In the spirit of promoting citizenship in our democracy, during this time as the 2024 presidential election begins to ramp up, every once in a while Julia and I will replay one of our previous episodes—an episode that reminds us of how important critical thinking is to our democracy. So, here’s the first of those: Thinking Clearly episode #79: How critical thinking can make us better citizens and cure our ailing democracy-with guest Timothy Redmond.
#77-The journey from the world of magicians and psychics to becoming a skeptical activist who promotes science and critical thinking-with guest Mark Edward
#76-How mathematics can improve our lives and make us better critical thinkers-with guest John Allen Paulos
#75-How to Get Real by Mastering and Using Critical Thinking-with guest Jon Guy
#74-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking—back to the basics—with Melanie Trecek-King
#73-Back to the Nuts and Bolts of Critical Thinking-with guest James Zimring
#72-Trust and the Semantic Pointer Theory of Cognition-with Paul Thagard
#71-The Nature of Trust in this age of Polarization-with guest Kevin Vallier
#70-The Nature of Trust
#69-Strategies for Constructive Conversations-with guest Tania Israel
#68-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins
#67-Street Epistemology-with guest Anthony Magnabosco
#66-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O’Connor
#65-Considering Risks and Benefits of our Actions and Beliefs-with guest David Ropeik
#64-Bob and Julia discuss perspectives to help understand dysfunction in the ability of people with opposing views to have productive dialogues
#63- How Reality-Based Communities and the Constitution of Knowledge Can Help Turn Disagreement into Truth-with guest Jonathan Rauch
#62-How to Talk to a Science Denier-with guest Lee McIntyre
#61-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras
#60-The Attention Economy-with Guest Michael H. Goldhaber
#59-Deep Questions about Critical Thinking
#58-Exploring the New Science of Cognitive Immunology-with Guest Andy Norman
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