Robynn McCarthy
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Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy is an American skeptic
Scientific skepticism
Scientific skepticism is the practice of questioning the veracity of claims lacking empirical evidence or reproducibility, as part of a methodological norm pursuing "the extension of certified knowledge". For example, Robert K...

 and podcaster. She is the producer and co-host, with Derek Colanduno
Derek Colanduno
Derek Colanduno is an American skeptic and podcaster. He is the creator and co-host, with Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy, of the talk show Skepticality, the official biweekly podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine....

, of the talk show Skepticality
Skepticality
Skepticality is the official biweekly podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine. It explores rational thought, skeptical ideas, and famous myths from around the world and throughout history...

, the official biweekly podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...

 of The Skeptics Society
The Skeptics Society
The Skeptics Society is a nonprofit, member-supported organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs. The Skeptics Society was originally founded as a Los Angeles-area skeptical group to replace the defunct...

's Skeptic
Skeptic (U.S. magazine)
Skeptic is a quarterly science education and science advocacy magazine published internationally by The Skeptics Society, a nonprofit organization devoted to promoting scientific skepticism and resisting the spread of pseudoscience, superstition, and irrational beliefs...

magazine. She is the Director for the Podcasting fan track at Dragon*Con.

Swoopy has been the main researcher and writer for the Skepticality podcast since co-host Colanduno suffered an aneurysm-like brain AVM in the September of 2005. Besides her scientific skepticism she has an artistic side with interests including audio production, photography, and fine arts.

She has been interviewed on the XM-Sirius show & podcast Slice of SciFi
Slice of SciFi
Slice of SciFi is a podcast and website and part of the FarPoint Media Network that looks into the world of science fiction, fantasy and horror...

, and on The Skeptic Zone.

McCarthy is the namesake for the asteroid 106537 McCarthy
106537 McCarthy
106537 McCarthy is an asteroid. It was discovered by Jeffrey S. Medkeff on November 23, 2000. Its provisional name was '. It was named after Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy, American producer and co-host of the podcast Skepticality. It has an absolute magnitude of 16.1 and an orbital period of 1283.12...

. It was named for her by Jeff Medkeff
Jeffrey S. Medkeff
Jeffrey S. Medkeff was born in 1968 and died on 3 August 2008. He was a prominent science writer and educator. He was also a designer of robotic telescopes, a minor philanthropist, and an advocate of personal and sexual freedom.-Early life:Medkeff was born in Akron, Ohio in 1968, and was raised in...

because he felt Swoopy had "pioneered the new media of podcasting and put it to service for skeptical thinking."

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