Unspun
By Amanda Sturgill
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Episodes: 80
Dina Carrisalez
Mar 26, 2025
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Feb 20, 2024
Description
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.
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Law and Order: When safety becomes suppression
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Divided We Scroll: How Wedge Issues and Purity Tests Keep You Distracted and Ineffective
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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The real threat from AI is truthiness
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Hijacking hashtags to control the conversation: How minor politicians make themselves stars
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Riots or Rights? How Media Shapes Your View of Protests
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Demagogues, Misinformation, and the Death of Truth in U.S. Democracy
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Before you tell Aunt Gladys to stuff it
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Dog Whistles & Double Meanings: How Politicians Hide Controversial Messages in Plain Sight
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Science, Health & Hype: How Misinformation Undermines Public Trust
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May 27, 2025 |
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Mistakes Were Made: The Art of Political Equivocation and Avoiding Accountability
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May 13, 2025 |
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Grandstanding: How Performative Politics Undermines Democracy
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May 06, 2025 |
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The Language of Emotion, Power & Persuasion: How Metaphors Shape Politics:
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Authoritarian Playbook: Why Universities, Law Firms and the Press are Under Attack
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Satanic Panic to Gaza Protests: What Happens When News Misunderstands Religion
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Can Local Journalism Survive Big Tech and Billionaires?
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Journalism in the Age of AI: Truth, Tech, and Transparency
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Journalism, Bias, and the Battle Over Truth
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Testing Boundaries: How Politicians and Media Shift Public Perception
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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The Press in an Oligarchy: How Power Controls the News
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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News vs. Opinion: How to Tell the Difference in Today’s Media Landscape
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Weaponized Humor & The Decline of Investigative Journalism: Why Truth Is Under Attack
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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The Watchdog vs. Bureaucracy: Journalism’s Role in Government Accountability
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Why You're Addicted to Outrage: How feelings control what you do online
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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The Dark Side of Social Proof: How Popularity Promotes Misinformation
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Access Journalism: Are journalists too close to the powerful?
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Online Anonymity: How Digital Masks Shape Our Behavior
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Are fact-checkers better than community notes: Is Facebook making a mistake?
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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From radicalization to resilience: Finding balance on social media
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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How Politicians Divide and Conquer with Wedge Issues
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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Why does the news make people feel so upset?
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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The Freedom Paradox: How Fear Leads to Poor Decisions
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Modern Propaganda: Unmasking Media Manipulation
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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The Hidden Truth Behind Political Purity Tests
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Does Journalism still Matter in a Democracy?
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Post-election training: Learn tell when newsmakers are being deceptive
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Who lies more, liberals or conservatives (feat. Bill Adair)
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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What is sane washing and why do journalists do it?
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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The deception of division (feat. Craig Silverman)
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Disaster Disinformation hurts NC communities devastated by Hurricane Helene
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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How Non-Profit Newsrooms Keep Investigative Reporting Vibrant
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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When newsmakers avoid responsibility by blaming their accuser
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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How political movements recruit and use youth
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Do journalists have ethics
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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What to know about social media radicalization
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Sep 03, 2024 |
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What it takes for a reporter to get the story (Episode 25)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Are First Impressions on Social Media Always Right? Understanding Bias in Judging Others
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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How AI might affect elections - I'm not optimistic (with Lee Raine) - Episode 24
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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News in a bubble: the risks of letting other people choose what news you know about (Episode 23.5)
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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UnSpun Rewind: Are polls worth anything any more?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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Why is social media the worst way to get breaking news (Ep. 22.5)
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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How newsmakers using fear affects how you see the world: UnSpun Rewind (feat. Dr. Seth Norrholm
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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Christian Spiritual Warfare Becoming Political Violence (Episode 22 feat: Dr. Matt Taylor)
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Why journalists do a bad job moderating debates (Episode 21.5)
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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Using rules as a weapon (Episode 21 feat. Ajay Parasram and Alex Khasnabish )
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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Episode 20.5 Why do people pay attention to the news?
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Episode 20: Data journalism (feat. Ben Welsh)
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Episode 19.5 - How news interviews work
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Episode 19: Courts and media coverage (feat. Asha Rangappa and Renato Mariotti)
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May 28, 2024 |
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UnSpun Rewind - Getting along with difficult people
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May 21, 2024 |
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Episode 18.5: Headlines for news are changing
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May 14, 2024 |
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Episode 18: The Big Lie (feat. Jen Mercieca)
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May 07, 2024 |
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Episode 17.5 Are press briefings PR?
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Episode 17: The final word on bad analogies (feat. Frangela)
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Episode 16.5: Should journalism try for objectivity?
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Episode 16: Freedom from Disinformation (feat: Barbara McQuade)
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Episode 15.5: Why WhatsApp is great for privacy but bad for misinformation
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Episode 15: How do search engines work? (feat. Matt Diamante)
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Mar 19, 2024 |
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Episode 14: How to spot misinformation (feat. Mike Caulfield)
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Mar 05, 2024 |
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Episode 13: Are we addicted to outrage?
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Episode 12: False Choice and Falsehoods
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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Episode 11: Open secrets: FOIA and other ways to get information from the government. (feat: Katie Anthony and AltFDA)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Is polling dead? (feat. Ken Fernandez)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Dealing with difficult people (Aunt Gladys rides again)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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The Fabled First Amendment
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Trending science: From Labs to Likes (feat. Dr. Ben Rein)
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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What are you so afraid of (feat. Seth Norrholm)
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Who's watching the watchers? (feat. William Moner)
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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The last straw, man (feat. Brooke Binkowski)
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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The Funny Thing About Politics (feat. Brittlestar)
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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Get Unspun
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Sep 02, 2023 |