Kit Marie and John Cook share a glass of Aussie wine and chat cognitive biases & misinformation, drawing cartoons, writing cli-fi amongst other things!

John is a scientist who researches how to fight fake news. Before becoming a scientist, he was a cartoonist. He now combines his science and art in the Cranky Uncle game, using humour, cartoons, critical thinking and games to build resilience against misinformation. John’s passion is climate change - working to reduce the impact of climate change on the world and people.

Some links to things mentioned in the chat:
-	Just Stop Oil (https://juststopoil.org/) 
-	Aboriginal Melbourne (https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/about-melbourne/melbourne-profile/aboriginal-culture/Pages/aboriginal-culture.aspx) 
-	Parallel argumentation/case (https://www.writingarguments.com/parallel-case.html) 
-	20 cognitive biases (https://www.businessinsider.com/cognitive-biases-that-affect-decisions-2015-8) 
-	John’s article ‘What do gorilla suits and blowfish fallacies have to do with climate change?’ (https://theconversation.com/what-do-gorilla-suits-and-blowfish-fallacies-have-to-do-with-climate-change-72560) 
-	Don’t Look Up film (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11286314/) 
-	Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wheel_of_Time)  
-	John’s website for his in-progress cli-fi novel (http://johnfocook.com) 
-       Interview with University of Bristol’s Dan Lunt: “The Climate of Middle Earth”:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/jJNkd5g6oxI
Part 2: https://youtu.be/sRS1ptPOF54
Part 3: https://youtu.be/zIe6EefVjTw
-	Climate Change in Sci-Fi: Featuring the Great Derelict Podcast (https://geogramblings.com/2021/11/13/climate-change-in-sci-fi-featuring-the-great-derelict-podcast/) 

Expand your geography network and connect with John via the Skeptical Science (https://skepticalscience.com/) and Cranky Uncle websites (https://crankyuncle.com/). 

==About Coffee & Geography==

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Coffee & Geography 3x20 John Cook (Australia) Cognitive bias, cartoons, cli-fi and more

Recorded by Chris Thomas at Space Studios, these are the three pieces that secured my grade 4 merit.

Prelude - Bach

== About the 'Coffee & Geography' podcast ==

The aim of ‘Coffee & Geography’ is to get to know, explore and celebrate the diverse & intersectional range of people and their love for the world. We’ll have fun exploring all the myriad of ways that connects your life to geography. Wait – you don’t think you’re a ‘geographer’? Well, that’s ok! If you have a love and passion for the world then you probably are more than you know.

If you're interested in being a guest or want to find out more, then visit https://geogramblings.com/coffee-geography-podcast/. There you will also find an interactive map to explore the locations of guests and the brews that they drink!

Follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/CoffeeGeogPod. 

The Coffee & Geography Podcast is a 'Geogramblings' production, hosted and produced by Kit Rackley (they/them). The podcast is supported by generous donations via https://ko-fi.com/kitrackley and takes advice from an advisory board of volunteers.

== About Geogramblings ==

Kit Rackley (Geogramblings) spent 13 years as a Geography high-school teacher, and is now freelancing as an educational blogger, author, speaker & trainer. They are a consultant to the Geographical Association (UK) and work through the University of East Anglia to raise aspirations of young people to Higher Education. 

Kit's projects include the Geogramblings.com educational blog, communicating issues through performing arts, the Coffee & Geography podcast and many community-based initiatives.

Coffee & Geography 3x20 John Cook (Australia) Cognitive bias, cartoons, cli-fi and more

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