 We're joined here by Michael Feldman of New York City Skeptics fame and Organizer of nexus New England conference and science and skepticism Michael. How are you? I'm good Chris So what's new and exciting in your life? Well I'm a tam what could be more exciting than that? Yeah, so which tam is this for you've been to quite a few haven't you? I've been to every US tam. That's right And ten ten and a half times now. What is the half tam somebody else brought that up as well? That was a tam that occurred. It was it was a mini tam it occurred. I forget the year, but between tam five and six they moved the conference from January to June to the summer it's July and To have something in that year and a half in that break they skipped a year They had a mini tam in Florida and it was that was tam five and a half and you were there. I was there That's right. So what keeps you coming back for more? I'm just the people the people I know that's a that's that's a common answer but it really is the people that makes tam special and Randy love Randy You know that there is nothing like being together with over a thousand of your fellow Skeptics and free thinkers and and and everyone who who makes this this conference what it is I'm guessing that being the guy who's organizing or one of the people I should say that's organizing nexus You probably get a pretty good appreciation for how much work that goes into putting together something like that It's a lot of work. It's a lot of work, but it's very gratifying work And I mean DJ and everyone who who organizes tam I mean they're you know They this this conference is top-notch and you know, it's anyone who who has not organized a conference Should should try you know volunteering and pitching in just to see what goes into it And they'll walk away with a much greater appreciation for the dedication that that these folks have And let's face it if there was no tam there probably would be no nexus is that fair to say absolutely correct There would be no nexus there would be they're very likely would not be a New York City skeptics And I think you would find that many of the other local organizers around the country and around the world would say the same thing Great. Well if people want to find out about New York City skeptics. What's the website? Our website is nycskeptics.org and the nexus website is necss.org Great. We'll enjoy the rest of tam. Thanks for joining us here