I got a Google Scholar alerting me that my research on African witchcraft and superstition belief is cited in a new academic book, "Witchcraft as a Social Diagnosis." Glad my work is helping to bring attention to the dangers and injustice of modern-day witch hunts!
Media Appearances
Yes! Yes! Ye- Oh, Damn: The 10% Fail
Those times you really agree with someone, then they go off the rails... my new CFI blog: About once or twice a month (though sometimes once or twice a week, depending on how much I'm reading at the time), I come across an article or blog that makes some important...
More great reviews of ‘Bad Clowns’!
From a review of my book Bad Clowns in Fortean Times magazine (Issue 349): “Benjamin Radford shows in his masterful survey that bad clowns have always been with us.... This is not a dry or scholarly read, and there’s a lot of welcome debunking. Bad Clowns moves...
Reading Romance Novels in Jamaica
August 8, 2014: The Shoppes at Rose Hall, Montego Bay, Jamaica I was done. I’d arrived at the gated tourist mini-mall about half an hour earlier, and couldn’t take any more of the servile shopkeepers shilling shelf after shelf of schlocky tchotchke of unrivalled...
Kazoo Magazine Aims to Encourage Girls in Science
A crowdfunding project has helped launch a new magazine, Kazoo, to empower girls and (in part) help steer them toward STEM careers. Kazoo focuses on girls and women, according to its website: “All of our stories are either developed or inspired by top female artists,...
Playing Witch Doctor: Hidden Ethics in Skeptical Ghost Investigation
A classic article from the archives, in which I talk about ghost hunting ethics: The drive from my apartment to the haunted house was about twenty minutes, but I found myself wishing it would take longer. I wanted more time to get a handle on what I was going to say,...
Happy New Year!
To all my friends and fans: I hope you have a happy new year and 2017 is great (or at least better than expected). Onward and upward; remember the motto of explorer Ernest Shackleton: "Fortitudine vincimus" (By endurance we conquer).
“Bad Clowns” Mentioned in the ‘London Review of Books’
My book "Bad Clowns" was recently mentioned in the London Review of Books, and quoted in this piece on internet trolls.... you can read the piece HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
Guest Appearance on ‘StarTalk’ Radio Show
In case you missed it, I was recently a guest on the StarTalk Radio Show, talking about aliens, UFOs, and much more. You can listen to it HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo.
Chemtrails Kill… Dude!: Comic Ian Harris on Chemtrails
My buddy Ian Harris has a new blog about chemtrails: I was driving on the freeway in Los Angeles, and the car in front of me had a bumper sticker on it that said “Chemtrails Kill.” Now, I love to laugh at the chemtrail people anyway, but this one had me almost pulling...