S9E7: Make It Relevant

Episode 7

Dec 10, 2022

Statistics are amazing! No, really -- we found a fun, brilliant human to talk to us about using statistics to engage with the world in a more informed way.

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EPISODE 7

Statistics are amazing! No, really -- we found a fun, brilliant human to talk to us about using statistics to engage with the world in a more informed way. Lauren Fowler (who is basically the same as Charlie from Top Gun) helps Cal and Corey shine light on the back of their knees and make it make sense.


Within Reach: The Quest for Information and Research is February 25-26 (and is NCBTMB approved for CE hours): https://www.healwell.org/literacy2023


CEs are available for this episode: https://online.healwell.org/courses/interdisciplinary-s9-e7


Books mentioned in this episode:

Merchants of Doubt: https://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/

Thinking, Fast and Slow: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374533557/thinkingfastandslow

Scale: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/314049/scale-by-geoffrey-west/

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780805073690/whyzebrasdontgetulcers

Behave: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31170723-behave

Hypercapitalism: https://thenewpress.com/books/hypercapitalism


About Our Guest:

Lauren Fowler is a Professor of Neuroscience at Wake Forest School of Medicine.