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SIO168: Tear Gas Was Used Under Obama, and More Rants

And some listener email. Some topics: climate change is going to kill us; simply being ‘not a Republican’ is more than enough; comparing Obama and Trump on the border; Avenatti the liberal version of Trump; listener not voting for Democrats because they are too cozy with Islam; and mansplaining mansplaining mansplaining!

Tear gas fact check; Trump’s border crisis

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SIO168: Tear Gas Was Used Under Obama, and More Rants

And some listener email. Some topics: climate change is going to kill us; simply being ‘not a Republican’ is more than enough; comparing Obama and Trump on the border; Avenatti the liberal version of Trump; listener not voting for Democrats because they are too cozy with Islam; and mansplaining mansplaining mansplaining!

Tear gas fact check; Trump’s border crisis

Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point!

Support the show at seriouspod.com/support!

Follow us on Twitter: @seriouspod

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SIO167: Studying Sexism and Video Games with Johannes Breuer

Johannes Breuer is the co-author of a study which looked into the relationship between sexist attitudes and video game playing. To be as precise as possible and not misrepresent it, here is what they found in their words: “We found that the amount of overall video game use at time 1 was not predictive of sexist attitudes/beliefs about gender roles at time 2 (i.e., 2 years later) and that (sexist) beliefs about gender roles at time 1 were equally not predictive of video game use at time 2 (for sample of German players aged 14 and older).” So that’s the bland tl;dr version, but we talk through the study, methodology, and what the implications are. We also talk a lot about what this study does NOT show, which is equally important and is easy to lose track of sometimes.

Here are the links to the book chapters where Johannes’s work is featured, and here’s a good writeup on the original study.

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SIO167: Studying Sexism and Video Games with Johannes Breuer

Johannes Breuer is the co-author of a study which looked into the relationship between sexist attitudes and video game playing. To be as precise as possible and not misrepresent it, here is what they found in their words: “We found that the amount of overall video game use at time 1 was not predictive of sexist attitudes/beliefs about gender roles at time 2 (i.e., 2 years later) and that (sexist) beliefs about gender roles at time 1 were equally not predictive of video game use at time 2 (for sample of German players aged 14 and older).” So that’s the bland tl;dr version, but we talk through the study, methodology, and what the implications are. We also talk a lot about what this study does NOT show, which is equally important and is easy to lose track of sometimes.

Here are the links to the book chapters where Johannes’s work is featured, and here’s a good writeup on the original study.

Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point!

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SIO166: Evidence Based Mental Health Panel at QED

Really proud to have been a small part of this excellent panel at QED! The discussion centers around mental health challenges, de-stigmatization, communication, and which treatments actually work.

Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point!

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SIO166: Evidence Based Mental Health Panel at QED

Really proud to have been a small part of this excellent panel at QED! The discussion centers around mental health challenges, de-stigmatization, communication, and which treatments actually work.

Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point!

Catch it on the RSS feed or download here!

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SIO164: Listener Voicemail!

October was a great month for my voice inbox! I was very happy about that until I realized it’s probably because the news was so bad… But still, some amazing calls this month, topics ranging from #metoo stories probably Kavanaugh inspired, to Elizabeth Warren, to voter suppression, and third parties. Thank you so much and keep the calls coming!

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SIO164: Listener Voicemail!

October was a great month for my voice inbox! I was very happy about that until I realized it’s probably because the news was so bad… But still, some amazing calls this month, topics ranging from #metoo stories probably Kavanaugh inspired, to Elizabeth Warren, to voter suppression, and third parties. Thank you so much and keep the calls coming!

Leave Thomas a voicemail! (916) 750-4746, remember short and to the point!

Catch it on the RSS feed or download here!