Jim Underdown
James Underdown has been Executive Director of the Center for Inquiry-Los Angeles since 1999. He is also the Founder and Chair of the Independent Investigations Group, a team of inquirers who look into paranormal, pseudo-scientific, and extraordinary claims. He is also the creator of the Steve Allen Theater at CFI-L.A. Jim has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows including Hannity and Colmes, Penn and Teller's Bullshit, History's Mysteries, Proof Positive, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is a regular Skeptical Sunday guest on the SETI Institute's Are We Alone? radio show/podcast. His many pre-CFI endeavors include writing and directing short films (A Day in the Life of Frank Sinatra, The Test, Dear Father), and directing his stage play, Party of 13, a secular re-telling of the Last Supper. Jim also toured midwest comedy clubs as the Poet Laureate of Calumet City, IL.
The 9 Circles of Atheist Hell
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
May 8, 2009
“When a Priest Preys on Another Priest” Victim Weighs in…
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
May 4, 2009
Molested victim speaks out on CFI blog...Supreme Court Ruling a Crock of Shit
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 29, 2009
Is a barefoot man any happier to step in a warm pile of excrement?When a Priest Preys on Another Priest
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 21, 2009
Bounce God (and Fred Flintstone) from the Ballpark
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 17, 2009
When the Church Breaks 80…
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
April 8, 2009
A Bell Tolls for Walter Sartory
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 31, 2009
The ABCs of UFOtos
Free Thinking (centerforinquiry.net)
March 26, 2009
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Skeptics Create Creepy Café
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 33.1, January / February 2009
News & Comment
One shouldn't be surprised to heat at a pre-Halloween gathering in Hollywood California, several people testifying about...
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Altercation with a (Criss) Angel
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 32.2, March / April 2008
News & Comment
When NBC's new show Phenomenon began taping a mile from the Center for Inquiry/Los Angeles, our home grown...
Feng Shui and Monkey Madness at the L.A. Zoo
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 31.4, July / August 2007
News & Comment
In March, I started receiving calls that the L.A. Zoo had hired a feng shui practitioner to help design their new monkey habitat
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Darwin’s Birthday, Hollywood Style
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 30.3, May / June 2006
News & Comment
At 12:01 A.M. on February 12, 2006, Center for Inquiry—West Executive Director James Underdown began reading...
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Fullerton Underpass: The Lost Episodes
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.6, November / December 2005
News & Comment
When the story broke in April about hundreds of people visiting the Fullerton underpass at the Kennedy Expressway in Chicago...
Achau Nguyen Test
September 26, 2005
On July 23, The Independent Investigations Group, in conjunction with the JREF, conducted a test of alleged telepathic ability.
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Paranormal Expo Cancelled Under Cloud
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 29.1, January / February 2005
News & Comment
When the promoters of the paranormal-chemed Paraworld Expo announced its event at the Los Angeles Convention Center...
They See Dead People - Or Do They?: An Investigation of Television Mediums
Skeptical Inquirer Volume 27.5, September / October 2003
Article
The author's appraisal of Edwards' and van Praagh's television shows
