"Mr. Otto was a huge hit. His variously funny, sobering, and motivating lecture was frequently interrupted by laughter and applause. At the end, the audience gave him a standing ovation, a rarity at this conference where the standard is traditionally very high."
-Gwendolyn Freed
Nobel Conference Organizer
The IEEE-USA presented its National Distinguished Public Service Award to Shawn Otto for taking the lead in elevating science and technology in America's public dialogue.
Fool Me Twice won the 2012 Minnesota Book Award.
Federation of New York Solid Waste Associations, NY
Winona State University
University Center Rochester, MN
St Croix Valley Critical Thinkers
Presidential Surrogate Debate Moderator, Washington DC
Virtually Speaking Science on BlogTalk Radio
Institute of General Semantics AKML, NYC
University of Minnesota
First United Methodist Church of Schenectady, NY
Point of Inquiry
Kansas City Regional Atheists
PRI's Living On Earth
Denver US Presidential Debate Series
Carleton College
This Week In Science
Small Business Minnesota
NPR's Science Friday
University of Washington
Animal Ag Alliance
US EPA
Dartmouth College
USA Science & Engineering Festival
Science Museum of Minnesota
Minnesota Book Awards
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
St Paul Unitarian Society
UM College of Biological Sciences
Open Book
University of Missouri
Minneapolis Unitarian Society
ScienceOnline, Raleigh NC
U of M - Morris
Virtually Speaking Science
Nat'l Caucus of Environmental Legislators, Chicago
Minnesota Atheists
University of Minnesota
American Physical Society, Washington DC
Society of Environmental Journalists, Miami
Noblis, Arlington, VA
Loft Literary Center
NPR: Science Friday, NY
Point of Inquiry
Moving Planet
Netroots Nation
U.S. National Academies
EuroScience Open Forum
Elim Lutheran Church
Association of Neuroscience Departments and Programs
New York Academy of Sciences
Washington Academy of Sciences
Tech Policy Summit
American Chemical Society Midwest Branch
White Bear UU Church
Shawn talks about climate change, vaccines and autism, cell phones and brain cancer, and antiscience politics on both left and right - and why candidates are increasingly antiscience.