Is This Wifi Organic? w/ Dave Farina

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 77 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by Dave Farina (Professor Dave Explains) to talk about his new book, "Is this Wifi Organic? A Guide to Spotting Misleading Science Online." They talk about the business of YouTube, the importance of basic science education, and how we can protect ourselves from pseudoscience.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, April 5th, 2021 and I'm the
0:17.4	host of the show Kara Santa Maria. And before we dive into this week's episode,
0:22.8	I wanted to give a shout out to those of you
0:25.6	who make TalkNurdy possible each and every week.
0:28.8	Remember, TalkNurdy is and will always be 100% free to download. And that's because I rely on the support of both my advertising partners and my patrons.
0:40.3	Those of you who are able to pledge your support week after week.
0:43.3	What you do is you offset so that individuals who obviously can't afford to pay
0:48.2	don't have to and I really thank you from the bottom of my heart.
0:51.4	You can pledge your support by visiting
0:53.1	Patreon.com slash talk nerdy and you can learn all about it there on that site.
0:58.2	This week's top supporters include Mary Niva, Michael Goshay, Brian Holden, Christopher Pitts, Daniel Lange, David J. E. Smith,
1:07.1	Dudas Infinitus, Jun Zupara, Leonard Prince, Pasqualee Gilati,
1:11.9	Ulrica Hagman, Elise Christie, and Robert Christ.
1:15.7	Thank you all so, so much.
1:18.4	All right, we've got a great show for you this week.
1:20.2	I know I say that every week, but it's true every week.
1:23.0	And this week I had the opportunity to chat with a dear friend of mine named Dave Farina.
1:27.8	You may know him from his YouTube channel, Professor Dave Explains,
1:31.8	where he started out doing organic chemistry lectures
1:34.7	but it grew and grew and grew. His background is in chemistry but he's also done
1:39.3	deep dives into physics, astronomy, biochemistry, and so many more important subjects, and he has a
1:45.1	brand new book out.
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