GETTING CURIOUS | Why Do We Fall For Fake News? with Dr. Nadia Brashier

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 February 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Have you ever read a headline that seems just plausible enough—when you realize it’s fake? This week, Dr. Nadia Brashier joins Jonathan to discuss how our brains process misinformation, why even one exposure to a falsehood can increase our odds of believing it, and what we can do to debunk fake news. Dr. Nadia Brashier is an Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences at Purdue University. She studies why people fall for fake news and how we can intervene. You can follow Dr. Brashier on Twitter @nadiabrashier and read more about her research at nadiabrashier.com. Find out what today’s guest and former guests are up to by following us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Love listening to Getting Curious? Now, you can also watch Getting Curious—on Netflix! Head to netflix.com/gettingcurious to dive in. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our socials are run and curated by Middle Seat Digital. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIN; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Getting Curious merch is available on PodSwag.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious, I'm Jonathan Banes and every week I sit down for a gorgeous conversation
0:05.6	with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:09.8	On today's episode, I'm joined by Professor Nadia Brazier, where I ask her,
0:14.6	how can we check ourselves with fake news?
0:17.4	Welcome to getting curious, this is Jonathan Bédès.
0:22.2	I'm so excited for this a very important episode.
0:25.3	I'm going to introduce to you our stunning guest,
0:28.2	Nadia Brazier, who is an assistant professor
0:31.1	in psychological sciences at Purdue University.
0:34.4	She recently completed an NIH postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard University.
0:39.7	She studies why and how young and older adults fall for fake news and misinformation.
0:46.7	Nadia, thank you so much for coming on today and sharing your expertise, your
0:50.5	knowledge, your time. I literally have chills from your resume and I'm so
0:54.9	excited to ask you questions about misinformation. Thank you so much for
0:59.8	having me. I'm so excited. I'm also I'm just going to tell the people before we get going.
1:06.0	You have such pretty wavy hair and I'm trying to do this thing where I don't compliment everyone,
1:11.0	you know, but these waves you guys, I wish you could see them.
1:14.4	Maybe in your headshot on our social, we're going to get your waves equally as popping because
1:18.4	just, we're slow clapping for the waves, they're that good, and then I'm going to dive in. I'm in Mexico with my
1:25.2	husband, random. We're there, we're on a little vacation. I turn on the TV and it's randomly
1:32.0	tuned to Fox News, like I don't know who was watching it in that
1:35.5	hotel room before us but it was there. They had this political pundit who is a
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