Think It Through: the Clearer Thinking Podcast

By April Hebert

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Episodes: 49

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I know...thinking is hard. But here we go anyway...

Episode Date
Episode 46: Innumeracy--the Mathematical Equivalent of Illiteracy
Jun 30, 2026
Episode 45: Misconceptions--"Factoids" That Aren't Really Facts
Mar 26, 2026
Episode 44--Misinformation, Disinformation, Bots, and Trolls
Jan 12, 2026
Episode 43: Agnotology--the Study of Ignorance and Manufactured Doubt
Sep 18, 2025
Episode 42: Why We Are So Good At Fooling Ourselves--Understanding Motivated Reasoning
Aug 07, 2025
Episode 41: Fallacy Watch: No True Scotsman, Argument from Repetition, and "I'm Entitled to My Opinion"
Jun 13, 2025
Episode 40: Why Good Data is Essential for Good Thinking (And What Happens When It's Taken Away)
May 21, 2025
Episode 39: Understanding and Countering Propaganda
Mar 20, 2025
Episode 38: Fallacy Watch--A Few Relevance Fallacies
Feb 24, 2025
Episode 37: The Language of Demagoguery--How Words Shape Power
Jan 23, 2025
Episode 36: Beyond Logic: Magical Thinking and How It Affects Us
Apr 16, 2024
Episode 35: Fallacy Watch: the Gish Gallop
Mar 07, 2024
Episode 34: The (Surprisingly) Positive Aspects of Existential Dread and Terror Management Theory
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 33: Gratitude as a Tool for Clearer Thinking
Jan 15, 2024
Episode 32: Heuristics: How Our Brains Get Through the Day Without Exploding
Nov 05, 2023
Episode 31: Science vs Pseudoscience
Aug 17, 2023
Episode 30: Grief and Your Brain
Mar 30, 2023
Episode 29: Ethics in Journalism: an Interview with Eunette Gentry
Jan 23, 2023
Episode 28: Ambiguity and Equivocation
Oct 27, 2022
Episode 27: Intellectual Humility: Why It Needs To Be Okay To Say "I Was Wrong About That"
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 26: Just Asking Questions...
Jun 13, 2022
Episode 25: Algorithm Literacy
May 17, 2022
Episode 24: Fallacy Watch: the Perfection Fallacy (Perfection Ain't All That)
Jan 05, 2022
Episode 23: Hey Sherlock, Why Is Deductive Reasoning So Difficult?
Dec 03, 2021
Episode 22: Fallacy Watch: A Few Induction Fallacies
Oct 27, 2021
Episode 21: Fallacy Watch--The False Dilemma Fallacy
Oct 12, 2021
Season 3 Trailer
Oct 04, 2021
Episode 20: Who Do You Trust? Part 3: Trusting Experts (And Why We Often Don't)
Jun 18, 2021
Episode 19: Who Do You Trust? Part 2: How Skepticism Should Lead You to "Trust the Science"
Jun 01, 2021
Episode 18: Who Do You Trust? Part I: Interpersonal Trust
May 11, 2021
Episode 17: Is Optimism Logical?
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 16: Using evidence and logic to find the "Unfound:" An interview with Ed Dentzel
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 15: Logical and Personal Inconsistency
Apr 06, 2021
Episode 14: Kirk, Spock, McCoy and...Aristotle? An Interview with John Champion
Mar 16, 2021
Episode 13: How Skeptics "Do the Research"--an Interview with Celestia Ward
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 12: Fallacy Watch: the Misplaced Burden of Proof
Feb 16, 2021
Episode 11: Outrage Culture: How Anger Keeps Us Engaged Online
Feb 02, 2021
Season 2 Trailer
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 10: Misunderstanding Probability and Risk
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 9: The Epistemic Irresponsibility Known as "Bullshit"
Nov 03, 2020
Episode 8: Mindfulness--A Tool For Clearer Thinking?
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 7: Taking Media Literacy Beyond the Classroom
Oct 20, 2020
Episode 6: What Do We Mean When We Talk About "The Media?"
Oct 13, 2020
Episode 5: Where Do Our Beliefs Come From? The Moral Foundations That Define Us
Oct 06, 2020
Episode 4: The Principle of Charity--the forgotten component of argument
Sep 22, 2020
Episode 3: Fallacies
Sep 15, 2020
Episode 2: Arguing Past Each Other
Sep 08, 2020
Episode 1: Feelings Come First
Sep 01, 2020
Think It Through: the Clearer Thinking Podcast (Trailer)
Aug 06, 2020