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Wendy Zukerman Language Analysis

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Is organic food better than conventional food? How safe is nuclear power? Can ghosts exist? Wendy Zukerman challenges these myths and many more by examining the facts in her podcast, Science Vs. This podcast combines science and current events, which certainly caught my attention. Zukerman also maintains an unbiased approach to each topic and keeps the listener's attention with clever commentary. I gained knowledge about society and these topics, as well as knowledge about myself, while watching this podcast. Zukerman remains neutral during the podcast, but her guests had fixed opinions. Throughout this podcast, I saw how headstrong people can be when speaking about controversial topics. Everyone that was interviewed had a strong opinion on the subject. While discussing the possibility of ghosts, Zukerman interviewed three people: a woman who believed she was living in a haunted house, a physicist, and a paranormal …show more content…

I appreciated her honesty because it allowed me to see more of the story than I do while watching a news program. One piece of information that is not commonly seen in television news stories is how much is truly known about the topic. In each of the episodes I watched, Zukerman admitted that little is known about many of these issues. The lack of knowledge about these issues is actually what makes them so controversial. During an episode about ghosts, multiple theories were given such as parallel universes and sleep paralysis, but at the end of the episode, Zukerman said that there is just not enough information to prove that ghosts exist or do not exist. I knew we did not have solid information of ghosts, but I was surprised to find out that there is little known about the benefits of organic produce. Organic produce is typically considered healthier but Science Vs showed me that there is not any proof that the use of chemicals is unhealthy. Zukerman’s honesty offered

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