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
229. The Self-Refuting Statement
"Podcasts are never worth listening to; except when they're absolutely captivating, informative, and entertaining, which is pretty much all the time."
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won'…
228. The Fallacy of Opposition
It doesn't matter what they say, I disagree!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the …
227. The Broken Window Fallacy
A broken window helps the economy, right??
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Me…
226. The Traitorous Critic Fallacy
"If you don't like it, just leave!"
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Meme Fall…
225. The Nutpicking Fallacy
One crazy person is all it takes to make a video - and a group's reputation - go viral.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can …
224. The Definist Fallacy
"Coffee is the Elixir of Life!" Or is it??
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take the Me…
223. The Appeal to Definition Fallacy
The Dictionary definition of a word is always the best one to use, right?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fall…
222. The Meaningless Question Fallacy
If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Hmm...
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you ca…
221. The Magical Thinking Fallacy
Does sending 'good vibes' actually change the outcome of a situation?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacie…
220. The Fallacy of Every and All
"Everybody loves somebody. I'm somebody, so therefore everybody loves me, right?!"
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recog…
219. The Shoehorning Fallacy
Ever meet someone who thinks everything that happens is proof of a particular belief they hold?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well …
218. The Appeal to Stupidity Fallacy
You definitely should turn off your brain when you listen to this episde!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fall…
217. The ‘Just in Case’ Fallacy
You should plug your years while you listen, in case you learn something in this episode!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you ca…
216. Failure to Elucidate
Sometimes the explanation is more confusing than the question!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in re…
215. The Appeal to the Law Fallacy
If something is legal, that must mean it's RIGHT...or does it??
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in r…
214. The Pragmatic Fallacy
If it 'worked' for me, it must be true...right?!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies in real life? Take …
213. The Begging the Question Fallacy
What happens when someone bases their argument on a conclusion? Confusion!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fal…
212. The Incomplete Comparison Fallacy
"This podcast is 30% more interesting!" Hmm...did I leave something out there?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize…
211. The McNamara Fallacy
Stats are the most important thing when making a decision...right?!?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies…
210. The Ludic Fallacy
Probabilities may work in games, but do they translate to real life?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Want to test yourself on how well you can recognize fallacies…