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If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about a surprising link

between youth activism and critical thinking,

a new discovery related to sleep apnea, and how aggressive driving adds more CO2 to the

atmosphere. Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity. A study at the University of

Michigan found that kids who got involved in activism grew to be better critical thinkers.

Hmm, okay, somehow I'm not surprised, but I'm also struggling to see the link between activism

and critical thinking.

Okay, I felt the same thing, but researcher Matthew Deamer, a University of Michigan professor

of education and psychology, knew that kids who were more engaged in community activism tended to have better outcomes, but he wanted to know if that activism actually had lasting effects.

Like if you were engaged in activism as a teenager, how does that affect you as you grow up?

Something like that.

The longer term effects of this kind of engagement had never really been studied.

So he and his team tracked over 500 teenagers with all different backgrounds

who were involved in youth organizing groups and youth leadership councils

all across the country.

So these were the kids in high school who were always on the move, right?

You could say that. They were engaged and like I said they were really diverse. Many of these kids knew first

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