Episode of the day: "For Your Reconsideration"

Listen to "For Your Reconsideration"

Podcast: This American Life (Episode 584)

I swear that I try to branch out and listen to other podcasts in order to publish a wide variety here. But even though I listen to many podcasts, I choose today yet another This American Life episode!

This episode was absolutely incredible. An interesting story of a bogus social science study. A bit ironic that a new study, however, reveals some of the same findings the retracted study did.

And then, the most amazing story from the podcast "Beautiful Stories by Anonymous People", which is a new podcast I intend to follow closely. This story makes you think that so often we get trapped in our own inertia despite the opportunities presented around us. We have plans, dreams, ambitions, but inertia takes over and fear prevails. Sometimes we would be better off using Nike's philosophy and Just Do It!

More information:

Los Angeles LGBT Center

Michael LaCour's scandal in The New York Times and The New Yorker

Donald Green and Michael LaCour
(image from Michael LaCour's facebook page)

New study "Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing" published in Science.

Listen to "Ron Paul's Baby"