I’m home now and settling back into every day life after leaving TAM8 was quite a jolt. It’s kind of how I feel after Dragon*Con each year – exhausted, elated and longing for more. I met so many interesting people, heard so many fascinating talks and generally tried to embrace every waking moment of the conference with as much sponge-like attentiveness as I could muster.
Saturday was a treat for me personally because I got to do a half-hour interview with James Randi himself. His organization puts on The Amazing Meeting, and I’ve seen him so many times but getting to sit down and talk to him face to face was delightful. It’s astonishing to meet someone so in the moment and even more so when you consider his moments span eight decades. Along with my MonsterTalk co-hosts, we talked with Randi about a famous poltergeist case he’d investigated back in the 1980’s. It was fascinating and I was excited to discover that not only did he remember the case, but that he’d included it in his upcoming book, A Magician in the Laboratory.
