Richard is an actor, writer, origamist, podcaster, and Skeptic, having joined the committee of Australian Skeptics Inc in 2001. Since then, he has been president (twice), is currently chief investigator, and is a life member of ASI. In 2021 he published the results of the Great Australian Psychic Prediction Project, the largest assessment of psychic predictions ever undertaken. He is founder, publisher and presenter of the Skeptic Zone podcast.