
Squaring the Strange #166: Episode 165 – Moral Panic Series: LITERATURE AND COMIC DANGER!
Our last Squaring the Strange episode of 2021 is out, and unlike other podcasts, we are giving you fresh episodes... even a BONUS episode like this one, well ahead of our usual biweekly schedule. Our final episode of the moral panic series deals with panics...