Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Andrew Gould (aka. arthwollipot) and I will be your host for this blog. I am a humanist and a skeptic, having been through both Pentecostal Christian and Neo-pagan phases in my youth. However, I finally discovered science and cut my skeptical teeth debating with creationists on a number of forums, now sadly defunct. I have been a member in good standing of the JREF Forums since 2005, at times acting as a moderator. I have been host or co-host of the Nonsense and Rational Capital podcasts, and had occasional contributions on The Pod Delusion. I have also made a few posts on this very blog.

Why am I telling you this? Well, Jeff Wagg has recently found that he no longer has the time to maintain Indie Skeptics the way it was intended. So, a couple of weeks ago, I offered to take over. That’s right, we’re back in business! Any existing or new contributors are more than welcome to submit new content – there will be no change in the stated editorial policy – I will post anything that doesn’t break any laws without editing beyond spelling and grammar. You can log on to the site and submit draft pages if you know how, or you can just email your contributions straight to me. Let’s get this thing going again!

Furthermore, I did mention above that I have some podcasting experience. I have proposed to produce a podcast based on this blog. For more information, see the Indie Skeptics Podcast page – all details on becoming a contributor are there. I’m going to be looking for contributors in the next few weeks, so break out those microphones!

So that’s me – I’m eagerly anticipating your future contributions to this blog and to the podcast.