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
189. Scapegoating - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #7
Did you know some people blame an innocent person on purpose?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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188. FUD & FOMO - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #6
These two tactics are two sides of the same coin...don't fall for it!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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187. Dog Whistle - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #5
Are there really messages that only certain people can hear?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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186. Projection - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #4
When someone tries to make it seem like you did the thing they actually did!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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185. Minimization - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #3
When someone wants to take attention away from a big issue, they'll often attempt to make it seem smaller than it really is.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn…
184. Muddy the Waters - Propaganda Tactics Miniseries #2
When someone purposely makes things confusing & unclear, it can make them uncertain & confused. Don't let someone do it to you on purpose!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled…
183. Adding Qualifiers - Propaganda Tactic Miniseries #1
These little words & phrases create just enough uncertainty that the person saying them can get away with saying things that may not be true.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get foo…
182. The Appeal to Extremes Fallacy
Just because you CAN make something seem utterly ridiculous doesn't always mean it is!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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181. The link between marketing and human psychology
Did you know that so much of Marketing is based on Human Psychology? I'll give you 5 tactics that marketers use to try to get you to buy!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled …
180. The Appeal to the Beard
Sometimes it's hard to tell when conditions change from one state to another, but that doesn't mean the two states are the same.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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179. The Divine Fallacy
You may not be able to explain something, but does that always mean it's the result of divine intervention?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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178. The Appeal to Faith Fallacy
Have you ever seen a movie where the theme behind it was, "just believe" whatever this thing is I'm telling you to believe?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
Learn…
177. The Appeal to Equality Fallacy
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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176. The Argument from Omniscience Fallacy
Someone might make claims that the know what 'everyone' is thinking, but do they really?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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175. The Appeal to Bribery Fallacy
When someone offers you a bribe, you really need to think about why they're having to resort to that tactic!
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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174. The Appeal to Force Fallacy
Nobody likes to hear, "You'd better do it, or else!"
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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173. The Politician's Syllogism Fallacy
When bad things happen, people often cry, 'Something must be done!' And there's no shortage of people willing to swoop in with a half-baked idea of what that 'something' should be.
When you can recog…
172. The Notable Effort Fallacy
We've all heard the phrase "Give them an 'A' for effort", but did you know it can also be a fallacy?
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171. The Fake Precision Fallacy
I'm 87.54% sure you've heard this fallacy before.
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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Here's …
170. The Quantum Physics Fallacy
Just saying the words 'Quantum Physics' automatically makes you sound smarter....right?
When you can recognize the foolishness, you won't get fooled by it!
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