Join me as I chat with acclaimed author and journalist Christie Aschwanden about why science is a process of understanding and learn why we should critically examine scientific literature for measurement errors and confounding variables.

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This is probably the funniest episode we've ever done on the Emerging Form podcast. Comedian Chris Duffy talks about what makes a good comedy set, how jokes and poems are two sides of the same coin, and why noticing is essential for creating comedy. emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-76-p…

A tour de force, Christie Aschwanden.

This week on the Emerging Form Podcast, T.A. Barron tells my all-time favorite story of persisting in the face of rejection. His (eventual) success story includes a fake letter, a friend who knew just what he needed, and a very gracious famous writer. emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-74-t…

Any coverage of the Fetterman-Oz debate that discusses health (looking at you, ableist politics reporters) should focus on the malicious, greedy danger Oz and his pseudoscience pose to public health scientificamerican.com/article/dr-oz-… Timothy Caulfield on Scientific American

Wednesday is #FunFacts day! “In 51% of cases, fake elective surgery — with anaesthetic and incision, but nothing more — works just as well as real surgery. via Christie Aschwanden” Christie Aschwanden fivethirtyeight.com/features/surge…

RCCSS(C) Endure conference: Great speaker line up & still time to register!
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Given the press releases in my inbox re: ways to get more women to get mammograms, must be time to re-up this explanation of why a mammogram is more likely to hurt than help you, and whether that's acceptable or not is a personal choice. it's ok to say no lastwordonnothing.com/2015/10/29/gro…

On the latest episode of Emerging Form,
Steve Magness offers creative insights from his new book, 'Do Hard Things.' It turns out, book writing is hard, even for him. emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-73-s…

Hey my #physed and #healthed friends, it's time for another #essentialp newsletter!!! conta.cc/3VYJvp1 You don't want to miss great things by Andrea Chavez Joey Feith Jorge Rodriguez
and Christie Aschwanden. In the meantime have an amazing week you beautiful people!

Check out this podcast with one of my favorite science writers, where we go deep on the creative process behind writing.

This is the behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of writing.

Today on Emerging Form, Steve Magness talks about how to do hard creative things. emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-73-s…

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'Maybe the opposite of fundamentalism is . . . humility.' great recap of last week's intellectual humility conference at Greater Good by Nadia Bolz-Weber thecorners.substack.com/p/you-can-take…

Excited to be part of such a stellar lineup!

Receiving kind, grateful, thoughtful emails from readers never gets old. It's my favorite part of having written a book.

'In any given moment, we're never actually 'working on a big project' or 'addressing a major challenge' or anything similar. We're always just taking an action. And then another. And another.' Great time management wisdom from Oliver Burkeman. oliverburkeman.com/the-imperfecti…

Very excited about today's Emerging Form episode with nicolatwilley and Geoff Manaugh. emergingform.substack.com/p/episode-72-n…