James Randi was the keynote speaker at the 21017 North Eastern Conference on Science & Skepticism held on Friday, June 30th in New York City. I arrived a few minutes early and spoke with him before he took the stage. For anyone not familiar, he is a professional skeptic who has had a long career as a magician and an escape artist. He was a good friend to Issac Asimov, Carl Sagan and Johnny Carson, he inspired Penn & Teller to become magicians, and he was a friend and admirer of Christopher. After Hitch died, he wrote a touching tribute with We’ve Lost A Giant.  In 2014 he was the subject of the documentary An Honest Liar.  At 88 years of age, he is still going strong.