richard (at) skepticzone.tv
Host / Producer / Webmaster
Podcaster, Vodcaster and TV Skeptic
as seen on 'THE ONE', Richard is also Vice
President of Australian Skeptics NSW. In his free time
(free time?) he is also part of the Mystery
Investigators show for schools.
Richard is also an origami expert and author of 30
books for children. He travels often to the USA to speak
at conventions and meetings.
Richard founded Sydney Skeptics in the Pub. Details
here.
Stefan Sojka
stefan (at) skepticzone.tv Host / Music
Stefan hails from a long line of ear
candlers, and was conceived under a crystal chandelier
with the spiritual transfer of his father’s DNA
to his mother through Magnetic Reiki gloves. He radiates
a universal energy through all 8 of his Chakras –
the 8th one having been donated to him as he strolled
by a car crash and the chakra latched itself onto his
right elbow.
Stefan’s interest in the paranormal began three
lifetimes ago when his lordship was probed by a green
dwarf-like humanoid. Since then all future lives have
agreed to further the cause of celestial transcendence
through cosmically aligned neo-breatharianism. Most
of his ashram alumni agree he is completely homeopathetic.
Kylie Sturgess\
kylie (at) skepticzone.tv Reporter
Kylie Sturgess credits her childhood
enthusiasm for the long-running consumer affairs program
The Investigators on Australian television for her life-long
interest in consumer education, media claims and how
we are led to believe 'weird things'.
A former high-school teacher turned M.Ed thesis-writer,
blogger at Podblack
and educational researcher, she is currently working
on a survey with Dr Martin Bridgstock on paranormal,
pseudoscientific and conspiracy theory beliefs.
Dr. Rachael Dunlop
rachael (at) skepticzone.tv Reporter / Dr Rachie Reports
Dr Rachael Dunlop has a PhD from Sydney
University Medical School and works full time in heart
disease research and is a member of the New South Wales
committee of Australian Skeptics.
In a previous life, Rachael worked as a copywriter
for an advertising agency writing commercials for televison,
radio and press and then as a graphic designer. Rachael
has a passion for combining her knowledge of art and
science through scientific communication.
As a father of three who owes his skepticism
to a primary school science teacher, Eran has a special
interest in education and in the promotion of critical
thinking to the younger members of society.
Eran is Vice President of Australian Skeptics in NSW.
When not being a Skeptic, he earns his keep by working
as an IT consultant and doing the dishes.
Joanne Benhamu
jo (at) skepticzone.tv
Reporter
At the age of six, Joanne wanted to be
an astronaut. The explosion of the Challenger put a dent
in her ambitions, but she maintained her love of science
thanks to her parents who encouraged an intense fascination
with the natural world (not to mention a microscope, telescope,
chemistry set and the World Book Encyclopedia). She is
now a university educated Clinical Nurse Specialist in
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy. She has a passion for
promoting science, reason and critical thinking in nursing
while maintaining the philosophy of warmth and nurturing
that lies at the heart of the profession.
A lifelong skeptic, her focus is geared towards lobbying
for fundamental change in the way governing bodies police
and regulate the complementary and alternative medicine
industry. She vainly hopes to dispel the notion that “natural
= safe” and “chemical = unnatural”.
When she’s not shaking her head in disbelief she
can be found cooking up a storm in the kitchen.
Jim Wilshire
jimwilshire (at) hotmail.com Voice Over
Jim is one of Australia's top rating
radio stars from the 1980s and 1990s. Now a poet with
a new DVD - The Rhymekeeper.
