 Welcome to The Randy Show. I am the James Randy Educational Foundation's outreach coordinator, Brian Thompson, and with me, as always, is James Randy. Looking great in a pair of headphones. Yeah, I have to apologize for the headphones, but my speaker system went out. I don't know. These technical things are well beyond me. If I look on the floor and around the back of some of this stuff here, I'll probably find a plug sitting there looking abandoned and I'll plug it back in. But right now, I'm stuck with headphones. Yeah, they suit you pretty well, I think. So let's talk about the amazing meeting which just finished. So did you ever think when these amazing meetings started out that they would get to be as big and exciting and chock-full of content as they are now? Well, I guess I always did hope. But I think next we may have to build our own casino to accommodate the crowd, because the hotel is saturated with timers. I mean, it's just incredible. Huge crowds. When I walk out on that stage and sit down there, I just give a gulp. I'm used to large crowds. I've spoken to crowds of literally millions on TV, for example, as we did when we're in Italy, as you may remember. But when you see them all right there living and breathing right in front of you, and they can throw things. You remember that? But I didn't get anything to throw on, not this year or any other year, I must add. It was really a wonderful reaction and I got to press the flesh with so many people and got lots of hugs too. So what was the first few amazing meetings? What were they like, I guess compared to now? Well, I think the first one we had, what, in 83 people or something? I forgot what it was. But it was held at a local hotel right here in Fort Lauderdale. And we had a bit of an interruption. It was the coming down to the Challenger spacecraft. Hal Bidlack was there at the time, who was with the Air Force as we know. And he had to announce that to a crowd. It was a real bummer to say the least. They had to face the fact that the Challenger had gone down with all the board. That was a real damper on the whole thing. But even that small group there was very successful. We moved on and we eventually came to Las Vegas. The fact that we get such an enthusiastic crowd there and that they have ways of entertaining themselves when they're not on, so to speak. And our guests, our guest speakers and the people who head up the various discussions and such for TAM are very, very pleased to be there as well. This does treat us very well. We're always well treated. Yeah, there is a lot to do in Vegas if somebody, for some reason, I don't know why they would want to pull themselves away from TAM. Because it kind of goes from morning to night every single day. But yeah, this year it was particularly kind of unpleasant outside. I don't know if you recall, but I think it was, I checked the weather report, I think it was six million degrees Fahrenheit? Something late. I think only a couple of million. You're exaggerating, but... Well, sorry. I tend to exaggerate sometimes. That's very true. But it's a good thing that nobody has to leave the hotel. Yeah, very true. What are we looking forward to for next year's amazing meeting? What would you like to see that maybe we haven't seen before? I think it's time to get Dawkins back. He always has new things to tell us, of course. I had the feeling, you know, I guess it was in 2011. I had the feeling I was sitting on the platform at the opening ceremonies and right beside me was Richard Dawkins. You don't get to sit alone on a stage with one of your gods. And I don't have any gods, but he comes very, very close. Richard is something else. He's never going to be Sir Richard because of his religious leanings, let's say. But to me, he is Sir Richard already. And I'm very, very much attached to Richard in so many ways. I've stayed at his home out in Oxford and England. And that's something I can't invite you to. I'm sorry. So thanks, Randy. And we'll see you next year at the amazing meeting and lots of places in between. Oh, yes. I'll be busier than ever. I go like one of those. What's the energizer bunny? I think I'm the energizer bunny officially for a town. And I love every minute of it. I get back and sleep for about two days, I think, solid. But it's worth it meeting all those fine folks and then hearing a number as many of the talks I could possibly hear. Just very stimulating. I enjoyed every minute. The Randy Show is a production of the James Randy Educational Foundation To learn more about how we promote science and critical thinking, go to randy.org