“The Ghost Lab” with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling

“The Ghost Lab” with Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling
Skeptical Inquirer Presents | Thursday, July 24
It’s hard to deny the growing cultural rift between traditional institutions and a rapidly expanding landscape of paranormal belief. In his latest book, The Ghost Lab: How Bigfoot Hunters, Mediums, and Alien Enthusiasts Are Wrecking Science, Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling examines how widespread distrust in science, government, and media has fueled a boom in supernatural thinking—and empowered a new class of paranormal entrepreneurs that further spread distrust. At stake is not just what we believe but how we decide what counts as truth.
Join us on Thursday, July 24, at 7:00 p.m. ET for a Skeptical Inquirer Presents live stream with author and journalist Matt Hongoltz-Hetling. He’ll explain how belief in the paranormal is evolving into a dominant worldview, one that increasingly competes with evidence-based systems for public trust. Hongoltz-Hetling uses a blend of storytelling, humor, and hard data to challenge skeptics to think differently about belief—and to consider what a more inclusive, resilient version of scientific and civic life might look like.
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The Ghost Lab | Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling | Skeptical Inquirer Presents

Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling is a freelance journalist specializing in narrative features and investigative reporting. He has been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, won a George Polk Award, and been voted Journalist of the Year by the Maine Press Association, among numerous other honors. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Harper’s Magazine, USA Today, Popular Science, the Associated Press, and elsewhere. He is the author of two prior books, A Libertarian Walks into a Bear and If It Sounds Like a Quack.