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Is Justin Trudeau really Fidel Castro’s son? Did Beyonce fake her first pregnancy? Is Bigfoot real? GossipINT is a new podcast that helps listeners learn critical thinking concepts by applying them to well-known pop culture events and real-world, technology-focused examples. This fusion of fun and informative invites listeners to learn these new ideas in a way they can immediately apply even while standing in line at the grocery checkout line.
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Did someone have it out for actors Anne Hathaway and Richard Gere? What’s the relationship between Ray-Ban sunglasses and the movie ”Top Gun”? In this episode, we talk about how covert influence is used in Hollywood and in marketing to sway us.GossipINT
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Why did the short-form streaming platform Quibi fail within six months? Do viewers prefer white, male superheroes? Has Mark Zuckerberg misread demand for the Metaverse? In this episode, we talk about how mirror image bias can have major economic consequences.GossipINT
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Why do people believe in conspiracy theories like QAnon and chemtrails? Did President Putin release 500 lions in Moscow to keep people at home during the start of the COVID pandemic? In this episode, we talk about how the third-person effect gives us false confidence in our ability to distinguish fact from fiction.…
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Why do people forget about the female action heroes of yesteryear? Why are Google search results so skewed to recent events? In this episode, we talk about how the recency bias causes people to over-value the present over the past.GossipINT
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How did thieves know when and where to go to steal Kim Kardashian’s jewels during Paris Fashion week? How can cybercriminals remotely access the private and personal information of regular people? In this episode, we explore the Red Teaming structured analytic technique to understand the mindset and techniques of criminals.…
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Could Marilyn Monroe one day have more Instagram followers than Kim Kardashian? Is ”Ready Player One” fiction...or prophecy? In this episode, we use the ”scenarios” structured analytic technique to think through how the future of celebrity--and our daily lives--could look.GossipINT
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Which is better, the Marvel Comic Universe or the Star Wars franchise? Is cryptocurrency a massive Ponzi scheme? In this episode, we use the ”Team A/Team B” structured analytic technique to argue about these pertinent pop culture issues.GossipINT
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How could something unexpected happen? In this episode, we use the rumor that Beyonce faked her first pregnancy, Puerto Rico’s pursuit of statehood, and the idea of ”pre-crime” to explain the ”What If?” structured analytic technique.GossipINT
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Could a foreign adversary cause all US nuclear plants to melt down? In this episode, we explore what would happen if a singer was faking her vocals or if a rival country launched a catastrophic attack on industrial control systems using a structured analytic technique called ”High Impact/Low Probability.”…
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Can you lie about your entire life history? Or hack both Elon Musk and Bill Gates? In this episode, we look at a few recent pop culture events to explain the ”Key Assumptions Check” structured analytic technique.GossipINT
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How would we know if Bigfoot is real? Or if an artificially intelligent machine was sentient? In this episode, we use the ”Signposts and Indicators” structured analytic technique to understand how predictive evidence might help us re-conceptualize key issues.GossipINT
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Why are humans so terrible at figuring out when someone is lying? In this episode, we use Jussie Smollett’s hoaxed hate crime and the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes to explain the ”Deception Detection” structured analytic technique.GossipINT
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What if Taylor Swift had a secret, female lover? Is Elon Musk serious about colonizing Mars? In this episode, we use the ”Analysis of Competing Hypotheses” structured analytic technique to examine evidence and challenge mainline assumptions.GossipINT
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Can a simple timeline reveal hidden secrets? In this episode, we explore the idea that two celebrities might have fabricated a relationship and the implications of the largest computer hack using a structured analytic technique called ”Chronologies and Timelines.”GossipINT
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