Lemmings

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Science, Education, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2017

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Why do four out of five dentists recommend Colgate? How many Americans really approve of Trump? This special episode is a two-parter: First, we talk to Prof. Dan Levitin, author of ‘Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era’, about some recent news stories and how to be skeptical of the statistics you see. Then, we bring you a surprise you won’t want to miss. It’s about deception, murder, and of course, ~science~. Credits:Ebay - Listen to Ebay's podcast Open For Business on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcastsWordpress - go to wordpress.com/science to get 15% off a new websiteHello Fresh - For $30 off your first week of meals go to hellofresh.com and enter the promo code SCIENCEVS30Our Sponsors: This episode has been produced by Austin Mitchell, Ben Kuebrich, Wendy Zukerman, Heather Rogers, and Shruti Ravindran. Our senior producer is Kaitlyn Sawrey. Our editor is Annie-Rose Strasser. Fact Checking by Ben Kuebrich. Sound engineering, music production and original scoring by Bobby Lord. The lemmings musical mega-mix was created by Austin Mitchell. Thanks to Dr. Malte Andersson, Dr. Anders Angerbjörn and Dr. Rolf Anker Ims. As well as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the use of Cruel Camera. Further Reading:Weaponized Lies by Prof. Dan LevitinA Theory on the Cause of Lemming BoomsLinking Climate to Lemming Cycles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, this is Jonathan Goldstein, host of Heavyweight with some exciting news.
0:05.7	Heavyweight is now available for free wherever you get your podcasts.
0:10.7	What this means is that you can listen to any episode from any season on any podcast
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0:17.1	This goes for the new season as well, which starts in September and will be available
0:21.5	everywhere.
0:23.0	Start polishing your earbuds.
0:24.8	It is going to be a doozy.
0:28.9	You know your favorite superheroes now.
0:30.9	So Iron Man, Captain America Thor Hulk.
0:33.8	But Marvel's past, the dominating the box office, wasn't an easy one.
0:37.5	Oh, was that real God Punch?
0:39.3	We were a nothing company.
0:40.6	He developed a fire in his belly of hatred.
0:45.6	From the journal, a new four-part series with great power, the rise of superhero cinema.
0:51.9	Find it in the journal feed-on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:59.4	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus from Gimlett Media.
1:04.2	On today's show, we're talking facts versus fluff.
1:08.5	All the different kinds of fluff, especially fluffy data.
1:14.8	We're doing something a little bit different here.
1:17.2	We're taking three big news stories that have unfolded recently and we're asking, how much
1:22.6	can we trust them?
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