Thinking Clearly radio show on KMUD

Jonathan Howard, MD joins Thinking Clearly hosts Bob and Julia on KMUD Tues. August 22 from 9 to 10 am to discuss the role of critical thinking in health and medicine and how critical thinking is especially important in crisis management such as the COVID pandemic. Dr. Howard is currently an associate professor of neurology and psychiatry at New York University, Langone Health and the Chief of Neurology at Bellevue Hospital. And two of his books, “Cognitive Errors and Diagnostic Mistakes” and “We Want Them Infected: How the failed quest for herd immunity led doctors to embrace the anti-vaccine movement and blinded Americans to the threat of COVID”, provide foundation for this conversation. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs on KMUD at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has already impacted our lives in many ways and not only through our use of the internet, including searches and our social media sites. Chances are you experienced it in your phone contacts with customer service reps and even in your contacts with medical health providers. We have entered a period of very rapid development and utilization of AI technology. So, we invite you to begin preparing for this rapidly changing environment by tuning to Thinking Clearly airing on KMUD, Tuesday, June 27th from 9 to 10 am as hosts Bob and Julia discuss the foundational knowledge for understanding current AI models, the relationship between AI and critical thinking, and the risks and benefits of this advancing technology. Also included is a demonstration of the large language model ChatGPT. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Alan Bensley, a long-time Psychology professor and author of two textbooks on critical thinking: “Critical Thinking in Psychology: a unified skills approach” and “Critical Thinking in Psychology and Everyday Life”, joins Thinking Clearly hosts Bob and Julia—in their new time slot on KMUD: Tues. May 23 from 9 to 10 am—to discuss the most effective ways to teach critical thinking and the biggest challenges students face in mastering those skills and incorporating them into their everyday lives. Other topics include: measuring the effectiveness of classroom critical thinking instruction; how to identify unsubstantiated claims; and a focus on unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and what we know about the people who are prone to believing and promoting them. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Set your dial or stream to KMUD, Thursday, April 6th from 7 to 8 pm to hear Thinking Clearly hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton and their guest, Psychologist Emlen Metz, discuss: her research on Actively Open-minded Thinking (AOT); her current work at the Lawrence Hall of Science at U.C. Berkeley developing curricula on scientific-critical-thinking for high school and undergraduate classrooms; and her work on a project called Public Editor, described as “a massive effort to clean up the news.” *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune to KMUD Thursday, March 2nd from 7 to 8 pm to hear Journalist, author and public speaker Guy Harrison— longtime advocate for skepticism, critical thinking and science appreciation—and hosts Bob and Julia discuss the virtues, benefits and joy of critical thinking and how understanding core ideas in science can add value to all of our lives. Guy has authored eight books, including: “Think Before You Like: Social Media's Effect on the Brain and the Tools You Need to Navigate Your Newsfeed” and “At Least Know This: Essential Science to Enhance Your Life.” *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune to KMUD on Thursday, February 2nd from 7 to 8 pm when Thinking Clearly hosts, Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton, and their guest, political scientist, author and award-winning educator Timothy Redmond, discuss the toxic effects of extreme political tribalism on our democratic institutions and what needs to be done to make things better. Both Bob and Julia highly recommend Dr. Redmond’s recently published book: “Tribalism in America: How Hyper-Partisanship Dumbs Down Democracy and How to Fix It”—a book that examines the current nature of tribal politics, its effect on our democratic institutions and what needs to be done to cure our ailing democracy. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune in to Thinking Clearly on KMUD Thursday, January 5, from 7 to 8 pm, as hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton discuss Skilled Intuition and other topics with their second time guest psychologist, author and entrepreneur, Gary Klein. Gary is considered the pioneer of the field known as Naturalistic Decision Making and has authored numerous publications and books, including his recent book: “Snapshots of the Mind.” He is currently the President of ShadowBox LLC, a company which provides scenario-driven training, designed to accelerate expertise, to businesses and other entities. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Mark Edward, our guest on Thinking Clearly—airing on KMUD Thursday, December 1st from 7 to 8 pm—tells the intriguing story of his journey from the world of magicians and psychics to becoming a skeptical activist who promotes science and critical thinking. Mark has authored a number of books on séance theory and production, magic, and mentalism, including the book Psychic Blues published in 2012. He has worked both on and off camera on many related productions including ABC's "The Con" and The Learning Channel's "Exploring the Unknown", and travels internationally as a skeptical activist, using his skills as a mentalist to teach and promote critical thinking. On this episode of Thinking Clearly, Mark does a demonstration, with Julia, of how a mentalist-psychic reading is done. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune to Thinking Clearly Thursday, Nov. 3 from 7 to 8 pm on KMUD to hear guest John Allen Paulos from Temple University offer up a host of essential critical thinking tools relating to understanding probability and other statistical concepts. Topics include: The Conjunction Fallacy, Base-rate Neglect and the Monty Hall Problem. Professor Paulos authored the widely acclaimed book, "Innumeracy-Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences" and will give listeners a preview of his new book: "Who's Counting?:Uniting Numbers and Narratives with Stories from Pop Culture, Puzzles, Politics, and More." *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune to Thinking Clearly on KMUD Thursday, October 6 from 7 to 8 pm when hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton talk with their guest Jon Guy about how he turned his life around, under very unusual circumstances, to make a transition—from one who never thought much about skepticism, the nature of science and critical thinking—to learning and mastering those topics and writing the excellent and comprehensive book: Think Straight—An Owner’s Manual for the Mind. In this episode, a variety of important tools for improving our thinking are discussed as Jon emphasizes that improving the quality of our thinking improves the accuracy of our representation of reality, which leads to better decisions and a higher quality of life. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Mark your calendars for this one! On Thursday, September 1st from 7 to 8 pm, KMUD’s hosts of Thinking Clearly, Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton, will revisit the basics of of critical thinking with Melanie Trecek-King, Associate Professor of Biology at Massasoit Community College, who became dissatisfied with students mindlessly memorizing facts about biology—prompting her to design a general-education science course that puts less emphasis on facts and more on science and information literacy and other critical thinking skills. Melanie’s commitment to these topics also motivated her to create a wonderful teaching and resource-filled website, which can be found on-line at: Thinking Is Power: https://thinkingispower.com/ *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

