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
29. The Appeal to Possibility Fallacy
Just because something is possible, does that also mean it's a certainty? Of course not!
Here's how to recognize this faulty reasoning.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by…
28. The Appeal to Ignorance Fallacy
An Appeal to Ignorance happens when someone tries to convince you that something is true just because it hasn't been disproven yet.
Or, they try to convince you that something isn't true just because…
27. The Appeal to Novelty or High-Tech Fallacy
Are things really better just because they're new, just because they're the latest & the greatest?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how wel…
26. The Appeal to Tradition Fallacy
Are things really better just because they're old? Should we keep doing things just because that's how we've always done them?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want…
25. The Appeal to Fear Fallacy
The Appeal to Fear is so insidious. Here's why you have to be especially aware of this emotional manipulation: it has consequences that are far-reaching.
Want to test yourself on how well you can rec…
24. The Appeal to Pity Fallacy
As we continue our mini-series on emotional appeals, let's talk about the Appeal to Pity & how to recognize it.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourse…
23. The Appeal to Emotion Fallacy
Let's continue to conversation on propaganda by talking about one of the main ways propaganda happens: through an Appeal to Emotions.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in …
22. Let's talk propaganda
We're in a mini-series about emotional appeals, and a lot of the emotional appeals are forms of propaganda. What's propaganda? Would you recognize it if you saw it? Let's talk about it!
When you can …
21. The Appeal to Nature Fallacy
Ever heard the term "green-washing" before? It's when advertisers try to make something seem more desirable by making it seem more 'natural'. That's an Appeal to Nature & I'll tell you how to recogni…
20. The Appeal to Authority Fallacy | Critical Thinking for Teens
Today starts a new mini-series on a type of fallacy called Appeals. First up, is an Appeal to Authority, and how to recognize a legitimate appeal to authority and a faulty appeal to authority.
When y…
19. The Bandwagon Fallacy
Learn the fascinating origin of the term "jumping on the bandwagon" and also the sometimes devastating way we're seeing this fallacy play out in society now.
When you can recognize the foolishness, y…
18. The Genetic Fallacy
Learn about the 'origin story' that's behind the Genetic Fallacy.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraincell…
17. The Tu Quoque Fallacy
Today we'll be talking about the Tu Quoque fallacy, or what I like to call the "three fingers pointing back at you" fallacy.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life…
16. 5 Essentials to having a GOOD conversation
In episode 14, I briefly mentioned something about having a GOOD conversation with others...even those who share a different viewpoint than you. But I felt like I left you hanging a little bit on HOW…
15. The Loaded Question Fallacy
With a loaded question, there's more being asked than it seems on the surface.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthro…
14. The Fallacy of Equivocation
Equivocation can be fun, but it can also be dangerous...here's why.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabraince…
13. The Circular Reasoning Fallacy
Here's why it just makes you dizzy when you run into circular reasoning.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabr…
12. The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
Let's talk about the Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy and what it has to do with painting targets on a barn!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallac…
11. The Slippery Slope Fallacy
One step doesn't always lead to several steps, as the Slippery Slope fallacy says.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filterit…
10. The Special Pleading Fallacy | Logical Fallacies for Teens
How human nature causes us to use bad reasoning to excuse bad behavior.
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fallacy Quiz! www.filteritthroughabra…