The Dr. Bo Show: Recent Episodes
Bo Bennett, PhD
The Dr. Bo Show is a critical thinking-, reason-, and science-based approach to issues that matter. It is the podcast of social psychologist Bo Bennett. As of 2020, this podcast is a collection of topics related to all of his books.
Explore how ideological purity affects community cohesion and the quest for unity in skepticism. Focusing on the impact of hot-button issues.
Explore the roles of consumer and creator in life. Discover how creating more can lead to greater well-being and wealth.
Explore the trend of replacing responsibility with persecution claims, its impact on justice, and the role of critical thinking in today’s society.
Discover how the Bible’s meanings vary across contexts, translations, and interpretations, offering insights into its rich complexity and timeless relevance.
Explore the fine line between peaceful protest and illegality, emphasizing the need for consistency and fairness in how we judge these actions.
Explore the concept of Science and Reason Warriors—individuals dedicated to promoting truth and accuracy in a world of misinformation.
Explore the intersection of faith, science, and critical thinking in our latest podcast episode, delving into the mystery of divine healing and its implications.
Explore how media manufactures outrage and its impact on well-being. Learn to navigate news with critical thinking and avoid sensationalist traps.
Explore the hierarchy of evidence and learn how to evaluate claims using scientific methods. Avoid pitfalls of appeal to authority with critical thinking.
Explore the suburbanite’s dilemma—a modern twist on the prisoner’s dilemma. Learn how logic and humor can navigate toilet paper shortages.
Explore how data shapes stereotypes and learn how to challenge them through understanding, humor, and education with host Jerry Sage.
Explore the significance of fair trials and critical thinking in today’s media-driven world. Join Jerry Sage for an insightful discussion.
Explore the balance between mental health destigmatization and its unintended consequences. Learn how to approach mental health with logic and empathy.
Explore the dangers of judging people by their worst moments and discover the value of empathy and understanding in everyday life.
Explore the manipulative use of "they" in language, uncovering its impact on communication and fostering critical thinking skills.
Discover how focusing on specific passions can lead to joy and meaningful change, avoiding the trap of negativity and becoming a happier person.
Unpack the issues with alternative media and discover guidelines for integrity. A humorous, informative dive into misconceptions and media responsibility.
Explore Kamala Harris’s campaign theme of joy, its challenges, and why kindness may be a more effective political strategy today.
Explore the importance of distinguishing between causality and correlation to improve decision-making and avoid being misled by false connections.
Enhance decision-making skills by understanding effects, biases, heuristics, logical fallacies, and manipulation techniques.
Unleash the power of reasoning and dismantle fallacious arguments! Discover how to make America reasonable again with insights from "Logically Fallacious."
This article is about people who are otherwise reasonable who have managed to compartmentalize one issue that is immune from critical thought.
Some poor, phone-less fool is probably sitting next to a waterfall somewhere totally unaware of how angry and scared he’s supposed to be.
I came across this "white fragility" quiz and, as a white person, I decided to take it and share my answers with you. You’re welcome.
What if you learned that you were manipulated into holding certain beliefs about and changing your behavior in regards to the Coronavirus?...
We all know that person. They are arrogant, abrasive, and don’t possess one iota of diplomacy—or even if they do, they have chosen not to exercise any with us.
It is understandable how increasing numbers of known cases can be worrisome if not terrifying. At first glance, these numbers appear to represent the number...
Scammers and con-artists are all over the Internet. Not all scams are easy to spot—at least not at first...
The analogy one of the most useful tools in argumentation as well as one of the most helpful aids in effective reasoning. It allows us to compare something ...
Dr. Wayne W. Dyer wrote, "When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind." I say,...
Reductio Ad Consequentia is the use of a rule to support a position without realizing that the same rule would require that support for other positions...
This is a response to the abortion argument by Patrick S. Tomlinson and the response by Ben Shapiro.
The interesting thing about conspiracy theories is that some of them are actually true. This gives all conspiracy theories a hint of legitimacy in that no matte
A trick of the presuppositionalists is to hold others to impossible standards while using special pleading to excuse themselves from such justification.
Our passions, desires, and biases (i.e., emotions) can be so powerful that it can make us believe that what is clearly true to others, is clearly false to us.
This exchange is ripe with fallacious reasoning—at least the response is. This is often what happends when emotion or idiology trumps reason...
There is a disturbing trend in the social justice movement where science, data, facts, and reason are sacrificed for ideology. Critics of the social justice mov
Uncomfortable Idea: Interpreting feedback or an argument that refutes your ideas as evidence for your ideas, is a flaw in reasoning similar to that of...
In the first version of the book, I wrote an article about giving the winner of the presidential election a chance and supporting him or her no matter who...
I was six years old when I involuntarily chased my first alien spaceship. Wait, perhaps you need a little context to this story before I jump right into it.
Uncomfortable Idea: If you are past your mid-twenties and engaging in sexual activity with people younger than their mid-twenties, you are likley, knowingly...
Uncomfortable Idea: Equity is synonymous with fairness, but not with wealth distribution or giving people who don’t have a lot of stuff, free stuff...
Uncomfortable Idea: Allowing private businesses to discriminate is not as horrible as it sounds.
Uncomfortable Idea: If atheists are wrong, according to some Christian beliefs, they will be tortured for all eternity.
Uncomfortable Idea: In our efforts to save the sick, we are creating generations of people who are more likely to have genetically health-related issues.