Derek Colanduno

Derek Colanduno
Derek Colanduno

Derek Colanduno on July 12, 2008
Born January 19, 1974 (1974-01-19) (age 37)
Nationality United States
Occupation Software engineer
Known for Skepticality, Dragon*Con Skeptrack, podcasting

Derek Colanduno (born January 19, 1974)[1] is an American skeptic and podcaster. He is the creator and co-host, with Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy, of the talk show Skepticality,[2] the official biweekly podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine.[3]

Derek has contributed to several other podcasts including The Pickle Round-Up for Podcastpickle.com and AMP'd the weekly music review show for the Association of Independent Music Podcasters. Derek is the Director for the Skeptic fan track at Dragon*Con.[4]

On September 8, 2005, during a dinner celebrating Skepticality being mentioned during a Steve Jobs speech, Derek suffered a stroke. He was in a coma for six weeks and had six months of rehabilitation, which was recounted for the listeners by his cohost.[5] After he recovered, the podcast became the official podcast of the Skeptics Society.[6]

Colanduno's parents are from New Jersey but he grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada.[7] Before moving to Atlanta, Colanduno was a rock radio DJ in Las Vegas.[2]

He has been interviewed on the XM-Sirius show & podcast Slice of SciFi,[8] the podcast Disability 411[9][10] The Skeptic Zone podcast[11] and for the website Cuddly Atheism.[12]

He is the namesake for the asteroid 106545 Colanduno.[13] It was named for him by Jeff Medkeff because he felt Derek had "pioneered the new media of podcasting and put it to service for skeptical thinking."[14]

JREF Million Dollar Demonstration, last night of TAM8 "claimant" Anita Ikonen is asked to view 5 persons to determine which is missing a kidney. Hal Bidlack #2 is the target, Ikonen fails the demonstration by picking #3 Derek Colanduno. July 11, 2010.

Bidlack & Colanduno relax while being "viewed"

References

  1. ^ Dcolanduno: Yep, it is my Birthday today. :), Twitter, January 19, 2009, http://twitter.com/dcolanduno/status/1130549375, retrieved 2009-01-19 
  2. ^ a b 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 
  3. ^ Skeptic Society: Podcast, http://www.skeptic.com/podcasts/, retrieved July 27, 2009  (Masthead says: "The official podcast of SKEPTIC magazine")
  4. ^ Dragon*Con Fan Tracks: Skeptics, Dragon*Con, April 23, 2009, http://www.dragoncon.org/fan_tracks.php#SKEPTIC, retrieved July 27, 2009 
  5. ^ "My Stroke". Life of Colanduno. September 9 - October 22, 2005. http://www.colanduno.com/?page_id=86. Retrieved August 6, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Don't Quit Your Day Job, Podcasters", Business Week, April 9, 2007, http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_15/b4029078.htm?chan=technology_technology%20index%20page_more%20of%20today%5C's%20top%20stories, retrieved July 27, 2009 
  7. ^ Roach, Pat (April 22, 2009), Better Know a Notable Skeptic: 10 Questions for Derek Colanduno, Ottawa Skeptics, http://www.ottawaskeptics.org/organization/profiles/205-get-to-know-a-skeptic-10-questions, retrieved July 27, 2009 
  8. ^ "#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. 
  9. ^ Case, Beth (July 7, 2007). "Show 44 - Derek Colanduno Part I". Disability411. http://disability411.jinkle.com/?q=node/31. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  10. ^ Case, Beth (July 26, 2007). "Show 45 - Derek Colanduno Part II". Disability411. http://disability411.jinkle.com/?q=node/32. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  11. ^ 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)
  12. ^ Holden, Kate (March 6, 2009). "A Skeptical Interview with Derek Colanduno". Cuddly Atheism. http://cuddlyatheism.com/2009/03/06/a-skeptical-interview-with-derek-colanduno/. Retrieved August 1, 2009. 
  13. ^ "106545 Colanduno (2000 WL68)", JPL Small-Body Database Browser (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory), http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=colanduno;orb=1/, retrieved 2009-01-19 
  14. ^ 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. 
On Kylie Sturgess's podcast panel during Skeptrack at Dragon Con Sept. 5, 2011

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