Fighting Misinformation With Science Journalism

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🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

On December 31, 2021, The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Spotify posted an episode with an interview with physician Dr. Robert Malone full of misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine. This sparked outrage, a letter from a group of medical professionals, scientists and educators to Spotify and a series of creators pulling their content from the platform. Science Vs., a podcast produced by Gimlet Media which is owned by Spotify, decided to take a stand too.

Listen to the episodes of Science Vs discussed here:
- Misinformation: What Should Our Tech Overlords Do: bit.ly/3u2aaUY
- Joe Rogan: The Malone Interview: bit.ly/3tduljk

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	Deuterinos, I love a good crossover movie,
0:08.0	and we've kind of got one for you today.
0:10.0	We're teaming up with another science super podcast
0:13.0	to fight the forces of misinformation.
0:15.0	Wendy Zuckerman and Blight Terrell are science communicators
0:19.0	on the podcast Science Versus.
0:21.0	Science Vesis is a podcast that looks at the things
0:26.0	you love in the world and puts them under a scientific microscope.
0:31.0	This is the show that pits facts against fossils.
0:36.0	Facts against facts against fireballs.
0:40.0	With Joy and Human.
0:44.0	Wendy, who you just heard is the host of Science Vesis
0:47.0	and Blight is the editor.
0:49.0	How would you describe your relationship to each other?
0:52.0	What's one up from BFF?
0:57.0	One up.
0:59.0	It's boss best friend of...
1:02.0	Oh, yeah, yeah.
1:04.0	You're good old BBBBBB.
1:06.0	BBBB because it's Blight.
1:08.0	It's like boss best, Blight friend.
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