This is an interview with author Robert Todd Carroll, conducted in 2011, who was a full-time teacher in the philosophy department at Sacramento City College from 1977 until retirement in 2007. We talk about the origins of the site The Skeptic’s Dictionary online and how he first began this extensive online resource; his work as a teacher of critical thinking and the future of scientific skepticism, particularly the ongoing (and much needed) discussions on just what makes skepticism ‘skepticism’.

The Skeptic’s Dictionary was published in August 2003 by John Wiley & Sons. The Skeptic’s Dictionary online is at http://www.skepdic.com.