Fake News, Homework, Horror Films

True or False? A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Identifying Fake News (0:33) Guest: Cindy Otis, Former Intelligence Analyst at the CIA, Author of “True or False: A CIA Analyst’s Guide to Spotting Fake News” In this final week before the election, Twitter and Facebook are taking extra precautions to prevent misinformation from spreading on their sites. When the stakes are high, fake news flourishes online. And despite the efforts Twitter and Facebook might make, it really comes down to you and me doing our part to think critically about what we’re reading and watching online. How Homework Can Help or Harm (23:42) Guest: Denise Pope, Founder, Challenge Success and Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University The boundary between school and home is blurred for so many families right now, and so is the line between classwork and homework, when kids don’t spend all day in a physical classroom with their teacher. How are your kids coping? Stanford’s Challenge Success program has long been studying the effects of homework on students–when it’s helpful and when it actually harms kids. That's right, homework can actually hurt. Horror Movie Fans Are Coping Better During the Pandemic (39:16) Guest: Coltan Scrivner, PhD Candidate, Department of Comparative Human Development, Fellow at the Institute for Mind & Biology, University of Chicago Horror films are hot right now. But who wants to watch a movie about a global pandemic in the middle of a global pandemic? Why would anyone living in a stressful moment like this want to spend a couple of hours watching invincible–and infectious–zombies take over the world? But apparently, people who are drawn to horror films are faring a little better psychologically right now. It’s like watching the world fall apart on screen prepared them for real-world chaos. The First Professional Disabled Golfer to Play in the European Tour (52:49) Guest: Brendan Lawlor, Professional Disabled Golfer This year, for the first time ever, a golfer with a disability competed in a