Planetarium

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"i think every kid deserves to sit in a planetarium and be surrounded 360 degrees by space," she says. " flat arthers are still kind of trying to figure out, like, is this really real? And it's their way of trying, almost to ley bolster their own arguments." The show airs at 8 p.m. ET on PBS stations across the country.

In this episode we sit down with Joey Rodman (@okiespacequeen), a science educator in Oklahoma whose recent Twitter thread about using a portable planetarium to reach out to flat earthers went viral thanks to their counterintuitive advice about how to discuss science denial and conspiracy theories with people who may have never interacted with a scientist before.

After years of on-the-ground, one-on-one conversations, Joey has developed a technique similar to those we've discussed on the show, including street epistemology, motivational interviewing, deep canvassing, and even the socratic method. It shares elements with all of these, but was developed in-person through conversations with people who met with Joey in their communities and home towns.

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