Filter It Through a Brain Cell

By Kathy Gibbens

Can you recognize bad thinking, manipulative advertising and tricky arguments when you see them?

How about your kids - how will they know whether the memes they're seeing on social media are really t... more

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How many episodes does Filter It Through a Brain Cell have?

The podcast currently has 339 episodes available.

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November 24, 2025 329: The Barnum Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High Schoolers
Why do people fall for vague statements like those in horoscopes and fortune-telling?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
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13min
November 20, 2025 328. The Mere Exposure Effect Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle School
Ever wondered why politicians put out SO. Many. Signs. while they're campaigning?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
14min
November 17, 2025 327. The Just-World Hypothesis Bias | Biases for Students
Do we always deserve the outcomes we get in life?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
8min
November 13, 2025 326. The Frog Pond Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens
Social comparison can make us see ourselves inaccurately!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
8min
November 10, 2025 325. Can you name the fallacy and the bias in this real-life example?
See if you can name the fallacy and the bias in this real-life conversation!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
11min
November 03, 2025 324. The Fading Affect Bias | Logic for Teens
What a relief that we don't have to feel as mortified years after tripping in the hall as we did the day it happened!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
10min
October 30, 2025 323. The Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect | Biases for Teens
If we can easily recognize when a media source gets something wrong in an area we know a lot about, shouldn't that make us question the other things it's telling us?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
9min
October 27, 2025 322. The Authority Bias | Critical Thinking for Middle and High School
Why do our brains put so much trust in what people in authority tell us?
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
Free trail: https://www.ctcmath.com/trial?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
10min
October 23, 2025 321. The Bikeshedding Bias | Logic for Middle & High School
Why do we seem to get hung up on trivial matters while glossing over difficult, more important ones?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
Free trail: https://www.ctcmath.com/trial?tr_id=brain
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Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
10min
October 20, 2025 320. Apophenia | Critical Thinking for Teens
Have you ever noticed the 'Man in the Moon'? This explains why we see faces in unexpected places!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers membership where you can practice critical thinking using real-life memes, articles & headlines: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's how you can purchase the Logical Fallacies ebook:   https://www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/offers/z6xbAcB2
Send me any questions, comments or even the fallacies you're seeing around you!  [email protected]
Or, tag me on Instagram: @filteritthroughabraincell
Sign up on my email list at: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/contact

Learn more about Classical Conversations:
www.classicalconversations.com/filterit

Thank you to our sponsor, CTC Math!
Website: https://www.ctcmath.com/?tr_id=brain
Homeschool page: https://www.ctcmath.com/how-it-works/home-school?tr_id=brain
Free trail: https://www.ctcmath.com/trial?tr_id=brain
Special offer! Get 1/2-off discounts plus bonus 6-months free!

Critical Thinking for Teens
Logical Fallacies for Teens
Cognitive Biases for Teens
Homeschool Logic
Critical thinking for Middle schoolers
...more
11min

FAQs about Filter It Through a Brain Cell:

How many episodes does Filter It Through a Brain Cell have?

The podcast currently has 339 episodes available.

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