Let's Know Things

This week, we talk about population, and why we drown in think pieces every time it goes up or down worldwide or in a given locale.

We also address why it is that when we talk about population, we're usually not just talking about population.

Let's Know Things is produced and hosted by Colin Wright.

For more information about the podcast, visit letsknowthings.com.

On this week’s episode, we talk about words: their use, overuse, the watering-down of their meaning over time, and how they eventually acquire definition-baggage.

On this week's episode, we talk about words: their use, overuse, the watering-down of their meaning over time, and how they eventually acquire definition-baggage.

We also talk a bit about swearing and Pig Latin.

Let's Know Things is produced and hosted by Colin Wright.

For more information about the podcast, to view the show notes, to sign up for the LKT newsletter, or to learn how best to support the show, visit letsknowthings.com.

On today’s episode, we talk about the increasing number of ways the real world and the online world overlap, and what that means for how we exist and interact in these spaces.

On today's episode, we talk about the increasing number of ways the real world and the online world overlap, and what that means for how we exist and interact in these spaces.

Let's Know Things is produced and hosted by Colin Wright.

For more information about the podcast, to view the show notes, to sign up for the LKT newsletter, or to learn how best to support the show, visit letsknowthings.com.

On this episode of Let’s Know Things, we talk about how perception can influence our decisions, whether we’re choosing a wine or a presidential candidate.

On this episode of Let's Know Things, we talk about how perception can influence our decisions, whether we're choosing a wine or a presidential candidate.

We'll also talk about how negative biases about some groups can color our impressions of potentially beneficial advances, and discuss how this knowledge might allow us to make better decisions for ourselves.

Let's Know Things is produced and hosted by Colin Wright...

On this week’s episode of Let’s Know Things, we touch on the idea of shunning, then deep-dive into empiricism versus faith, trust and journalism, and how politicians are like magicians.

On this week's episode of Let's Know Things, we touch on the idea of shunning, then deep-dive into empiricism versus faith, trust and journalism, and how politicians are like magicians.

We also discuss why diluting the influence of journalism and journalists is a wonderful short-term tactic, but potentially very harmful in the long-term.

Let's Know Things is produced and hosted by Colin Wright...

On today’s episode we discuss intelligence, and in particular the types of intelligence we find outside of our own species.