If you’ve spent any time on social media over the past few years you’ve likely seen several versions of Donald Trump’s last name. Various versions include “tr^^p,” “Strump,” and “Tr**p,” though writer Joyce Carol Oates understandably prefers the...
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Squaring the Strange Archives: On Being Believed
In the latest in a series highlighting past episodes and archives of Squaring the Strange, here's a look back at a show you might have missed: This week we start with Celestia’s tale of having a “tongue analysis” while on a cruise, which amounted to an alt-med...
My Yeti article for Avianca Magazine
I wrote a piece about the Yeti for Avianca airline magazine--ahora en Español!
‘Investigating Ghosts’ Finalist for Book Award
My new book, "Investigating Ghosts: The Scientific Search for Spirits," is a Finalist for the New Mexico/Arizona book awards! Winners will be announced next month, but if you want to see what everyone's raving about, it's available for under $20 in ebook or paperback...
Polls Show Most Americans Believe the Women
As the country waits to see what becomes of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh pending the results of an FBI investigation, one thing has become clear: Whether or not the Senate believed Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s accusations against Kavanaugh, most of America...
Squaring the Strange: Monkey Hookers and the Pokemon Panic!
In this recent show we start with a quick look at a dog-buys-cookies story that took Celestia down a path of searching out pet videos and, finally, reading about whether or not monkeys can be taught to understand currency. Then I revisit an investigation I did on the...
Squaring the Strange: On Being Believed
As my awesome podcast Squaring the Strange (co-hosted by Pascual Romero and Celestia Ward) has passed its one year anniversary, I will be posting episode summaries from the past year to remind people some of the diverse topics we’ve covered on the show, ranging from...
Bad Clowns Addendum: Trump
My book "Bad Clowns" was completed before Trump ran for office, but if there's a second edition he'll have a long section devoted to him... You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo, and please...
Emo’s Fundamentalist Heretic Or, Turning Allies To Enemies In A Few Easy Mistakes
My recent blog is about how easily misunderstandings can recast allies as enemies, focusing on a recent incident at Cornell where a student misunderstood her professor's comment about her clothing, interpreting it as sexist. The student stripped to her underwear in...
Featured in Smithsonian Magazine… on Bigfoot!
This is neat: I'm quoted in a new Smithsonian article about belief in Bigfoot! You can find it in the print magazine, or HERE. You can find more on me and my work with a search for "Benjamin Radford" (not "Ben Radford") on Vimeo, and please check out my...