When Experts Attack!
Fighting misinformation, zapping half-truths, putting pseudoscience in a headlock, and setting the record straight — one podcast at a time. Each episode of “When Experts Attack!” is a conversation with a knowledgeable specialist in politics, science, art, business, society, health and more. Listeners get to know these experts’ stories, discover why they’re super credible and hear them answer the pivotal question: What does everybody get wrong about what you do? And then experts play a jam on the Theremin — just for kicks. Hosted by Brendan Lynch, “When Experts Attack!” is produced by the KU News Service and presented by Kansas Public Radio.
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Latest Episodes
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Why do university graduates wear caps and gowns? Steve Wolgast gets medieval explaining how European scholars centuries ago, wearing gowns for warmth in chilly libraries, led to an Ohio academic suggesting American universities standardize academic dress. -
Researcher and gambler Justin Balthrop explains pitfalls of legalized online sports betting, including more credit card debt and fewer sound financial investments. -
Author and scholar Mary Banwart discusses her new book chronicling the history of women in U.S. politics, with a newly penned foreword to Kamala Harris’ rise to Democratic presidential nominee. -
Stephen Jackson, an education professor who prepares future teachers on instructing students in history, discusses how controversies in teaching history have become part of the culture wars, how teachers are scared and why some have said this era is worse than McCarthyism. -
A year ago, police officers executed a search warrant on a small-town Kansas newspaper, triggering worldwide outrage over the seizing of newspaper equipment — and because stress of the raid helped lead to the death of the publisher’s mother. Steve Wolgast discusses why the raid happened and just why it’s so problematic for government to obstruct freedom of the press. -
Brian Donovan is teaching a university course on the artistic and sociological influence of Taylor Swift. He outlines how the semester’s lessons mirror the performer’s career from a breakout country music star to the gazillion-selling icon of her recent Eras Tour. -
Mahbub Rashid says his book is the first to examine how spatial qualities impact health issues in areas that aren’t strictly rural or metropolitan. -
Sara Reed, an expert in in transportation logistics, has extensively researched autonomous vehicle delivery. She discusses the technology’s benefits for businesses and if they’ll outweigh potential drawbacks for customers and human employees — as well as other considerations for society’s driverless future. -
Guest Lacey Wade has discovered many of us shift our speech in expectation of what others might sound like, especially in respect to the U.S. Southern accent. -
People don’t learn the same way everywhere -- in large part this comes down to culture. Guest Michael Orosco says new culturally responsive studies in neuroscience show working memory, executive function and other cognitive functions are influenced by how we grew up, where we were raised and languages we speak.
