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!
Critical Thinking for teens
Homeschool curriculum
Podcast for teens
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 9 minutes
- Episodes
- 309
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
109. The 3 Laws of Logic, pt 3: The Law of the Excluded Middle
I'm going to give you a quick intro to formal logic by teaching you the 3 Laws of Logic. In part 3, you'll learn about the Law of the Excluded Middle and why it matters.
When you can recognize the fo…
108. The 3 Laws of Logic, pt 2: Law of Non-Contradiction
I'm going to give you a quick intro to formal logic by teaching you the 3 Laws of Logic. In part 2, you'll learn about the Law of Non-Contradiction and why it matters.
When you can recognize the fool…
107. The 3 Laws of Logic, pt 1: Law of Identity
I'm going to give you a quick intro to formal logic by teaching you the 3 Laws of Logic. In part 1, you'll learn about the Law of Identity and why it matters.
When you can recognize the foolishness, …
106. The Demonic Justification Fallacy
When we see someone or something as being the 'bad guy' or being evil, it's easier to justify taking action against them. But is that always right?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't g…
105. 3 Steps to Crazy Good Thinking
It's not enough to just hear about Fallacies... you have to go from knowing 'about' them to being able to use them and develop Crazy Good Thinking!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't g…
104. The Card Stacking Fallacy
Sometimes, people only want you to see the 'highlight reel' so they tend to downplay any negatives...that doesn't mean the negatives aren't there!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't ge…
103. The Plain Folks Fallacy
The ordinary, everyday folks are way more trustworthy than celebrities...right???
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filteritthro…
102. The Testimonial Fallacy
When someone gives a glowing review of something, that means it has to be good...right?!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filte…
101. The Big Lie Fallacy
If you tell a lie loud enough and long enough, pretty soon people will start to believe it.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.fi…
100. Artificial Intelligence & Losing our Ability to Think + Celebrating 100 Episodes!
Ready or not, Artificial Intelligence is here to stay...and take over. What effect will that have on our ability to think?
Also, this is Episode 100! WooHoo! Let's celebrate!
When you can recognize t…
99. The Transfer Fallacy
Ever heard of the term guilty of association? Well, this is propaganda technique creates association in interesting ways, too!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Lear…
98. The Glittering Generalities Fallacy
Without a doubt, you've seen this subtle method of getting you to feel a certain way about something or someone and not even realized it. Well, now you will!
When you can recognize the foolishness, y…
97. The Fallacy of Ambiguity
When someone commits this fallacy, it's like eating a giant nothing-burger of words...don't fall for it!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thi…
96. The Blind Loyalty Fallacy
Loyalty is always right, right?? Not necessarily...
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filteritthroughabraincell.com/crazy
Here's…
95. The Wicked Motive Fallacy
When someone has a bad motive, we definitely can't trust anything they say, right?
Well....maybe not.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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94. The Noble Motive Fallacy
We should trust people with good motives....right??
Not so fast...
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filteritthroughabraincell.c…
93. Critical Thinking is Offensive: 4 hard truths you need to embrace to truly think well
If you want to think well, you're going to have to embrace some hard truths:
Hard truth number 1: If you want to think well, you have to risk being offensive.
Hard truth number 2: If you want to thin…
92. The Chronological Snobbery Fallacy
Did you know C.S. Lewis coined this term when naming a fallacy he found himself guilty of? It's true!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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91. The Appeal to Spite Fallacy
Sometimes people just try to get you mad at someone so that you'll completely dismiss whatever they're saying. Don't fall for it!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
L…
90. The Nirvana Fallacy
Is the best the enemy of the good? This fallacy answers that question!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn more about Crazy Thinkers: www.filteritthroughabraince…