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Is It A Fact or MY Fact?

The world is chaotic; there is grief and heartbreak. And in the midst of it all, we’re dealing with misinformation and conflicting perceptions. Listen to Steph and Rey trying to make sense of the world based on their identities as immigrants, science communicators, and weirdos.

Learn about confirmation bias, cognitive dissonance, motivated reasoning, and tools that can help you understand your audience better.

Mentioned in the episode:

• For Hamid, the brave firefighter   / dql9dafdno6  ‍ ‍

• Ethan Zuckerman on Truthiness • Ethan Zuckerman on Truthiness‍

• Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community https://www.simonandschuster.com/book...‍ ‍

• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism―Understanding the Social Science of Cult Influence https://www.amazon.com/Cultish-Langua...‍ ‍

• Irony of satire: Political ideology and the motivation to see what you want to see in The Colbert Report   / dubnhyzixwh  https://journalistsresource.org/polit...‍ ‍

• Festinger, End of the world, and cognitive dissonance   / duwfholcq4m  ‍ ‍

• SNL Sketch: Mom Confession Mom Confession - SNL  ‍ ‍

• Harmony Lab’s Narrative Observatory: https://narrativeobservatory.org/