Thinking Clearly

Thinking Clearly is a radio show about the process of critical thinking and related topics. The show airs on the first Thursday of every month from 7-8 PM on northern California community radio station, KMUD.

#107-How Institutionalizing Deliberative Political Processes Can Lead to Deliberative Democracy and Reduce Polarization-with guest Jim Fishkin 06/24/2025

#106- The Role of Logic in Acquiring Knowledge and Forming Beliefs-with guest Patrick Hurley 05/26/2025

#105-The Epidemic of Political Lying and the Importance of Fact-checking-with guest Bill Adair 04/22/2025

#104-The Importance of Trust in Information and Institutions-revisited 03/25/2025

#103-Worldview-The Elephant in the Room of Critical Thinking-updated for 2025 02/25/2025

#102-Worldviews and How they Guide our Beliefs-with guest Annick de Witt 01/28/2025

#101-The Virtues of Evidence-Based Policy Making-with guest Robert MacCoun 12/25/2024

#100-Foundations and Future of Critical Thinking-with guest Kevin deLaplante 11/26/2024

#99-How internet influencers, algorithms and crowds are altering our politics, our society and our very relationship to reality-with guest Renée DiResta.mp3 10/21/2024

#98-The Nature of Curiosity and it’s implications for Critical Thinking-with guest Jacqueline Gottlieb 09/24/2024

#97-How to Navigate the Challenges of Living in a Divided Nation-with guest Tania Israel 08/27/2024

#96-Using practices and tools from science while also learning how to weave together facts and values to rebuild trust and cooperation-with guest Robert MacCoun 07/23/2024

#95-Critical Thinking and the Nature of Human Consciousness-with guest Anil Seth 06/25/2024

#94-The Essence of Critical Thinking and Demonstrations of How to Have Civil Dialogues 05/28/2024

#93-Critical Thinking Fundamentals and how to find truth in all the noise-with guest Dr. Seema Yasmin 04/23/2024

#92-Election 2024 Preparation 4-Teaching Critical Thinking to American Military Future Leaders-with Guest Stephen Gerras 03/26/2024

#91-How artificial intelligence can help us understand human cognition-with guest Leslie Valiant 02/27/2024

#90-Election 2024 Preparation 3-Hidden Tribes and the Perception Gap-with guest Stephen Hawkins 01/23/2024

#89-Election 2024 Preparation 2-Political Depolarization and the Work of Braver Angels-with guest Ciaran O'Connor 12/26/2023

#88-What’s new in teaching critical thinking and advances in the mental immunity approach for combating misinformation with guest Melanie Trecek-King 11/28/2023

#87-Election 2024 Preparation—The Importance of Critical Thinking to Democracy, with guest Timothy Redmond 10/24/2023

#86-Disinformation-its creators, amplifiers and believers-and how to fight for truth and protect democracy with guest Lee McIntyre 09/26/2023

#85-Critical thinking in health and medicine and the importance of critical thinking in pandemics and other national and international health crises 08/22/2023

# 84-Top pick episode after seven years-Johnathan Rauch and the Constitution of Knowledge 07/25/2023

#83-Bob and Julia discuss Artificial Intelligence 06/27/2023

#82-Teaching and Learning Critical Thinking and Recognizing Unsubstantiated Claims-with guest Alan Bensley 05/24/2023

#81-Actively Open-minded Thinking-with guest Emlen Metz 04/05/2023

#80- Virtues, Benefits and Joy of Critical Thinking and Science Appreciation-with Guy Harrison 03/01/2023

#79-How critical thinking can make us better citizens and cure our ailing democracy-with guest Timothy Redmond 02/02/2023

#78-Celebrating Skilled Intuition-a second look at Naturalistic Decision Making with guest Gary Klein 01/05/2023