9 | David Farrier on giving up medical school, medical misinformation & journalism

David Farrier is a journalist and documentary maker, who has fashioned a career out of stranger stories and unpacking conspiracies. He co-directed and featured in the internationally distributed documentary on competitive endurance tickling called Tickled in 2016, and the Netflix documentary series, Dark Tourist in 2018. He also does a monthly podcast called ‘Armchaired and Dangerous’ with Dax Shepard and Monica Padman on the Armchair Expert, on discussing different conspiracies, and writes a newsletter Webworm. In this episode, we discuss his journey into first year health sciences, giving up medical school and subsequently going into journalism and the current & future challenges for journalism. We also unpack medical misinformation, especially in the era of COVID and vaccinations, and the dangers of social media. David's newsletter Webworm: https://www.webworm.co/Linktree to find him on all his social media platforms and all his projects: https://linktr.ee/davidfarrierAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, feel free to get in touch at [email protected] credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9YSupport the showAs always, if you have any feedback or queries, or if you would like to get in touch with the speaker, feel free to get in touch at [email protected]. Audio credit:Bliss by Luke Bergs https://soundcloud.com/bergscloudCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/33DJFs9Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/e9aXhBQDT9Y

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