Unspun
Hosted by Amanda Sturgill and Dr Sturg and DrSturg · Amanda Sturgill
4.7from 152 ratings
- 125
- Episodes
- 115
- Transcribed
- 152
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
About Unspun
Unspun is critical thinking about the news. Hear real examples, past and present, of newsmakers attempting to mislead you and understand how they manipulate the truth. Learn how to avoid being swayed by fake news and misinformation. Get Unspun, because you deserve the truth.
- Publisher
- Amanda Sturgill
- Category
- education · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 2 Sept 2023
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
115 of 125 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
How politicians get away with lying: Their supporters like it
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Attention, Intimidation, and the Objectivity Trap: UnSpun Journal Club
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Why the news feels like it's overwhelming: How finite attention is manipulated to manipulate you
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How politicians get away with lying: Their supporters like it
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But when you think about it, I think you'd have to agree that we would do better as a society if we valued truth. If we can all agree, then we can all make decisions together and you need truth to do that. And individually, that propensity to give a pass to people whose ideas you like can maybe make you a little bit easier to manipulate. So let's talk about some specific things that you can do. One of the big ones is that you can prioritize honesty. Even if the thing that someone is saying is funny, or you feel like it's a good dig on someone that you don't like, or you think it's a good cause that your preferred person is fighting for, or even if you think that the other side is just worse, it's really not good for you to deliberately pass on fake information. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 129 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 46 / 100
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- Quality
- 55
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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