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Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

How to Talk to a Science Denier w/ Lee McIntyre

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2021

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by philosopher Dr. Lee McIntyre to talk about his newest book, “How to Talk to a Science Denier: Conversations with Flat Earthers, Climate Deniers, and Others Who Defy Reason.” They discuss methods for communicating with folks victimized by post-truth propaganda, including conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine rhetoric.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, November 22nd,

0:17.5

2021 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria. Happy early

0:22.1

Thanksgiving to my American listeners and to anyone around the world

0:25.2

who wants to have an American turkey day. And also if you are hearing this show right when it

0:31.8

drops, then I want you to know that there are only

0:35.0

three days left to contribute to a really important charitable drive

0:41.4

Vulgarity for Charity 2021. and and of course you know them from The Scahing Atheist, God Awful Movies,

0:58.9

which I regularly contribute to.

1:00.9

This is such an important pledge drive so basically or charity

1:04.6

drivers should say I don't think there's really a pledge situation it runs from

1:08.6

November 1st through Thanksgiving November 25th so we're right at the tail

1:12.2

end of it I have shared about it on

1:13.7

social media, but now I want to make sure that you my podcast listeners have a

1:17.4

chance to contribute. So the charity benefits modest needs, which is a nonprofit organization that gives

1:25.8

emergency grants to low-income workers who are at risk of slipping into

1:29.4

poverty and for whom no other source of immediate help is available.

1:34.0

So here's all you have to do.

1:35.3

During the drive, if you give $50 or more to modest needs,

1:38.6

you send a copy of your donation receipt to Vulgarity for Charity at gmail.com with a request for a

1:45.8

roast a hilarious and an outrageous roast. You can request anyone or anything to be

1:51.4

roasted and the podcast crew will select 200 roasts of all the

1:55.4

roasts that are submitted.

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