In this episode, we look at the origins of the use of "doctor" (it's from western theology, as can be seen in the ceremonial robes still worn today) and the role of skills and knowledge and demonstrating expertise. "Doctor" is at times as shorthand for "come to me for expert information," and for Dr. Jones, it meant recognizing that she had expertise in the 1990s in SoCal when, in comparison to her male colleagues, she was not given the credit of her expertise in the media, being called an "earthquake lady" instead of a scientist. The controversy of the use of the title "doctor" reveals the complicated relationship Americans have with truth and experts. And today, this issue is more important than ever as we all must have the skills to determine the truth we encounter in all forms of media.
Episode 117 - Hurricane Season
Episode 116 - What the U.S. Can Learn From Earthquakes in Turkey
Episode 115 - The Reality of Atmospheric Rivers
Episode 114 - All About Liquefaction
Episode 113 - The Value of Retrofits
Episode 112 - Happening Right Now: More Extreme Disaster Events
Episode 111 - Tempo
Episode 110 - When You Have a Lot of Earthquakes, You Have a Lot of Earthquakes
Episode 109 - Why Are Schools Safer?
Episode 108 - Weak Faults Have Bigger Earthquakes
Episode 107 - The Misconception of the ”Massive” Earthquake
Episode 106 - What We Can Learn from New Zealand
Episode 105 - Looking for Anomalies in All the Wrong Places
Episode 104 - The Dangerous Myth of the “Ring of Fire”
Episode 103 - Pandemic Randomness
Episode 102 - Human History of Random Thoughts
Episode 101 - Random Acts of Shaking
Episode 100 - The Magic Eyes of the Geologist
Episode 99 - Why Plate Tectonics Matters to You
Episode 98 - Is It Too Late to Cool the Earth?
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