The podcast of Thinking Clearly: #73-Back to the Nuts and Bolts of Critical Thinking-with guest James Zimring is now available at: https://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/ *******Click on the video to hear the promo for the show******* In this episode our guest, Dr. James Zimring, professor, medical researcher and author of the books What Science Is And How It Works and Partial Truths-How Fractions Distort Our Thinking describes how the form of a simple fraction can be used as a conceptual framework to understand errors that we commonly make in our thinking. Many aspects of critical thinking are also discussed, including: heuristics and biases, the advantages and disadvantages of our human tendency to perceive patterns, the primacy effect, the power of disconfirmation and what we can do to minimize errors in our thinking. Additional Links: • Dr. Zimring’s faculty web page: https://med.virginia.edu/pathology/contact/james-zimring-m-d-ph-d/ • His Author website: https://jameszimring.com/# • His books at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Books-James-C-Zimring/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJames+C.+Zimring

This third Thinking Clearly episode of a three-part series on The Nature of Trust airs on KMUD Thursday, July 7 from 7 to 8 pm. Hosts Bob and Julia will discuss trust with their guest, Dr. Paul Thagard, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Thagard—philosopher, cognitive scientist, and author—will describe a relatively new approach in cognitive science called the Semantic Pointer Theory of Cognition, as described in his three-book treatise on: Mind and Society. And he will explain how that theory can enlighten our perspectives on trust. The discussion also includes some of his perspectives on misinformation that will be found in his forthcoming book: Misinformation: How information works, breaks, and mends. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Promo for Thinking Clearly airing 6-2-22

Trust is widely viewed as an indispensable element in our social systems. And yet often in our conversations we hear people rejecting beliefs and information by expressing mistrust, for example, “I don’t trust the media; they are all biased”, or “I certainly don’t trust the medical establishment; they are all shills for big Pharma.” Tune to Thinking Clearly, airing on KMUD Thursday, June 2 from 7 to 8 pm, to hear the second in a three-part series on: The Nature of Trust. In this episode, hosts Bob and Julia discuss issues related to trust with their guest, Professor Kevin Vallier, author of the books: Must Politics Be War? and Trust in a Polarized Age. Topics discussed include: the importance of social and political trust in our liberal democracy, the relationship between trust and political polarization, possible causes of falling trust levels, how our declining trust levels might be strengthened, the role of cultural change in trust and polarization, whether there are fatal flaws in our democratic system, and the relationship of trust to critical thinking. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

