Skeptoid - Skeptoid Adventures: Death Valley 2024
Aired: 2024-05-02
Duration: 03:41


=== Skeptoid Adventures Begin (03:38) ===

[00:00:02]  Okay you guys, here's the thing.
[00:00:04]  You've heard me talk about Death Valley a million times on this show and in our documentary films and in live videos.
[00:00:12]  I always talk up the Skeptoid Monster Jeep.
[00:00:15]  I've told you all the stories about the mysterious moving stones of racetrack playa ever since I videotaped the mechanism by which they move in 2001.
[00:00:26]  So now I'm finally stepping up and inviting you to come there with me in person this October and go to all those places.
[00:00:35]  We're starting Skeptoid Adventures and Death Valley is going to be our first exploration.
[00:00:41]  We're lucky to have on our board of directors Jeff Wagg, the former general manager of the James Randy Educational Foundation.
[00:00:48]  And as a group travel agent in his secret identity life, he put together all the amazing cruises and amazing adventures with Randy.
[00:00:57]  Now in his current iteration, he's doing the same thing for Skeptoid Adventures, upholding the same standards of excellence in education as he did for Randy.
[00:01:07]  Therefore, this will be an all-inclusive trip.
[00:01:11]  Your transportation, lodging, and meals are all covered.
[00:01:15]  You just show up and we'll take you to places that very few people ever get to go.
[00:01:20]  For example, the racetrack, even for people who have gone far enough off the grid to get to Death Valley, is still very hard to get to.
[00:01:29]  We'll take you there.
[00:01:30]  We have connections to sites the general public is usually not able to visit.
[00:01:34]  We'll take you there too.
[00:01:36]  This is going to be three days of lifelong memories that most people will never have.
[00:01:42]  The trip is October 27th through 30th, 2024, and it starts and ends in Las Vegas, Nevada.
[00:01:50]  That means it's very easy for anyone to get to our rally point.
[00:01:53]  If you happen to be going to SaiCon, we connect seamlessly to the end of that.
[00:01:58]  Get yourself to Las Vegas.
[00:02:00]  We'll take care of you from there.
[00:02:02]  You get to see the site of the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
[00:02:06]  And don't worry, it won't be nearly that hot at the end of October.
[00:02:10]  You get to stand at the lowest point in North America.
[00:02:13]  You get to run your fingers through the borax flats and mine tailings that created so much of the history of the Old West.
[00:02:19]  You'll get to see petroglyphs and pictographs that don't appear on any guidebook and that are completely unspoiled.
[00:02:27]  And with the experts we're bringing along, you'll be on the receiving end of a science and history and geology fire hose for three days.
[00:02:36]  So I really do want you to come on this trip.
[00:02:39]  By this date in October, I'll have been doing this podcast for 18 years.
[00:02:44]  And it's been the best 18 years of my life.
[00:02:46]  And that's because of all of you.
[00:02:48]  The people I've met from all walks of life, who are now almost the entirety of my circle of friends, and 99% of you I've never had the privilege of meeting in person.
[00:02:59]  And I want to.
[00:03:00]  The one promise I'll make to you is that you will never forget a single hour of this incredible trip.
[00:03:06]  We're calling it Skeptoid Adventures.
[00:03:10]  You can learn all about it and punch your ticket at skeptoid.com slash events.
[00:03:16]  That's skeptoid.com slash events.
[00:03:20]  A portion of your ticket price will be a tax-deductible donation to Skeptoid Media, a 501c3 educational nonprofit.
[00:03:28]  Thank you for being my listener, my friend, and for at least considering being my traveling companion on this amazing trip.
[00:03:37]  skeptoid.com slash events.