Everything is a conspiracy theory if you don’t understand how anything works. So for our pilot episode we’ll teach you how to be a savvy news consumer. And then, we answer a question submitted from a listener: what’s up with the 2nd avenue subway?

Headlines: FEMA disaster aid, Nazi looting, Alaskan winters, Disaster impact, Montana abortion law

Main Course:

• Stanford researchers find students have trouble judging the credibility of information online
• Media literacy skills important to counter disinformation, survey says
• Americans' Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low
• News engagement plummets as Americans tune out
• U.S. adults under 30 now trust information from social media almost as much as from national news outlets
• Political Consequences of the Endangered Local Watchdog: Newspaper Decline and Mayoral Elections in the United States

Sweet treat:

• A Brief History of the Second Avenue Subway Line
• Second Avenue Subway History: 100 Years in the Making

Tip your waiter!

• The Birth of Brunch: Where Did This Meal Come From Anyway?
• Brunch: a plea

Music courtesy of Master Planned Music -- Thanks, Philip!