Jay Novella is a skeptic, podcaster, and coauthor who’s been fighting pseudoscience since the days of dial-up internet. He cohosts The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe podcast where he’s spent decades expertly side-eyeing nonsense. He is also a coauthor of the best-selling books The Skeptics Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake and The Skeptics Guide to the Future. He produces several live and recorded shows, including the stage show A Skeptical Extravaganza of Special Significance, Political Reality Podcast and the science fiction review show Alpha Quadrant 6. Novella is a cofounder and producer of the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (NECSS). Novella has enthusiastically spoken at conferences around the world and has committed himself to being a vocal activist for science, education, and critical thinking.

