Don’t Wreck Yourself is a weekly podcast about finding truth on the internet. On each episode, we assess a claim wrecking the internet, answer questions nobody asked us, and keep you from ruining your life with bad information choices.
Tags: advice, analysis, click-bait, Comedy, Conspiracy, Current Events, facebook, fact checking, History, instagram, Lies, memes, misinformation, News, Truth, Twitter, veteran
Tech Shock: Everything you always wanted to know about tech and family life.Podcasting from Parent Zone,the media literacy experts, hosts Vicki Shotbolt and Geraldine Bedell explore the upsides and downsides of family life in the digital age. With a range of expert guests they look at online harms to children ranging from pornography to gambling and at what should be done about them. Incurably optimistic, Vicki and Geraldine also celebrate the many benefits of tech for children and young people, as they consider how best to live in a world in which family life is now inescapably digital.Listen every Monday, subscribe, and give us a five star review.
Categories: Arts, Kids & Family
Tags: Children, digitalparenting, gambling, HateSpeech, medialiteracy, misinformation, Ofcom, Onlineharms, OnlineSafety, OnlineSafetyBill, tech, techpolicy
The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t only taken lives; it’s divided our country. Neighbors have turned on each other, family members have stopped speaking with one another, and many are left asking how it got to this point? The answers may be found in the small Texas city of San Angelo, Texas. In September 2021, it gained the unwanted distinction of being the fastest-growing city in the state for new COVID-19 cases. It’s also become a battleground for the politics of the pandemic.
Dying to be Wrong is an NBCLX mini-documentary series premiering on Oct. 18th examining an America divided by COVID-19. NBCLX Storyteller Cody Broadway goes back to his hometown to explore an America divided by COVID-19, capturing the stories of the people whose lives have been forever changed by the pandemic. From those who say they choose to live their life by faith over fear to the local medical officials facing severe burnout to the families pleading with people to get vaccinated and wear a mask, Dying To Be Wrong asks what’s the ultimate price paid for COVID misinformation.
Categories: Health & Fitness, Science, Society & Culture
Tags: covid-19, misinformation, NBC
Stories of Families Ripped Apart by Qanon. When the covid-19 vaccines began to roll out in Canada, my brother and I made a concerning discovery: my parents had bought into the Qanon conspiracies. What ensued was two months of arguing in email, just trying to get them to get vaccinated. They are both in their 70s, and our father has had some medical issues that caused concern when the pandemic began. It was crucial to get them vaccinated. In an unexpected turn of events, after months of arguing, they finally agreed. I went with them, and I witnessed them both get vaccinated. They insisted that they finally realized the conspiracy theories had duped them, and all seemed to be well again. But, at the beginning of 2022, my brother noticed that our parents had drained several of their investment and banking accounts. When he confronted them, it became clear: they were deeper into Q than ever before. We don’t know where the money is or the full extent of the conspiracy theories they have accepted, but we do know one thing: the people who raised us are gone. In their place are two strangers and a lot of hurt. I have decided to funnel this sadness and anger into a project to raise awareness about what Qanon is doing to families and relationships. Qanon is everywhere. In every country. They could be your family, your friends, your neighbours. They could be your lawyers, your doctors, or your police officers. They can even be your elected representatives. But what no one is talking about is how they are destroying relationships. They are Qanon, and these are the stories of the people who love them.
Categories: News, Society & Culture
Tags: conspiracies, Conspiracy, conspiracy theories, cult, cults, extremism, misinformation, Politics, qanon, rabbit hole
Hosted by political philosopher and Vanderbilt University professor Robert Talisse, Why We Argue is an interview podcast that brings in academics, philosophers, historians, journalists, politicians, and other notable public figures to think about the nature of truth in a time of viral misinformation. Created by Future of Truth, a project of the University of Connecticut’s Humanities Institute and funded by the University of Connecticut, the Henry Luce Foundation, and Vanderbilt University.
Categories: News, Society & Culture
Tags: interviews, journalism, misinformation, Philosophy, Politics, Truth
A podcast that tackles pseudoscience and misinformation from the view of a science educator.
Send us an email, suggest a topic, or ask a question atbaloneydetectionpodcast@gmail.com.
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Categories: Education, Science
Tags: misinformation, Phoenix Studios, pseudoscience, science educator
QAnon, white supremacists, Proud Boys, the alt-right…host Matt Binder guides you through all the conspiracy theories, far right groups, fake news, misinformation, reactionary movements, and more on DOOMED, a leftist politics and culture show for our terrible times.
Categories: News
Tags: Comedy, Conspiracy, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theory, Left, leftist, liberal, misinformation, Politics, pop culture, pro wrestling, progressive, punk, qanon, socialist
“Is that a fact?” is produced by the non-partisan national education non-profit the News Literacy Project. It seeks to inform listeners about news literacy issues that affect their lives through informative conversations with experts working to combat misinformation.
Categories: Education
Tags: covid-19, democracy, election, false narratives, media literacy, misinformation, news literacy