Filter It Through a Brain Cell

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 true?

Critical thinking is the most important skill you can have when you’re living in a world that seems to have lost its mind.

Everyone out there is trying to tell you WHAT to think, I want to teach you HOW to think!

In every episode, I’m exposing the logical fallacies & cognitive biases being used by advertisers, politicians, influencers, news outlets, social media memes, and maybe even your own best friend.

Warning: listening to this podcast will cause you to see bad thinking everywhere!

Welcome to the Filter It Through a Brain Cell Podcast!

I'm a homeschooling mama who realized we need to equip the next generation to be able to discern truth from lies and created this podcast with short, fun episodes that you can play in the car with your teens and have a fun discussion about what you've learned!

NOTE: While you're certainly welcome to listen to this podcast in any order, I recommend listening in sequential order starting with Episode 1. I think you'll get more out of it that way!

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Update frequency: every 3 days
Average duration: 9 minutes
Episodes: 309
Years Active: 2022 - 2025

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309. The Ingroup Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

This bias might explain some of the behavior at your favorite team's sporting events!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filte…

00:07:49 | Mon 08 Sep 2025

308. The False Uniqueness Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

This could also be called the "special unicorn" effect! 😂

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/qui…

00:07:35 | Thu 04 Sep 2025

307. The Labeling Effect Bias: The scary consequences of unchecked biases!

The crazy true story of how 8 healthy people got admitted to psych hospitals with false diagnoses!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Qu…

00:13:18 | Mon 01 Sep 2025

306. How To Raise a Kid Who Never Questions Anything (Warning: Satire Ahead!)

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/quiz

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00:12:04 | Thu 12 Jun 2025

305. The Empathy Gap Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

It's easy to tell someone, "I know how you feel!" But do we really know how they're feeling?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! ww…

00:08:13 | Mon 09 Jun 2025

304. The Ambiguity Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

Do you ever find your brain just wanting to 'play it safe'? This is why!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabr…

00:08:29 | Thu 05 Jun 2025

303. The Optimism Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

If you know an Entrepreneur, ask them if they've experienced this Bias!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabra…

00:07:34 | Mon 02 Jun 2025

302. The Illusion of Control Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

Why do we hit the elevator button multiple times, hoping it'll get the elevator to move faster?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Qu…

00:09:31 | Thu 29 May 2025

301. The Omission Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens

Why do we have a tendency to judge people more harshly if they do something that turns out badly than if they do nothing and it still turns out badly?

Want to test yourself on how well you can reco…

00:08:27 | Tue 27 May 2025

300. The Impact Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

If you could just get that new pair of shoes, your whole life would change, right?! Here's why your brain tells you that!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life?…

00:09:12 | Thu 22 May 2025

299. The Forer Effect Bias | Cognitive Biases for Teens

Have you seen fortune tellers at the local fair and wondered how people could fall for it? This explains it!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Mem…

00:13:00 | Mon 19 May 2025

298. The Decoy Effect | Critical Thinking for Teens

Be careful anytime you are presented with 3 options...they may be preying on this bias!

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.f…

00:08:22 | Thu 15 May 2025

297. The Cheerleader Effect | Cognitive Biases for Teens

Did you know that being a part of a group automatically makes you appear to be more attractive?

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Qui…

00:08:57 | Mon 12 May 2025

296. The Action Bias | Critical Thinking for Teens

"Don't think, do something!" But is that always the best idea??

Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell…

00:09:20 | Thu 08 May 2025

295. How to Stop Being Afraid of the News | Media Bias for Teens

Today is the final episode in our Media Bias Mini-series! I wanted to share a practical tip that will help you deal with bad & scary news stories & predictions!

Want to test yourself on how well yo…

00:09:44 | Mon 05 May 2025