{"podcast":{"title":"Clear the air","slug":"clear-the-air-6093986","podcast_index_feed_id":6093986,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5351553/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://myclearhead.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8a39a15155660597c8d029390648902.jpg","author":"Clearhead","episode_count":47,"summary":"Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a mental health and wellbeing podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you. We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions covering mental health and wellbeing that have puzzled humans for millennia. Follow the podcast to get notified as we drop new episodes monthly. Clearhead is an innovative employee wellbeing platform with a social mission to ensure personalised mental health and wellbeing support is accessible to everyone. Making it easier for you to build self-awareness and be guided to either digital self-help tools or book therapy on the Clearhead platform when and where you need it. Have a burning question about mental health that you want us to answer? Email us at contact@myclearhead.com, or visit our website: www.myclearhead.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986"},"episode":{"title":"34:  Developing Critical Thinkers with Steve Pearlman","slug":"34-developing-critical-thinkers-with-steve-pearlman","published_at":"2025-08-26T20:36:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/34-developing-critical-thinkers-with-steve-pearlman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/34-developing-critical-thinkers-with-steve-pearlman--67471373","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67471373/clear_the_air_webinar_40_steve_pearlman_audio.mp3","summary":"In an age overwhelmed by information, opinion, and polarization, the ability to think critically isn't just useful, it's essential. In this episode, we will learn how we can develop strategies to think critically and make smarter decisions, what it means to challenge assumptions, expose common thinking traps, and offer immediately usable strategies for clearer, more effective reasoning in everyday life. Steve’s biography: Steve Pearlman, Ph.D., is arguably the world’s foremost critical thinking expert. After founding the United States’ first academic department solely focused on researching critical thinking and how to teach people to do it, Steve subsequently shared his methods at educational institutions, conferences, and businesses. He is frequently featured in national and international media, and he’s the author of America’s Critical Thinking Crisis: The Failure and Promise of Education. In this episode, we dive deep into answering the following thorny questions: 00:00 – Introduction 02:00 – Steve’s journey to becoming an expert in critical thinking 04:00 – Critical thinking definition and how it is taught 07:00 – What are default modes of how our brain functions 10:00 – How to maintain critical thinking when there is an overload of information 12:30 – How to assess whether a source of information is credible 15:00 – How to ask the right question when you don’t know what you don’t know 17:15 – Why reassessing the information and refining your initial question is key in critical thinking 18:00 – Why critical thinking does not always need to take a lot of time 19:30 – How to teach kids critical thinking by prioritising reasoning over authority (parenting example) 25:30 – Why intellectual humility is the solution when two people are in disagreement 29:30 – How to dea…","meta_description":"In an age overwhelmed by information, opinion, and polarization, the ability to think critically isn't just useful, it's essential. In this episode, we wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3702,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/clear-the-air-6093986/episodes/34-developing-critical-thinkers-with-steve-pearlman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/34-developing-critical-thinkers-with-steve-pearlman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}