The Confirmation Bias Podcast
News & Politics Podcasts
Brothers butting heads in an entertaining yet enlightening discussion on subjects where others fear to tread. On the confirmation bias podcast you will hear your hosts, Keith and Kevin Ledig discuss news and current events. We will smack talk, fact check, and smash ignorance. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to social, racial, and LGBT issues, politics, religion, economics, and pretty much everything that affects you. Local, national and global news will be discussed. This isn’t your 6 o’clock news. We have fun with it, we don’t hold back. Satirical political commentary that should at times make you feel slightly uncomfortable but always leave you entertained and well informed. Confirmation Bias is a tendency to interpret information in a way that confirms your preexisting beliefs while giving less consideration to alternative possibilities regardless of fact. Our goal is to breakdown these biases and get to the root of the issue, and address why your preconceived notions may need to be updated.
Location:
United States
Description:
Brothers butting heads in an entertaining yet enlightening discussion on subjects where others fear to tread. On the confirmation bias podcast you will hear your hosts, Keith and Kevin Ledig discuss news and current events. We will smack talk, fact check, and smash ignorance. Topics for discussion include but are not limited to social, racial, and LGBT issues, politics, religion, economics, and pretty much everything that affects you. Local, national and global news will be discussed. This isn’t your 6 o’clock news. We have fun with it, we don’t hold back. Satirical political commentary that should at times make you feel slightly uncomfortable but always leave you entertained and well informed. Confirmation Bias is a tendency to interpret information in a way that confirms your preexisting beliefs while giving less consideration to alternative possibilities regardless of fact. Our goal is to breakdown these biases and get to the root of the issue, and address why your preconceived notions may need to be updated.
Language:
English
Episodes
Third_Week_of_July_2020 – 59
7/21/2020
Protests, the fed mishandling Coronavirus, train-wreck 2020, etc. https://youtu.be/otTsbqK4U7o
Duration:00:59:13
Civil Unrest During Coronavirus – 58
6/15/2020
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2020/05/mapping-police-killings-black-americans-200531105741757.html https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865261916/a-decade-of-watching-black-people-die americansfortaxfairness.org
Duration:01:14:16
This Week in Corona Virus and Trump – 57
5/26/2020
More nonsense.
Duration:00:43:57
Reopening with no plan or cure – 55
5/4/2020
1. person who says they're a doctor is telling me that more people died from the flu in 2018 than Corona virus in 2020. I tried to point out the fact that this is an exponentially growing virus and we're only a few weeks into it. Then I get told to turn off the TV. [...]
Duration:01:00:50
More Pandemonium – 54
4/20/2020
Talk about economic impacts of coronavirus and what life will be like for the next 18 months. https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
Duration:01:02:11
3 Months isn’t enough to prepare for a pandemic – 53
4/6/2020
We weren't ready for this pandemic. COVID-19 is nothing like H1N1. We are not even peaking in the USA, We probably have 2-3 months to go before we can start going back to work.
Duration:01:12:16
My Corona! – 52
3/18/2020
We talk about the corona virus pandemic, COVID-19 and how much fun we are having not going out to do stuff. Also fun watching our 401k's vanish before our very eyes.
Duration:00:45:50
Baseball N stuff – 51
11/18/2019
Catch-up episode, lots of topics.
Duration:00:35:42
Current Events – 50
5/27/2019
We have been lazy lately. Actually super busy, but we will be bringing more episodes to you soon! Today we use our superpowers of sarcasm to bring to you current events.
Duration:00:37:18
Anxiety – 49
2/20/2019
Today we discuss anxiety and how we deal with it. Today's polarizing political landscape can cause tremendous anxiety. Dealing with that anxiety can alleviate stress and prevent depression. We use our bizarre humor in an attempt to communicate our quirky methods of alleviating anxiety. Maybe you can adopt similar methods. Hope this helps!
Duration:00:57:40
Happy New Year? – 48
1/8/2019
We're back to talk about how fitshaced we got for the holiday, and about how many of the fallen we've lost in the ongoing war on Christmas. Featuring predictions on who we expect to run for president and why (or why not) it's a good idea!
Duration:00:34:17
Election Day 2018 – 47
11/5/2018
Happy election day! Go out and vote!
Duration:00:56:42
Rape Culture Part 2 – 46
10/6/2018
Part 2. See episode 45 (ironically) for part 1. WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the [...]
Duration:00:53:03
Rape Culture – 45
10/3/2018
WHAT IS RAPE CULTURE? Rape Culture is an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby creating a society that [...]
Duration:01:07:25
Kavanaugh N Stuff – 44
9/27/2018
We discuss how absurd it is to smear sexual assault victims and how Republicans find it OK to delay Obama's SCOTUS pick for over a year while they are now crying foul at Democrats wanting an FBI investigation because 4 women came forward accusing Kavanaugh of assault.
Duration:00:56:58
Venezuela Ins’t Socialism and Other Stuff – 43
8/22/2018
Conservatives like to label a failing Venezuela as a failed Socialist nation when it is far from Socialist. Venezuela is a dictatorship and they pin most of their revenue on oil, 95% GDP. The incompetent and corrupt government eliminates political competition and a free press (sounds familiar?) They do little to grow a healthy economy. [...]
Duration:00:39:53
Where Is The Supreme Court, This Country, Going? – 42
7/2/2018
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is retiring and the highest court in our nation is about to swing to the hard right for decades to come.
Duration:01:04:47
Trade Wars and Hawaii – 41
5/31/2018
Talking our usual stuff. Going to Hawaii. Trade wars and tariffs.
Duration:00:45:24
Should The Constitution Be Updated? – 40
4/30/2018
Should the constitution be updated? Is it a living document? Our constitution is founded on some great ideas but it's a Rube Goldberg patchwork of ideas that needs modernization especially considering that it was written well over 200 years ago.
Duration:00:44:29
YouTube Shooting, the Gun Violence Saga Continues – 39
4/4/2018
Yet another shooting, this time a woman who is upset with YouTube. Nasim Najafi Aghdam, armed with a Smith & Wesson 9mm pistol shot 3 people and took her own life. The Parkland mass shooter was not a current student, he took an Uber and brought a duffel bad with guns and ammo. Clear backpacks [...]
Duration:00:56:06