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The Fact Didn’t Change. You Did. | Wacky Wednesday
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- Aug 12, 2026
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Text the show! What if changing nothing but the political name attached to a fact could change whether you believe it? Turns out, researchers have tested exactly that—and the results aren't particularly flattering to either side. This Wacky Wednesday starts with a strange reaction to a previous Common Sense episode: government and academic wildfire research being dismissed as a “Trump talking point.” From there, Chad follows the same mechanism through decades of American politics. Xavier Bec...