Richard Saunders
Richard Saunders is best known as an international expert on skepticism and one of the stars of the top rating paranormal TV show from Australia “The ONE”, where he takes the role as the ‘Skeptical Judge’. He is president and life member of Australian Skeptics Inc., a fellow of the Center for Inquiry USA, and a past judge for the ‘Eureka Prizes’, Australia’s top science awards. A podcaster since 2005, Richard is the producer and host of ‘The Skeptic Zone’ with thousands of listeners world-wide. He also produces science documentaries and TV shows, notably ‘The Mighty Mitta Muster Water Divining Test’ in 2002 and episodes of ‘Theories of Everything’ for community television. An author and origami expert with 30 books and 1 DVD published, he is also the creator of ‘Origami Pigasus’ for James Randi and enjoys being an amateur magician. Richard is also founding member of the ‘Mystery Investigators’ live science show for schools.
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Your 10-step guide to predicting the future
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RT @JoshuaWithers: Have you seen the Australian version of Breaking bad? He get's cancer and Medicare covers his costs and the series ends.
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