ShelShocked is a weekly podcast hosted by Sheldon Helms, and co-hosted by Marilin Colón. Each week, we bring you another one-hour program covering a topic in science, skepticism, atheism, or a related area. Feel free to listen below, and/or subscribe to us on iTunes or Stitcher, or by clicking the RSS feed link below.

July 12, 2015

ShelShocked #10 - The Science of Persuasion

July 12, 2015/ Sheldon Helms

Introduction with Sheldon and Marilin discussing five common persuasion tactics, and personal stories of being conned. An Interview with social psychologist and fraud/con-criminal expert Dr. Anthony Pratkanis. Good News segment from Marilin about a whistle blower who uncovered a multi-million dollar scam in which perfectly healthy people were being treated for cancer.

SHOW NOTES - EPISODE TEN

CLICK HERE to purchase "Age of Propaganda," by Anthony Pratkanis and Elliot Aronson.

CLICK HERE to watch the AARP video "Weapons of Fraud," co-created by Anthony Pratkanis.

CLICK HERE to read more about Dr. Farid Fata, and his sentence of 45 years for medical fraud.

Sheldon Helms

Sheldon W. Helms is an associate professor of psychology at Ohlone College, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Bay Area Skeptics.

He gives public science talks on a variety of topics related to psychology, skepticism, and critical thinking, and writes articles for the James Randi Education Foundation, as well as several other publications