Coffee & Geography 3x20 John Cook (Australia) Cognitive bias, cartoons, cli-fi and more

Coffee & Geography

Kit Marie and John Cook share a glass of Aussie wine and chat cognitive biases & misinformation, drawing cartoons, writing cli-fi amongst other things! John is a scientist who researches how to fight fake news. Before becoming a scientist, he was a cartoonist. He now combines his science and art in the Cranky Uncle game, using humour, cartoons, critical thinking and games to build resilience against misinformation. John’s passion is climate change - working to reduce the impact of climate change on the world and people. Some links to things mentioned in the chat: - Just Stop Oil (https://juststopoil.org/) - Aboriginal Melbourne (https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/aboriginal-culture/Pages/aboriginal-culture.aspx) - Parallel argumentation/case (https://www.writingarguments.com/parallel-case.html) - 20 cognitive biases (https://www.businessinsider.com/cognitive-biases-that-affect-decisions-2015-8) - John’s article ‘What do gorilla suits and blowfish fallacies have to do with climate change?’ (https://theconversation.com/what-do-gorilla-suits-and-blowfish-fallacies-have-to-do-with-climate-change-72560) - Don’t Look Up film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/) - Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time) - John’s website for his in-progress cli-fi novel (http://johnfocook.com) - Interview with University of Bristol’s Dan Lunt: “The Climate of Middle Earth”: Part 1: https://youtu.be/jJNkd5g6oxI Part 2: https://youtu.be/sRS1ptPOF54 Part 3: https://youtu.be/zIe6EefVjTw - Climate Change in Sci-Fi: Featuring the Great Derelict Podcast (https://geogramblings.com/2021/11/13/climate-change-in-sci-fi-featuring-the-great-derelict-podcast/) Expand your geography network and connect with John via the Skeptical Science (https://skepticalscience.com/) and Cranky Uncle websites (https://crankyuncle.com/). ==About Coffee & Geography== The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know. If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink! Music: 'Spark of Inspiration' by Shane Ivers (www.silvermansound.com/) ==How you can support the podcast and continue the conversation== • Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. • Rate, review (https://ratethispodcast.com/coffeegeogpod) and subscribe to the podcast via your preferred platform. • Donate via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley • Switch your energy provider to Octopus Energy via this link: https://share.octopus.energy/reed-foal-15. Any referral rewards will go towards Geogramblings education efforts.* *Octopus Energy are not sponsors of the podcast and have not endorsed these links. The referral links have been posted in a personal capacity to help raise funds to keep Geogramblings educational work sustainable.