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False Memories: From the Lab To The Courtroom

www.mixcloud.com/guardianscience/false-memories-from-the-labto-the-courtroom-science-weekly-podcast Part of The Guardian’s Science Weekly series, this is a look at that most fascinating of topics — memory, and how reliable this can ever be. For decades it has been clear that memory is nowhere near as infallible as we would like it to be, instead it is subject to all the corruption of wishfulness and suggestion.

In fact, it is now clear that it is possible to plant entire memory sequences that are entirely false, and embed these so successfully that the subject can no longer distinguish fact from fiction. The implications are huge — particularly for court cases — and therefore this discussion is very timely.

Presented by Ian Sample, the podcast has the expert input of Dr Julia Shaw, London South Bank University criminologist and expert witness, and also Professor Elizabeth Loftus, Professor of Psychology and Social Behaviour and Professor of Law at the University of California, who has written and presented extensively — often controversially — around false memory syndrome.

Reply All

www.gimletmedia.com/reply-all Ostensibly, this is a podcast about ‘the internet’. In fact, it is a sharp and lively exploration of modern life, and how to survive it. Started in 2014 and hosted by PJ Vogt and Alex Goldman, the show is downloaded over three million times each month.

Vogt and Goldman trawl the internet for strange and arresting stories, ostensibly to do with technology — such as the couple in Atlanta who keep finding strangers at their door, looking for lost or stolen cell phones, or attempts to track down a mythical, vanished video game and where that leads. Like all the best podcasts, this starts with something specific, and travels very far outwards. EMILY HOURICAN