TMI 01/26/2024 - Big Oil Uses IPRB to Miseducate Students, Data Combats the Myth of the Female Shopaholic, Kanter's Law Gives Hope on the COVID Pandemic and more

The Illinois Petroleum Resource Board (IPRB) has been a gas tax-funded education and outreach program for 25 years, with a particular aim of providing science curriculum and professional development workshops for Illinois teachers. Nevermind that the information given is solely focused on making Big Oil look absolutely indispensable to the future of civilization, or even that Oklahoma, Kansas and Arkansas have similar petroleum-focused "educational" programs - that under-the-radar status is just what the IPRB likes. We expose them. Then, we look at the culturally-pervasive myth of the "female shopaholic" and explore how the data and cultural context doesn't back up this sexist trope at all. Finally, we show how the management concept of Kanter's Law shows some hope for the ongoing COVID epidemic. All this and more on TMI for Friday, January 26, 2024 - listen in for YOUR Cure for the Common Media!