Baloney Detection with Dr. K

I do not think that education about a particular subject should be limited to just one venue, particularly in the classroom. I began discussing current events and pseudoscience topics more than a decade ago in the classroom, but recently I have developed over avenues of education and research, including this podcast, academic research, and lab research with some of my students. In this episode, I will share the journey from poster projects to research projects and beyond. 

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Even now, there are few people that have affected my life as much as Mister Rogers. I grew up watching Mister Rogers Neighborhood and I took to heart all the lessons he taught. As an adult, I recognize the power of his ability to relate to others, not just children, and the kind and honest way he spoke about daily situations and important feelings. I find myself emulating Fred Rogers in the classroom and even how I present this podcast. I hope to show you how important Fred Rogers continues to be to me. 

• https://www.fredrogersinstitute.org/ 
• https://www.misterrogers.org/ 
• https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38656999-the-good-neighbor 

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In this episode, I have the great honor of interviewing one of the most important people in my life, my wife Amy Kabrhel. As we have essentially the same job, we often share teaching ideas, philosophies on education, as well as views on sharing information. We discussed both Amy’s vast experience with scientific community outreach, as well as her views on sharing scientific information with the general public. 

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This will be the first episode in a series that goes deeper into how social media platforms operate and how misinformation spreads so easily on them. This episode will focus on the major platforms of social media, what kind of media they share and other important aspects of online speech that have given rise to how we share information online in the 2020s. 

• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/beyond-school-walls/202304/tribalism-in-the-age-of-social-media 
• https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/attention_economy_feb.pdf 
• https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media 
• https://transparency.meta.com/policies/community-standards/misinformation 
• https://www.tiktok.com/transparency/en-us/combating-misinformation/ 
• https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/10834785?hl=en 
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-07/elon-musk-cuts-more-twitter-staff-overseeing-content-moderation?embedded-checkout=true 
• https://medium.com/@leoforman/ai-in-content-moderation-challenges-and-solutions-d26783a6a76b#:~:text=However%2C%20it's%20important%20to%20understand,based%20on%20context%20and%20judgment. 
• https://www.jmir.org/2021/5/e26933/ 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230 
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8164397/ 
• https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13278-023-01028-5 

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Celebrities have been selling their own products for ages. These celebrities are either the face of a particular product, or have developed their own lifestyle brands. We will dig into how some current celebrities are using their status and power for the sake of profit and how pseudoscience is inextricably linked with how celebrities sell products. 

• https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/jenny-mccarthy-were-not-an-anti-vaccine-movement-were-pro-safe-vaccine/ 
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/24/health/covid-vaccine-celebrity-influence-study/index.html 
• https://www.newsweek.com/covid-19-aaron-rodgers-mia-stars-who-still-anti-vaxx-1751603  
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039410/  

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This is the first of many interviews that I hope to have for this podcast journey. Amanda is a former student, graduate of UW-Green Bay and a passionate advocate for the health of rural Wisconsinites. She will share her journey and her plans on communicating health information to the local population.

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Think about how many choices you have on where to shop and what products to buy. How do you choose where to go and how to spend your money? These can be very difficult questions to answer, and regardless of what your choice is, there will be consequences good or bad. We start a discussion in this episode about how to navigate through these issues. 

Links: 

• https://www.security.org/digital-security/misinformation-disinformation-survey/ 
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I am incredibly passionate about science education and discussion pseudoscience. But I can be credibly accused of using my position and knowledge to create a bully pulpit in the classroom and in public presentations. In this episode, I discuss some self-analysis of that part of my personality and why I have completely change how I engage with my students and the public.

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In scientific communication, language is incredibly important. Specific science words and science-sounding words have become trigger points for a lot of what we see in the news and social media. This episode begins our conversation about scientific and pseudoscientific language. 

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Books Referenced: 

• Vitamins and Health Foods: The Great American Hustle by Victor Herbert and Stephen Barrett 
• Natural: How Faith in Nature’s Goodness Leads to Harmful Fads, Unjust Laws and Flawed Science by Alan Levinovitz 

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