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
89. The Toupee Fallacy
Have you ever heard someone boast, "You can't fool me! I don't miss a thing!" Well...is that really true?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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88. How well can you recognize the Fallacies when you see them?
The whole goal of learning about logical fallacies is so you can recognize the when you come across them in the real world! Here's a way to test how well you're doing at it.
When you can recognize th…
87. Whataboutism
I guarantee you've heard this fallacy before...you may have even committed it! It's a classic story of finger-pointing in an effort to take the attention off yourself.
When you can recognize the fool…
86. The Spotlight Fallacy
What effect does it have on us to hear sensationalized & repeated stories on the news or in the media? As it turns out, a big one.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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85. The Sunk Cost Fallacy
Are you familiar with the saying, "There's no use throwing good money after bad"? This fallacy will explain exactly what that saying means!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get foole…
85. The Victim Fallacy
Ever heard the phrase, "Playing the victim?" It comes from this fallacy.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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83. The Relativist Fallacy
This fallacy is being shouted from the roof-tops these days: "Even if it's not true for you, it's true for me!" Oof. This whole argument is based on the concept of relative truth.
When you can recogn…
82. The Psychologist’s Fallacy
There's a good reason we're not mind-readers: we're not good at it! And our assumptions of what someone else is thinking & how they perceive situations is often incorrect.
When you can recognize the …
81. The Fallacy of Misleading Vividness
Vivid & dramatic images make a huge impression on us...and sometimes convince us that something is true even when the evidence says otherwise!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fo…
80. The Fallacy of Presentism
This fallacy is very similar to The Historian's Fallacy, with one small exception...
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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79. The Historian’s Fallacy
When we look back on the actions people have taken in the past, we have to be careful about judging them based on what we know now.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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78. The Non Sequitur Fallacy
Ever met someone who reasons like a 4-year-old? Lol - it's funny, but makes little sense.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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77. The Furtive Fallacy
Ever meet someone who is suspicious of everyone? Or who thinks that some person in leadership is making harmful, secretive decisions? Well, today's episode may explain why.
When you can recognize the…
76. The Alphabet Soup Fallacy
Ever had someone use a bunch of acronyms or abbreviations to make themselves seem more knowledgeable? Yeah, not cool!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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75. The Appeal to Ridicule Fallacy
Just because someone makes fun of an idea doesn't mean it's a bad idea or that it's not true!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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74. How to have a conversation with someone who believes differently than you: with my 15-year old daughter, Lena
I have the most special guest today, my 15-year old daughter, Lena!
Lena is going to share how she's used the 4 Simple Tools for Brain Surgery in real-life conversations to have a discussion with som…
73. 4 Simple Tools for Brain Surgery: Part 4
In this 4-part series, I'm giving you 4 tools you can use to help other people begin to start filtering their ideas through a brain cell!
To learn more about TeenPact: www.teenpact.com
To learn more …
72. 4 Simple Tools for Brain Surgery: Part 3
In this 4-part series, I'm giving you 4 tools you can use to help other people begin to start filtering their ideas through a brain cell!
To learn more about TeenPact: www.teenpact.com
To learn more …
71. 4 Simple Tools for Brain Surgery: Part 2
The 2nd Simple Tool for Brain Surgery will get the other person to consider the credibility of the authority they're looking to for the ideas & beliefs they're holding.
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70. 4 Simple Tools for Brain Surgery: Part 1
In this 4-part series, I'm giving you 4 tools you can use to help other people begin to start filtering their ideas through a brain cell!
To learn more about TeenPact: www.teenpact.com
To learn more …