Michael Marshall (skeptic)
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Michael Marshall at QED 2015.
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Michael Marshall 13 August 1983 Bishop Auckland |
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| Residence | Liverpool | ||
| Nationality | British | ||
| Other names | Marsh | ||
| Occupation | Freelance journalist, public speaker, skeptical activist | ||
| Employer | Good Thinking Society | ||
| Organization | Merseyside Skeptics Society, Good Thinking Society | ||
| Known for | Skeptical activism | ||
| Spouse(s) | Nicola Throp (2015–present) | ||
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Michael "Marsh" Marshall (13 August 1983) is a British skeptical activist, freelance journalist, public speaker, podcaster, author and blogger. He is co-founder and vice-president of the Merseyside Skeptics Society and co-host of its official podcast Skeptics with a K, project director of the Good Thinking Society, and has occasionally written for The Times, The Guardian and New Statesman.
Michael Marshall was born on 13 August 1983 in Bishop Auckland, North East England. He obtained a BA in English in Liverpool, and has worked there in marketing and web design since.
In February 2009, Marshall, Mike Hall and Colin Harris founded the Merseyside Skeptics Society. He commented that skepticism is "not about just saying 'no' to things, it's about thinking about them. And we use the American spelling – skeptic – because, in the States, the word isn't as strongly linked to cynicism. It's not seen as being as negative as it is over here." In July that year, they launched the podcast Skeptics with a K, which Marshall described as "a fairly-shambolic, overly-enthusiastic and snarky mix of science, skepticism and sarcasm." The idea for SwaK came from the conversations Mike and Marsh were having in the pub about news and ideas, such as a homeopathy overdose, that they wanted to share with a wider audience.
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