Thinking Clearly

Coauthors of the widely acclaimed book, They Say/I Say-The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing , explore how to craft persuasive arguments and communicate them effectively. Topics discussed include: the connection...

With a Bachelor's Degree in Biology, a Master's Degree in Philosophy, and experience as a teacher, our guest for this episode, Stephanie Simoes, developed Critikid , a website for kids, teens, teachers and others...

James Fishkin, Stanford University Professor (and Director of the Stanford Deliberative Democracy Lab) discusses his extensive research and development focused on the process of "Deliberative Polling" and clarifies its...

Patrick Hurley, Philosophy Professor Emeritus at University of San Diego and author of the widely acclaimed textbook: A Concise Introduction to Logic, joins us to discuss: the role of logic in acquiring knowledge and...

Early in his career our guest, Bill Adair, worked as a journalist, author, and later founded the fact-checking organization Politifact . And in 2013 he accepted a position at Duke University as the Knight Professor of...

Untrue information is called misinformation, and intentionally spread misinformation is known as disinformation. When one uses disinformation to further one's own agenda, especially in the political realm, then the...

This episode looks back to the previous episode: # 22- Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking , and updates it from the perspective of 2025.

This episode takes a deep dive into the concept of "worldview", based on the research and work done by Annick de Witt: researcher, writer, teacher, and founder of the organization Worldview Journeys. Topics discussed...

Even though they affect all of our lives, most of us know almost nothing about how policies are made, especially policy made by our state and federal governments. So, Julia and Bob learned a lot from this conversation...

This discussion with philosopher, former tenured professor at Iowa State University, and now independent critical thinking educator and consultant, Kevin deLaplante, revisits the importance and benefits of critical...

Researcher, author and former Research Manager of the Stanford Internet Observatory, Renée DiResta, discusses how numerous internet-savvy individuals (influencers) are causing a profound shift in power and influence...

Professor Jacqueline Gottlieb, Principal Investigator at Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute and former head of the Research Cluster on Curiosity at Columbia University's Center for Science and Society, brings her...

Second time Thinking Clearly guest, Tania Israel, Professor of Counseling Psychology at UC Santa Barbara, guides us through how to overcome the toxic effects of consuming politicized news and social media in this...

Calling on his experience in evidence-based policy making, teaching a course at UC Berkeley called Sense and Sensibility and Science , and coauthoring the book Third Millennium Thinking-Creating Sense in a World of...

Research and current theories about the nature of human consciousness are explored with guest Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex. Topics include: how human...