Baloney Detection with Dr. K

Baloney Detection Episode 20 -  Stephanie Evenson Interview

Stephanie Evenson is a veterinarian and a teaching professor for the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay. Stephanie has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Masters degree in Bacteriology from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Stephanie has been a colleague of mine at the Sheboygan campus of UW-Green Bay for many years, teaching a variety of biology, human biology, first-year seminar and general education courses. I have had many students tell me how much they love Stephanie as a teacher and I can think of no higher praise for an educator. Stephanie has a unique perspective to her teaching as a vet and brings that perspective to today’s episode. 

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Baloney Detection Episode 19 - Jeff Bellomo Interview

Jeff Bellomo is a successful lawyer in South Central Pennsylvania. He also happens to be, as I said, one of my oldest and best friends. In our senior year at Juniata, Jeff was kind of the odd man out. He was a future lawyer living with three chemists slash scientists, but he also provided so much support, which hopefully we'll get to talk about. Jeff's expertise as a lawyer is an elder law, which we can all agree is incredibly important for families with older members and families in general. Jeff has created his own podcast, the Red Wagon Estate Planning and Elder Law Show, with the intent of having another platform for educating people about the right way to get legal help, especially for elder law. On top of being an outstanding lawyer and friend and parent, it is Jeff's desire to educate a variety of people about elder law and has given me so much respect for him and inspiration for this podcast. 

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Baloney Detection Episode 18 - Dr. Brian Merkel Interview

Dr. Brian Merkel has been with UW Green Bay for 20 years and teaches courses courses in immunology, advanced microbiology, microbiology, and human disease in society. He currently studies the effects of the herbal supplement echinacea on the immune system in cell models and in human subjects. He's a pre‐health advisor for human biology and biology students and the advisor for UW Green Bay's chapter of the National Biological Honor Society, TriBeta. He also teaches medical students for the Medical College of Wisconsin in Green Bay. Dr. Merkel says that this experience has helped him become a better mentor, advisor, and teacher for all of the students he works with at UW Green Bay. I'd like to also add that Brian has recently won the UW Green Bay Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching for Faculty. Personally, Dr. Merkel is part of a couple of groups that I'm involved with, including a misinformation research group with several of our other colleagues, and also a set of rural health forums that we are a part of led by a friend of the podcast and former interviewee Amanda Hartlaub. 

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Baloney Detection: Episode17 -- Interview with Jessica Warwick 

Jessica Warwick is an instructor at UW-Green Bay who teaches a variety of General Education, introductory and majors level classes. She also does research where data analysis is incredibly important. Our conversation went from teaching styles to research data analysis and adjusting to the rapidly changing student population. It is always a joy to have such an incredibly conversation with one of my colleagues. 

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Baloney Detection Podcast – Episode 16 – My Mental Health Journey Part 2 

At the end of Part 1 of this story, I had just graduated college and was ready for my journey to graduate school. The transition was challenging, but I managed to get settled before the real intensity of graduate school began. I continued to struggle and struggle until I met someone who gave me the emotional and eventually romantic support that I truly needed. This episode spans my graduate school career, leading up to what will be a third episode down the road. 

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Baloney Detection: Episode 15 - Chemical Names That You Can(not) Pronounce

Chemophobia is not a new phenomenon, but with how easy the Internet makes the spread of information, chemophobia has become a much bigger problem in today’s society. The fear of what materials are in a certain product helps drive the sales and profits for many companies, which leads to chemophobia featuring in advertisements. We will do a deep dive into chemophobia and how it is represented in what you see. 

Resources

• https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/how-do-drugs-get-named/2019-08#:~:text=Pharmaceutical%20names%20are%20assigned%20according,or%20indication%20of%20the%20drug. 
• https://www.npr.org/2008/04/24/89876927/michael-pollan-if-you-cant-say-it-dont-eat-it 
• https://www.cspinet.org/page/clean-labels 
• https://www.eatingwell.com/article/282469/clean-eating-foods-list/ 
• https://www.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/2017/08/what-does-clean-eating-mean-anyway 
• https://crystalclear-systems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/dihydrogen-monoxide.jpg 
• https://www.prevention.com/food-nutrition/healthy-eating/a20449448/chemicals-in-food/ 
• https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/18-ingredients-sound-dangerous-arent 
• https://www.livestrong.com/slideshow/13580758-harmless-food-additives/ 

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Baloney Detection Podcast – Episode 14 – Interview with Amanda Shaker 

Amanda is a former student of mine going back to when the UW-Green Bay, Sheboygan Campus was known as UW-Sheboygan. Amanda has had a unique educational journey to get to her current position as a dietician in Albuquerque, NM. In this interview, we talk about her career path, diet misinformation and suggestions for current and future college students.  

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Baloney Detection - Podcast Episode 13- Much Ado About M*A*S*H

There are very few TV shows that I come back to, watching the episodes over and over again. M*A*S*H is an absolute classic in many ways, but the show means more to me than just watching. The writing and the characters have informed much of my personality and my teaching style. It was not until I became a working adult that I realized the show’s effect on me. 

 

Resources

• https://www.aldacenter.org/ 
• https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/368965 (Just Call me Mike) 
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40600256-if-i-understood-you-would-i-have-this-look-on-my-face 

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Baloney Detection - Podcast Episode 12 – My Mental Health Journey Part 1 

As a university instructor, one of the hidden parts of my job is to listen to my students when they have more than just class related issues. I sometimes use my own experiences with mental health journal as examples to try and help students with their own struggles. I would like to share the first part of that journey with you. 

Resources

• https://www.nami.org/ 

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Baloney Detection Podcast Episode 11 – Social Media and Misinformation Part 2: Influencers 

With our conversation about the social media platforms complete, we will move on to discussing specific aspects of the spread of misinformation on those platforms. Influencers are a growing subset of entrepreneurs online that sometimes associate with companies to sell products. Some influencers use misinformation and pseudoscience to help sales and gain more visibility. We will look at what areas of product and information influencers use that relate to science and wellness, who those influencers are and what reach they have. 

Resources

• https://influencermarketinghub.com/what-is-an-influencer/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/04/climate/wellness-influencers-conspiracy-climate-intl/index.html 
• https://statenews.com/article/2023/01/the-vanilla-girl-aesthetic-white-influencers-and-colorism-students-discuss?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest 
• https://www.pcmag.com/news/how-racial-inequalities-affect-influencers 
• https://sproutsocial.com/insights/who-really-runs-the-brand-account/# 
• https://abcnews.go.com/Health/parents-vaccinate-kids-tend-affluent-educated-experts/story?id=60674519 

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