Derek Colanduno
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Derek Stephen Roseler January 19, 1974 Albemarle, North Carolina, USA |
| Residence | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Computer programmer, graphic designer, podcaster |
| Known for | Skepticality, Dragon*Con Skeptrack, podcasting |
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Derek Colanduno (born January 19, 1974 in Albemarle, North Carolina) is an American skeptic and podcaster. Derek is currently employed as a software engineer for a wastewater engineering firm in Atlanta, GA, where he currently resides.
In the early 1980s when Colanduno was in elementary school, he developed an interest in computer science with encouragement from his father, a computer programmer at Burroughs Corporation. After high school, his family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada where Colanduno attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas, majoring in Computer Science. He worked as an engineer for a national Sports Radio network and a privately owned Alternative Rock Station (KEDG) during late night, where he would occasionally fill in as an on-air broadcaster.d
Colanduno first began streaming RealAudio content in the 1990s, prior to the podcasting boom of the 2000s. He has contributed to several other podcasts including The Pickle Round-Up for Podcast Pickle and AMP'd, the weekly music review show for the Association of Independent Music Podcasters, a group of music podcasters from around the world who promote and support independent musicians through the web. He is the also the Director for Skeptrack at Dragon*Con.
Colanduno became interested in skepticism after picking up a copy of Skeptic Magazine with a photo of Carl Sagan on the cover in the 1990s. Mainly due to his notoriety of Skepticality, he has been interviewed numerous times on the subject of Skepticism. He has appeared on the XM-Sirius show & podcast Slice of SciFi, the podcast Disability 411The Skeptic Zone podcast and for the website Cuddly Atheism, among others.
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