When Experts Attack!

When Experts Attack!
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When Experts Attack!

“When Experts Attack!” fights misinformation, zaps half-truths, and sets the record straight. Each episode is a conversation with a specialist in science, art, society or health, for example. Hear guests answer the question: "Hey, what does everybody get wrong about what you do?"

  1. The history of teaching history

    SEP 10

    The history of teaching history

    Stephen Jackson, an education professor who prepares future teachers on instructing students in history, discusses how controversies in teaching history have become part of the culture wars, how teachers are scared and why some have said this era is worse than McCarthyism.

    39 min
  2. Cops shouldn’t raid newspapers

    AUG 12

    Cops shouldn’t raid newspapers

    A year ago, police officers executed a search warrant on a small-town Kansas newspaper, triggering worldwide outrage over the seizing of newspaper equipment. The stress of the raid is said to have helped lead to the death of the publisher’s mother. Journalist and professor Steve Wolgast discusses why the raid happened and just why it’s so problematic for government to obstruct freedom of the press.

    41 min

  3. AUG 6

    Taylor Swift is a sociological phenom

    Brian Donovan is teaching a university course on the artistic and sociological influence of Taylor Swift. He outlines how the semester’s lessons mirror the performer’s career from a breakout country music star to the gazillion-selling icon of her recent Eras tour.

    25 min
  4. Small-city population health in Kansas

    APR 25

    Small-city population health in Kansas

    Mahbub Rashid says his book is the first to examine how spatial qualities impact health issues for people living in areas that aren’t strictly rural or metropolitan.

    21 min
  5. The self-driving future of deliveries

    APR 2

    The self-driving future of deliveries

    Sara Reed, an expert in transportation logistics, has extensively researched autonomous vehicle delivery. She discusses the technology’s benefits for businesses and whether they’ll outweigh potential drawbacks for customers and human employees — as well as other considerations for society’s driverless future.

    18 min
  6. People mimic Southern accents

    FEB 16

    People mimic Southern accents

    Linguist Lacey Wade has discovered many of us shift our speech in expectation of what others might sound like, especially in respect to the U.S. Southern accent.

    17 min
  7. Culture shapes how our brains learn

    JAN 19

    Culture shapes how our brains learn

    People don’t learn the same way everywhere — in large part this comes down to culture. Guest Michael Orosco says new culturally responsive studies in neuroscience show working memory, executive function and other cognitive functions are influenced by how we grew up, where we were raised and the languages we speak.

    24 min
  8. Wrongful convictions are political

    JAN 9

    Wrongful convictions are political

    Public policy expert Kevin Mullinix discusses how policy reforms to reduce wrongful convictions depend on political sentiments in any given U.S. state, along with leanings of the governor and sway held by innocence-advocacy groups.

    22 min
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“When Experts Attack!” fights misinformation, zaps half-truths, and sets the record straight. Each episode is a conversation with a specialist in science, art, society or health, for example. Hear guests answer the question: "Hey, what does everybody get wrong about what you do?"

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  • Creator
    When Experts Attack!
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    59
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    When Experts Attack!

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