FrameLab Podcast
A podcast about politics, language, and your brain. Hosts: Dr. George Lakoff and Gil Durán: http://www.theframelab.org
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Episodes
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
Thursday Feb 20, 2020
In Episode 18, George and Gil discuss Bloomberg's entry into the 2020 Democratic primary and what it means.
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
In Episode 17 of Framelab, George and Gil return to discuss the dangers, challenges and frames of impeachment.
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
In Episode 16 of FrameLab, George and Gil discuss Kamala 2020, AOC and framing, and Nancy Pelosi's sound defeat of Trump's wall of hate.
Saturday Dec 15, 2018
Saturday Dec 15, 2018
In Episode 15, George and Gil discuss some guiding principles that reporters, editors, politicians, social media influencers and citizens can use to protect the truth from lies and propaganda.
Friday Nov 30, 2018
Friday Nov 30, 2018
George and Gil discuss Trump's use of weaponized lies, and how to combat them by making Truth Sandwiches.
Friday Nov 09, 2018
Friday Nov 09, 2018
George and Gil return from a break to discuss the results of the 2018 midterm elections and the lessons for 2020. George reviews the role of metaphor in political worldview. George explains how hate speech differs from free speech -- and answers a reader's question about the difference between hate speech and a fist.
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
Wednesday Aug 15, 2018
In Episode 12 of the FrameLab podcast, George and Gil discuss how Trump is embarked on a strategy to put himself above the law and escape justice by 1. Appointing Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and 2. Issuing symbolic pardons as a message to his incriminated cronies.
Friday Jun 15, 2018
Friday Jun 15, 2018
In Episode 10 of FrameLab, George and Gil propose four ways the press can adapt in order to counter Trump's propaganda tactics and protect democracy. The episode is based on an essay they wrote in The Guardian newspaper. Read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/13/how-to-report-trump-media-manipulation-language
Tuesday May 29, 2018
Tuesday May 29, 2018
In Episode 9 of the FrameLab Podcast, George and Gil discuss the origin of the viral 10-point list of rules for surviving the Trump era (often attributed to Robert Reich or Bernice King) that came out of a talk George gave in January 2017. George considers each point and gives updates for 2018.
https://www.alternet.org/activism/10-points-democracy-activists-trumps-second-year-office-begins
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
Saturday Apr 28, 2018
In Episode 8, George and Gil discuss six cognitive illusions/effects used by advertisers, marketers, and propagandists to influence public opinion.
These include:
The Clustering Illusion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clustering_illusion
The Social Proof Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_proof
The Reciprocity Principle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity_(social_psychology)
The Authority Bias https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authority_bias
The Story Bias https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/201612/what-is-narrative-bias
The Forer/Barnum Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnum_effect
Works Referenced:
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Cialdini https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28815.Influence
The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062219695/the-art-of-thinking-clearly
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal About the Mind by George Lakoff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women,_Fire,_and_Dangerous_Things