Fighting Assumptions Podcast

By Unlearning the 'facts' we are all absolutely sure of.

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A podcast dedicated to the uncomfortable but fascinating art of unlearning the 'facts' we are all absolutely sure of. Based on the 'fighting assumptions' newsletter. -- Educational, informative, podcast, learning, assumptions, truth, unlearning

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Episode Date
The three-second lie: why your goldfish remembers more than you think
Jun 02, 2026
Electricity is not water: breaking the 'pipe' analogy
May 02, 2026
Lightning does strike twice (and thrice, and a million times)
Apr 10, 2026
The election deception: why the founders of democracy used a lottery instead
Mar 30, 2026
Why Chameleons are “terrible” at camouflage
Mar 30, 2026
The fat-burning zone is a lie (and other uncomfortable truths about cardio)
Mar 27, 2026
Why the egg definitely came first
Mar 18, 2026
The "blind as a bat" lie: how science accidentally erased an animal's eyesight
Mar 13, 2026
The greatest trick ever pulled: why the Trojan horse never actually existed
Mar 04, 2026
Sorry, but astronauts cannot see the Great Wall of China
Feb 26, 2026
The flat earth fallacy: why Columbus wasn’t the hero you think he was
Feb 24, 2026
The dinosaur in your dinner
Feb 21, 2026
Van Gogh: the “starving artist” who actually sold many paintings
Feb 09, 2026
The $50 Million myth: Why Blockbuster was right to reject Netflix
Feb 06, 2026
The great lemming lie: how Disney faked nature’s most famous suicide
Feb 06, 2026