Pseudoscience, Fake News and How to Fight Back
Claim This Podcastby Robert Pyrah and Marius Turda
Podcast Overview
<p><strong>Fake News is everywhere - but what to do about it?</strong></p><br><p>Leading thinkers on politics and beyond in East-Central Europe discuss how history and science have become weaponized to support illiberal agendas. This is a lively, urgent contribution to the understanding of pseudoscience, and uses / abuses of history. In conversation with regional experts, Dr Robert Pyrah and Prof. Marius Turda. Supported by the Royal Institution, Open Society Foundation and Oxford Brookes University. New Episodes monthly.</p><br><p><strong>Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon or Acast. </strong></p><br><p>Audio editing by <a href="https://www.audio-cleaning-online.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.audio-cleaning-online.com/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
January 1, 2022
Timothy Garton Ash: Poland, Hungary and beyond
Timothy Garton Ash, an international authority on Central Europe and renowned 'historian of the present', joins Robert Pyrah in the closing episode of the series. This is a summative and wide-ranging conversation on the challenge of illiberalism in Poland, Hungary and beyond, covering topics such as the uses and abuses of history, media, the rule of law, culture and the role of the European Union. Professor Garton Ash offers listeners a detailed, nuanced and highly accessible view on the key issues facing the region today. The episode complements a reissue of his classic work, 'The Magic Lantern', which includes an essay reflecting on recent political developments more than 30 years later: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Lantern-Revolution-Witnessed-Budapest/dp/1838950702/tgabooks-21" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Lantern-Revolution-Witnessed-Budapest/dp/1838950702/tgabooks-21</a>.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
December 2, 2021
‘Best of’: Lessons Learned
<p><strong>In this bonus episode, we look back at the interviews of the series so far, drawing out headline lessons for citizens, governments or other bodies in Europe and beyond. </strong></p><br><p><strong>Section 1 </strong>defines the shapes and patterns of illiberalism, via case studies on Central Europe from across the episodes.</p><br><p><strong>Section 2</strong> pulls together headline 'lessons' on how to fight back, starting at 32 min.</p><br><p><strong>These are: </strong></p><br><p>1. Be alert to emotion trumping fact;</p><p>2. Make science easier to access;</p><p>3. Education as illiberal attack / liberal defence;</p><p>4. Defend free speech;</p><p>5. Uncover the agenda;</p><p>6. Be wary of "mission creep";</p><p>7. Fight fire with light;</p><p>8. Persuasion vs. coercion.</p><br><p>Thank you for listening!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
November 2, 2021
'Fake News', the State and the Media in Hungary (Marius Turda / Mihály Szilágyi-Gál)
Why is "fake news" so popular today? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation in politics? And how can we describe the increased state control of the media in Orbán's Hungary? These are some of the questions explored in this episode by Professor Marius Turda and his guest Dr Mihály Szilágyi-Gál.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is Pseudoscience, Fake News and How to Fight Back?
<p><strong>Fake News is everywhere - but what to do about it?</strong></p><br><p>Leading thinkers on politics and beyond in East-Central Europe discuss how history and science have become weaponized to support illiberal agendas. This is a lively, urgent contribution to the understanding of pseudoscience, and uses / abuses of history. In conversation with regional experts, Dr Robert Pyrah and Prof. Marius Turda. Supported by the Royal Institution, Open Society Foundation and Oxford Brookes University. New Episodes monthly.</p><br><p><strong>Listen on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon or Acast. </strong></p><br><p>Audio editing by <a href="https://www.audio-cleaning-online.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.audio-cleaning-online.com/</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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