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Jul 2023
32m 45s

Cooling Down The Tik-Tok Experience

Peach Fish Productions
About this episode

Evelyn Gosnell is a behavioral scientist who, as Managing Director of Irrational Labs, studies and advises the biggest apps and social media sites in existence.  We discuss a recent TikTok intervention she designed to reduce the spread of misinformation. Plus, Joe Biden's non-difficult decision whether to pack the supreme court. And Bill de Blasio and his wife to separate but continue living together.


Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara

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