All Episodes

#114-Major Themes in Thinking Clearly-with Bob And Julia

#113-Recalling Defeating Disinformation and Protecting Democracy-with guest Lee McIntyre

#112-Bob and Julia Unleashed

#111-AI-Assisted Tools in Education and How AI Might Assist our Critical Thinking-with guest Kyle Falbo

#110-The Role of Emotions in Thinking and Learning-with guest Mary Helen Immordino-Yang

#109-The Moves that Matter in Crafting Persuasive Arguments and Communicating them Effectively-with guests Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein-Graff

#108-Teaching Critical Thinking to Kids-with guest Stephanie Simoes

#107-How Institutionalizing Deliberative Political Processes Can Lead to Deliberative Democracy and Reduce Polarization-with guest Jim Fishkin

#106- The Role of Logic in Acquiring Knowledge and Forming Beliefs-with guest Patrick Hurley

#105-The Epidemic of Political Lying and the Importance of Fact-checking-with guest Bill Adair

#104-The Importance of Trust in Information and Institutions-revisited

#103-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking-updated for 2025

#102-Worldviews and How they Guide our Beliefs-with guest Annick de Witt

#101-The Virtues of Evidence-Based Policy Making-with guest Robert MacCoun

#100-Foundations and Future of Critical Thinking-with guest Kevin deLaplante

#99-How internet influencers, algorithms and crowds are altering our politics, our society and our very relationship to reality-with guest Renée DiResta.mp3

#98-The Nature of Curiosity and it's implications for Critical Thinking-with guest Jacqueline Gottlieb

#97-How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation-with guest Tania Israel

#96-Using practices and tools from science while also learning how to weave together facts and values to rebuild trust and cooperation-with guest Robert MacCoun

#95-Critical Thinking and the Nature of Human Consciousness-with guest Anil Seth

#94-The Essence of Critical Thinking and Demonstrations of How to Have Civil Dialogues

#93-Critical Thinking Fundamentals and how to find truth in all the noise-with guest Dr. Seema Yasmin

#92-Election 2024 Preparation 4-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras

#91-How artificial intelligence can help us understand human cognition-with guest Leslie Valiant

#90-Election 2024 Preparation 3-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins

#89-Election 2024 Preparation 2-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O'Connor

#88-What's new in teaching critical thinking and advances in the mental immunity approach for combating misinformation with guest Melanie Trecek-King

#87-Election 2024 Preparation—The Importance of Critical Thinking to Democracy, with guest Timothy Redmond

#86-Disinformation-its creators, amplifiers and believers-and how to fight for truth and protect democracy with guest Lee McIntyre

#85-Critical thinking in health and medicine and the importance of critical thinking in pandemics and other national and international health crises

# 84-Top pick episode after seven years-Johnathan Rauch and the Constitution of Knowledge

#83-Bob and Julia discuss Artificial Intelligence

#82-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking and Recognizing Unsubstantiated Claims-with guest Alan Bensley

#81-Actively Open-minded Thinking-with guest Emlen Metz

#80- Virtues, Benefits and Joy of Critical Thinking and Science Appreciation-with Guy Harrison

#79-How critical thinking can make us better citizens and cure our ailing democracy-with guest Timothy Redmond

#78-Celebrating Skilled Intuition-a second look at Naturalistic Decision Making with guest Gary Klein

#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

#57-Political Depolarization-How to Navigate Political Discussions with Friends and Family-with guest Bill Doherty

#56-The Relationship of Group Identity to Critical Thinking-with Guest Amber Gaffney

#55-How to Identify BS and When and How to Challenge It-with Guest Jevin West

#54-Perspectives of Human Cognition as Critical Thinking Tools and How to Prevent the Infocalypse

#53-Truth in Politics and the Pro-Truth Pledge-with Guest Tim Ward

#52-Demonstration of a step by step information vetting process

#51-The Nature of Truth-A Civil Dialogue between a Theist, an Agnostic and an Atheist

#50-Vetting Information Using Critical Thinking Skills

#49-Essential Knowledge About Critical Thinking-with Guest Jonathan Haber

#48-Countering Misinformation-with Guest John Cook

#47-Best Practices in Critical Thinking-with Guest Professor Emeritus Anthony Weston

#46-Critical Thinking in the Time of Crisis

#45-Music and the Arts Meet Critical Thinking and Science-Guest Baba Brinkman

#44-Interactive Resources for Sharpening your Critical Thinking Skills-with Guest Spencer Greenberg

#43-Critical Thinking and How Our Brain Constructs Reality

#42-False Beliefs in our Democracy-How they Spread and Persist-with Guest Cailin O'’Connor

#41-Belief Formation, Influence of Beliefs on Reasoning, and Belief Change-with guest Michael Wolfe

#40-How Tribalism, Arrogance and Conviction Work Against Seeking Truth-with guest Michael Lynch

#39-Bob and Julia discuss the base rate fallacy, superforecasting, and regression to the mean

#38-Guest Professor Lee McIntyre discusses Science Denial, the Scientific Attitude and Related Topics

#37-Bob and Julia Discuss Claims, Conclusions, Opinions, Beliefs, Open-mindedness and the Skeptics Sniff Test

#36-Using and editing Wikipedia and the relationship of skepticism to critical thinking with guest, Susan Gerbic

#35-The Relationship of Critical Thinking to Cultural Cognition and Identity Protective Cognition with Guest John Gastil

#34-Some Math and Statistics Topics that Serve as Important Tools for Critical Thinkers-with Guest, John Allen Paulos

#33-Critical Thinking Involving Moral Issues with Guest, Philosophy Professor Benjamin Shaeffer

#32-A Discussion of Teaching, Learning and Practicing Critical Thinking with "Critical Thinking" textbook author Richard Parker

#31-Bob and Julia discuss skepticism, world views, the importance of critical thinking, and a bundle of other topics with guest George Hrab

#30-Bob and Julia discuss Tribalism and Polarization, Cultural Cognition, and preview topics and guests for future shows

#29-Skilled Intuition-the positive side of our fast thinking-with guest, Dr. Gary Klein

#28-Bob and Julia discuss the top 3 things they've learned from doing the show.

#27-The Importance of Understanding and Engaging in Rational Arguments-a conversation with Professor Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

#26-Understanding Risk-Benefit Assessment-with Professor Daniel Cole

#25-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking-part 2

#24-The Effect of Tribalism and Polarization on Critical Thinking

#23-Revisiting Critical Thinking – a review of concepts and topics

#22-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking

#21-Having Civil Dialogues-part 3 (demonstration of civil dialogue)

#20-Having Civil Dialogues-part 2

#19-Having Civil Dialogues

#18-Critical Thinking About Moral Issues

#17-Motivated Reasoning and Related Topics with Professor Peter Ditto

#16-The Big Picture of Cognitive Science and Its Relation to Critical Thinking

#15-New Approaches to Learning the Process of Critical Thinking with guest Dr. Kevin deLaplante