Could a foreign adversary cause all US nuclear plants to melt down? In this episode, we explore what would happen if a singer was faking her vocals or if a rival country launched a catastrophic attack on industrial control systems using a structured analytic technique called ”High Impact/Low Probability.”
Oct 14, 2022
31 min
Can you lie about your entire life history? Or hack both Elon Musk and Bill Gates? In this episode, we look at a few recent pop culture events to explain the ”Key Assumptions Check” structured analytic technique.
Sep 30, 2022
28 min
How would we know if Bigfoot is real? Or if an artificially intelligent machine was sentient? In this episode, we use the ”Signposts and Indicators” structured analytic technique to understand how predictive evidence might help us re-conceptualize key issues.
Sep 16, 2022
29 min
Why are humans so terrible at figuring out when someone is lying? In this episode, we use Jussie Smollett’s hoaxed hate crime and the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes to explain the ”Deception Detection” structured analytic technique.
Sep 2, 2022
26 min
What if Taylor Swift had a secret, female lover? Is Elon Musk serious about colonizing Mars? In this episode, we use the ”Analysis of Competing Hypotheses” structured analytic technique to examine evidence and challenge mainline assumptions.
Aug 19, 2022
23 min
Can a simple timeline reveal hidden secrets? In this episode, we explore the idea that two celebrities might have fabricated a relationship and the implications of the largest computer hack using a structured analytic technique called ”Chronologies and Timelines.”
Aug 5, 2022
24 min
For many people, ”gossip” is a bad word. But is it really? In this episode, we talk about the nexus between gossip, critical thinking, and hot news stories as an introduction to the GossipINT podcast.
Jul 22, 2022
28 min