Episode 84 - Purity Culture, Parenting, and Fear in the Media

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Mike McHargue

Science, Leisure, Society & Culture, Games

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🗓️ 26 September 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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For this week's Ask Science Mike, we address the following questions: Why does media focus on fear-based stories? How did you learn to love the Bible again? How do you keep your kid safe while giving them freedom to learn? How can I feel close to God after a sexual assault? You're in charge of this program. All you have to do is submit a question using #asksciencemike on Twitter, YouTube, or Soundcloud. You can also submit questions anonymously on asksciencemike.com. The easiest way to get new episodes is to subscribe on iTunes here. Ask Science Mike is made possible by listeners like you. Learn more on our Patreon page. Here are some resources on each answer if you'd like to dig deeper. Why does media focus on fear-based stories? Influence of mass media How did you learn to love the Bible again? Finding God in the Waves How do you keep your kid safe while giving them freedom to learn? There’s never been a safer time to be a kid in America How can I feel close to God after a sexual assault? Recovering from Sexual Violence Preproduction by Andrew Galucki. Ask Science Mike is produced by Gregg Nordin. The Ask Science Mike theme song was written, performed, and recorded by Jeb Bodiford. If you need original podcast music, he's your guy. You've got questions, he's got answers. Even though we may not understand he'll talk anyway. You've got problems, he won't solve them, But he'll talk and talk and talk until he's blue in the face. Science, faith, and life - Ask Science Mike.

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0:00.0	Purity Culture, parenting, and fear in media.
0:03.1	All then and more on this week's episode of Ask Science Mike. He's got answers even though we may not understand.
0:15.0	He'll talk anyway.
0:16.0	He got problems.
0:17.0	He won't solve them.
0:19.0	But I'm talking talking talking
0:21.0	till the flu in the face.
0:22.0	Science, faith faith and life. Ask Science Mike.
0:27.0	Welcome to Ask Science Mike, the weekly podcast where I answer your questions about science, faith, and life,
0:35.6	and this week it's a tour week. I'm traveling all over and there's not a lot of time to research
0:40.3	for the show, so I'm intriguing. That's kind of like like past science like live I'm answering all these questions off the top of my head
0:46.4	so what you see in the show notes may actually conflict my answer which is kind of
0:50.6	weird but whatever it could be fun let's get it started
0:54.0	well as most of you probably know I'm on tour right now to support my new book
1:04.4	Finding God in the Waves which by the way thank you for all of the lovely Amazon
1:09.4	reviews wow they're really good, really encouraging, you know, especially saying that already
1:17.4	the book is getting past the podcast audience to new people and that's all you.
1:22.1	You're the people telling others that the book is out there and they
1:25.3	may enjoy it so thank you for that and I'd love to see you in person and say
1:29.5	thanks so there's going to be a lot of opportunities because I'm traveling the country right now.
1:35.3	And here's the dates I'll be in the next couple of weeks.
1:38.8	On Tuesday, September 27th, I'm going to be at Eastern University, that's in Wayne, Pennsylvania, which is just outside
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