Thursday I will be heading to Atlanta, Georgia for
Dragon*Con 2010. I will be on several panels and I will be doing two live interviews that will be posted later as podcasts.
Here is my official schedule:
Please note that I did not write most of these descriptions!
Title: Popular Psychology Myths
Description: Pop Psychology is a confusing mixture of myth and science. Learn how to tell the difference and Why it Matters.
Time: Fri 11:30 am
Location: 207 / 206 / 205 - Hilton (
Length: 1 Hour)
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Title: Skepticism and Sexuality
Description: When do we get skeptical about sex, the media? When alien cults want to save African clitorises, this panel is here to discuss the facts.
Time: Fri 10:00 pm
Location: 207 / 206 / 205 - Hilton (
Length: 1 Hour)
Fridays panels are in the Skeptic Track. Pop Psycology Myths is an interview with Dr.
Scott Lillienfeld, co-author of
50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior. An edited version of this interview will be posted at
http://brainsciencepodcast.com in mid-late September.
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Title: Oil Disasters
Description: Oil disasters, effects of spills on humans and environment, peak oil crisis, nothing is sacred on this topic!
Time: Sat 02:30 pm
Location: L508 - Marriott (
Length: 1 Hour)
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Title: Global Insurgency Open Discussion
Description: Open discussion on the effects of terror strikes. Medical, sociological, and financial effects on the military, the public and the infrastructure
Time: Sat 05:30 pm
Location: L508 - Marriott (
Length: 1 Hour)
Saturday's panels are in the
Apocalypse Rising track. I have never been to this track, so it should be an interesting change of pace.
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Title: Books and Ideas Podcast
Description: Join host Dr. Ginger Campbell interviews author
Skyler White about her book "and Falling, Fly." I will also be interviewing
Christiana Ellis.
Time: Sun 08:30 pm
Location: 204 - Hilton (
Length: 1 Hour)
This interview will be conducted in the
Podcasting Track and the edited version will appear in the
Books and Ideas podcast feed in October.