Unspun

By Amanda Sturgill

Unspun is critical thinking about the news. Hear real examples, past and present, of newsmakers attempting to mislead you and understand how they manipulate the truth. Learn how to avoid being sway

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How many episodes does Unspun have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

Unspun episodes:

April 30, 2024 Episode 17.5 Are press briefings PR?
In this minisode of UnSpun, Dr. Sturg breaks down how press conferences work and how they are used to shape the public's view of what a newsmaker is doing. Plus, a logical thinking review.
Washington Post article on Chanel Rion and OANN's presence at White House Press Conferences

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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17min
April 23, 2024 Episode 17: The final word on bad analogies (feat. Frangela)
Angela V. Shelton and Frances Callier, Frangela, host the very popular The Final Word podcast on the MSW Media Network. But the podcast is just one waypoint in an accomplished career in comedy and acting. The artists discuss the rewards and challenges they have faced in their careers, explain why representation benefits everyone and give the inside scoop on what happens at a comedian house party.
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Idiot of the Week podcast
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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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47min
April 09, 2024 Episode 16.5: Should journalism try for objectivity?
It is always fair to include both sides? Dr. Sturg breaks down the history and future of objectivity in this miniepisode of UnSpun.
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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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16min
April 02, 2024 Episode 16: Freedom from Disinformation (feat: Barbara McQuade)
News media and news makers can do better at working to protect democracy. In this week's episode, Dr. Sturg breaks down the research on how media cover elections and gives some examples of the the appeal to nature fallacy. Then, author, professor and NBC contributor Barbara McQuade and Dr. Sturg talk about her new book and the ways that lawmakers could act to help audiences protect themselves from disinformation.

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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38min
March 26, 2024 Episode 15.5: Why WhatsApp is great for privacy but bad for misinformation
Trying a new episode format - single host minisodes! Let me know what you think!
What's even worse for carrying disinformation than social media? Messaging apps! In this episode, Dr. Sturg reviews a deceptive tactic with some new clips and goes over the research on how apps like WhatsApp and Telegram make it very hard to stop Fake News from spreading. Plus, newsmakers are at it again. Hear some new clips to review a thinking problem we've already talked about on UnSpun.
Here's a link to the Last Week Tonight episode mentioned on the podcast.

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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18min
March 19, 2024 Episode 15: How do search engines work? (feat. Matt Diamante)
Google and other search engines are an essential part of digital life. There's so much information online that we need help finding what we need. But that search doesn't give you all the information or even necessarily the best information. In this week's UnSpun, Dr. Sturg runs down the research on internet search and she and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) expert Matt Diamanté from Ontario's Hey Tony Agency go through what businesses will do to be at the top of the page when you search.
Also, Dr. Sturg talks about the Fallacy of Composition - where excellent NBA players working together became a disappointing Olympic team.
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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
We are #AltGov

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33min
March 05, 2024 Episode 14: How to spot misinformation (feat. Mike Caulfield)
In this week's UnSpun, Dr. Sturg and author Mike Caulfield discuss how to keep yourself safer from the misinformation effect by being more aware of your own relationship to the facts you seek. Plus, Dr. Sturg goes over what a reporter means when she says "on the record" and gives some examples of false authority, which is when someone is put forward as an expert, but really doesn't have the expertise at hand.

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Mike's book: Verified

CAIR Report on Oklahoma City
Video of Washington Post reporter telling Project Veritas rep. she is being recorded

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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39min
February 20, 2024 Episode 13: Are we addicted to outrage?
Someone's need to feel validated and important can affect how they view the news, politics and even their own family. In this episode, Dr. Sturg talks with psychotherapist Nick Carmody about the interplay between emotions, beliefs and actions. Plus, she talks about how features like impact and bizarreness shape the news you see.

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
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40min
February 06, 2024 Episode 12: False Choice and Falsehoods
One way newsmakers to get people to agree with them is to limit their choices so they look like the reasonable one. But they may not be reasonable at all. Learn about false choice this week, and then Dr. Sturg talks with author Teri Kanefield about her upcoming graphic novel "Firehose of Falsehood."

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Teri's book FireHose of Falsehood

Harvard Library Resources on Scientific Racism

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Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
We are #AltGov

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38min
January 23, 2024 Episode 11: Open secrets: FOIA and other ways to get information from the government. (feat: Katie Anthony and AltFDA)
Every fact can matter, but you wouldn’t know it from the way some newsmakers act. It’s tempting to ignore facts that don’t support what you want to believe, but that’s a logic crime called cherry picking. Dr. Sturg goes through several examples. Then she and then she and American Oversight’s Katie Anthony talk about how FOIA and other records laws can help keep the government accountable. Your taxes pay for the data that the government keeps, and knowing what goes on can help everyone to save democracy. Finally, while a FOIA request about FDA information can take many months to get answered, an anonymous Twitter account can apparently get an answer straight from the top. AltFDA talks about a time when that happened related to concerns about inspections at a facility that makes a lot of a generic painkiller that’s probably in your medicine cabinet right now.
Guests
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Dr. Sturg’s Books
Detecting Deception: Tools to Fight Fake News
We are #AltGov

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40min

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How many episodes does Unspun have?

The podcast currently has 80 episodes available.

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