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Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Alternative Facts w/ Asheley Landrum

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Society & Culture, Natural Sciences, Science

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by her old high school pal, psychologist and science communication expert Dr. Asheley Landrum. They discuss why a large portion of the public doesn't believe the scientific consensus on topics like climate change, evolution, vaccines, and COVID-19. From pseudoscience to conspiracy theories to extreme denial of reality, Asheley dives deep into the distrust of authority, political propaganda, and psychosocial pressures that lead to belief in "alternative facts."

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, November 16th, 2020 and I'm the

0:19.2

host of the show Kara Santa Maria. And in American political news,

0:24.6

I mean, unless you've been living under a rock,

0:26.8

you probably know by now that the election results,

0:31.7

for the most part are in.

0:34.7

Joe Biden has been named the next president of the United States.

0:38.8

So all I will say about that is that the guy I was hoping would win

0:42.2

and of course the incredible woman

0:44.1

Kamala Harris will be serving as VE the guy I was hoping would disappear

0:50.9

is still trying to fight this thing but he doesn't have an argument to be made.

0:55.7

So a weight has been lifted.

1:00.2

We'll talk a little bit more about some of the concepts of divisiveness, but we'll be getting

1:08.4

more into conspiratorial thinking and pseudoscience in this episode and it's just like a really fascinating chat.

1:15.6

It's a really good one you guys, but before we do that, I do want to thank those of you who continue

1:20.0

to support the show week after week. You know that I have a Patreon account,

1:26.1

Patreon.com slash TalkNurdy and that's where you can pledge to support even a dollar

1:31.0

an episode. It goes an awfully long way.

1:34.0

But of course, I want to give a shout out

1:35.2

to the top supporters of the show

1:37.2

because they have just made incredible contributions

1:39.6

that we can all appreciate.

1:40.8

This is how I keep my show free. That includes Michael Goshé, Mary Niva,

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