Derek Colanduno was born January 19, 1974 in Albemarle, North Carolina and is an American skeptic and podcaster. Derek has a degree in Computer Science from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is the creator and co-host, with Robynn "Swoopy" McCarthy, of the talk show Skepticality, the official biweekly podcast of The Skeptics Society's Skeptic magazine. Derek is currently employed as a software engineer for a wastewater engineering firm in Atlanta, GA, where he currently resides.