Is Steven Pinker a critical thinker? This is the question for this week's show. We consider the work that psychologist Steven Pinker has done with his highly popular books about academic subjects. And we talk about his critics and what we can learn about thinking critically about Pinker's so-called "airport books." We talk about the Enlightenment, time travel, and the sounds-similar-but-not-the-same-author Daniel Pink.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

Is Steven Pinker a critical thinker? This is the question for this week's show. We consider the work that psychologist Steven Pinker has done with his highly popular books about academic subjects. And we talk about his critics and what we can learn about thinking critically about Pinker's so-called "airport books." We talk about the Enlightenment, time travel, and the sounds-similar-but-not-the-same-author Daniel Pink.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

This is a sampler plate of critical thinking goodness. First, we touch on last week's topic on why people believe 'weird things' by talking about Michael Shermer's theories on that topic. We explore the concept of "instanicity" and how being able to "instantly' post or comment on social media and reply to emails can undercut our intentions to be good thinkers. Pause and think much? Then we get rolling around in some conversations about mansplaining (as Brian tries to mansplain me out of my discomfort with those kind of interactions) and how to excuse oneself from a party.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

This is a sampler plate of critical thinking goodness. First, we touch on last week's topic on why people believe 'weird things' by talking about Michael Shermer's theories on that topic. We explore the concept of "instanicity" and how being able to "instantly' post or comment on social media and reply to emails can undercut our intentions to be good thinkers. Pause and think much? Then we get rolling around in some conversations about mansplaining (as Brian tries to mansplain me out of my discomfort with those kind of interactions) and how to excuse oneself from a party.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

After sharing some recent headlines about Bigfoots (yes, it's plural) sighting in NC and the Loch Ness Monster mystery "solved" by scientists, this week's show also has us considering research about *why* people want to believe in the supernatural and what we take away from those studies. We also share some of our personal experiences with supposedly haunted places and explore the idea that absence of evidence is NOT actually evidence of absence.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

After sharing some recent headlines about Bigfoots (yes, it's plural) sighting in NC and the Loch Ness Monster mystery "solved" by scientists, this week's show also has us considering research about *why* people want to believe in the supernatural and what we take away from those studies. We also share some of our personal experiences with supposedly haunted places and explore the idea that absence of evidence is NOT actually evidence of absence.

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

Our guest is Helen Lee Boygues, founder of The Reboot Foundation! Helen launched Reboot a couple of years ago to "elevate critical thinking" by fostering richer conversations and reflective conversations across schools, homes and businesses. Pretty cool, eh? Helen shares with us her vision for helping people embrace and use critical thinking in their everyday lives. She talks about her background and her approaches to critical thinking, as well as the new tools and programs Reboot is working on. Want to learn more?

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

Our guest is Helen Lee Boygues, founder of The Reboot Foundation! Helen launched Reboot a couple of years ago to "elevate critical thinking" by fostering richer conversations and reflective conversations across schools, homes and businesses. Pretty cool, eh? Helen shares with us her vision for helping people embrace and use critical thinking in their everyday lives. She talks about her background and her approaches to critical thinking, as well as the new tools and programs Reboot is working on. Want to learn more?

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

Dr. Paul Salmon is welcomed into the recording booth for a fascinating interview. Paul is a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences here at UofL and is an expert on mindfulness and related topics. Paul shares key concepts about mindfulness and we weave some interesting connections between his expertise and advice and habits for critical thinking

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.

Dr. Paul Salmon is welcomed into the recording booth for a fascinating interview. Paul is a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences here at UofL and is an expert on mindfulness and related topics. Paul shares key concepts about mindfulness and we weave some interesting connections between his expertise and advice and habits for critical thinking

We discuss critical thinking in many different aspects during this hour-long conversation about a variety of topics. All of it comes back to our ability to think about our own thinking.

"Critical Thinking for Everyone" airs on FORward Radio, 106.5fm and forwardradio.org, WFMP-LP Louisville, every Thursday at 5 pm EST and repeats Thursday at midnight and Friday at 11 am. Please listen live at www.forwardradio.org/. Find us on Facebook at "Critical Thinking for Everyone".

Our music is by Bensound, and it is free and available to anyone to use--www.bensound.com/.