According to the recent Edelman Trust Barometer Report: Distrust is now society’s default emotion. This is crucial because social trust, that is trust each member of society has for other members in that society, as well as political trust (trust in government- and in this country trust in democracy) are seen as necessary to the functioning of our US Democratic Republic. Trust is also essential for critical thinkers because we must decide which evidence we can trust to support our conclusions. Tune to KMUD on Thursday, May 5 from 7 to 8 pm when Thinking Clearly hosts Bob and Julia introduce the issue of trust and examine what it is, give a sampling of some of the extensive research on trust and present results from survey information on trust. In this episode you’ll also hear a clip from recent recordings Bob made, with a sampling of people talking about what they trust and what they don’t trust. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Tune to KMUD on April 7 from 7 to 8 pm as “Thinking Clearly” hosts Bob and Julia discuss “effective conversations” with their guest, Dr. Tania Israel, Professor from the Department of Counseling, Clinical, and School Psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of the book: Beyond Your Bubble: How to Connect Across the Political Divide. The discussion will focus on the importance of (and how to learn) crucial communication and relationship building skills, including reflective listening and well-crafted questions, to more effectively understand and connect with those whose beliefs are different from ours. *** Click on the video to hear the promo for the show.*** • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

We hear a lot about political polarization in America and threats to our democracy. But how many distinctly different polarized groups are there? And how accurately do people in those groups know what people in the other groups really believe? Tune to Thinking Clearly on KMUD, Thursday, March 3 from 7 to 8 pm, when hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton discuss the “Hidden Tribes” in the political landscape, the “Perception Gap” and other topics with their guest, Stephen Hawkins, from More in Common—an organization focused on understanding the forces driving us apart and working to bring us together to tackle our shared challenges. !!! Click on the video to hear the promo for the show !!! • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

Click on the video to hear a clip from a recent episode of the podcast: "Your Undivided Attention", co-hosted by Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin. The episode features guest H.R. McMaster—a retired US Army lieutenant general who served as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2017 to 2018. The podcast is associated with the Center for Humane Technology—a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2018 with a mission to: "drive a comprehensive shift toward humane technology that supports our well-being, democracy, and shared information environment." Tristan Harris is the co-founder and president of Center for Humane Technology and the primary subject of the two-time Emmy winning film: "The Social Dilemma" (available on Netflix). This clip features 3 mins. from episode #45 of Your Undivided Attention and begins with Tristan Harris asking General McMaster a question. The entire discussion can be heard at: https://www.humanetech.com/podcast/45-is-world-war-iii-already-here

A lot of people know the word “epistemology”—a simple definition being: “Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.” But what is “Street Epistemology?” To find out, tune to Thinking Clearly on KMUD, Thursday, February 3rd from 7 to 8 pm, as hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton discuss Street Epistemology with Anthony Magnabosco, co-founder and Executive Director of the nonprofit organization Street Epistemology International. Click on the video to hear the promo for the show. • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/

There is little doubt that current political polarization in America has paralyzed, or at least seriously impaired, our ability to meet critical challenges, for example managing the COVID-19 Pandemic and addressing climate change. The organization Braver Angels was founded in 2016 as a way to “bring liberals, conservatives and others together" and help them: "understand each other beyond stereotypes, form community alliances, and reduce the vitriol that poisons our civic culture.” Tune to Thinking Clearly on KMUD, Thursday, Jan. 6, from 7 to 8 pm as hosts Bob Froehlich and Julia Minton discuss Political Depolarization and the Work of the Braver Angels with their guest Ciaran O’Connor, head of marketing, digital, and communications strategy for Braver Angels. Click on the video to hear the promo for the show. • KMUD studio is located in Redway, California and broadcasts at the following frequencies: Garberville area-91.1 FM; Eureka area-88.1 FM; Laytonville area-90.3 FM; Shelter Cove area-99.5 FM. • Out of Range of KMUD's signal? Stream us live (at airtime) on the internet at: http://www.radiorethink.com/tuner/?stationCode=kmud Or • Catch the podcast version of the show, which we'll post a day or two after the show airs live at: http://thinkingclearly.libsyn.com/