Helpful outside resources for the LSAT

J.Y. Ping

Guys, when you're exercising or commuting or just putzing around, listen to the podcasts from Radiolab and Planet Money. From a content point of view, you'll learn a ton about science (both natural and social). The way the subjects are discussed is highly intelligent and the entire conversation is a series of arguments and counterarguments that ultimately reveal something deeply fascinating about the world we live in.

So, basically the polar opposite of cable news, where nothing interesting is ever discussed and no intelligent arguments are ever made.

Radiolab
http://www.radiolab.org/

Planet Money
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/

Oh I almost forgot. This will improve your LSAT score.

cloy26260

SO funny you put this up... I was listening to the Diane Rehm show this morning and it hit me: NPR's stories are phenomenal for flaw spotting and argument evaluation.

J.Y. Ping

Yeah, respect for intelligent, honest argumentation is ingrained in their culture.

Alan Cheuk-2

I love Radiolab and Planet Money. Totally worth listening to.

cloy26260

Also, the PBS app on AppleTV has a show called "Intelligence Squared" and it is fantastic for analyzing arguments. Two panels essentially debate opposing views on a motion. Being able to take a break from studying while continuing to refine skills that will help you on the test is great.

J.Y. Ping

Wow, I just watched all the videos in this series.
http://www.intelligencesquared.com/events/david-eagleman-on-the-on-the-science-of-de-and-re-humanisation-and-why-it-matters/

I'm sold.

sherryberry007

David Eagleman is my hero. For leisure, everyone here should read his book Sum.

zhenders

x2 on intelligence squared -- certainly my favorite.

Emily.a.pfeiffer

I love radiolab-I also recommend Slate's gabfests... Especially the political ones, because I enjoy John Dickerson.
Thanks for the reminder!

Alan Cheuk-2

Damn, I started listening to the Intelligence Squared podcast. That is pure gold. Thanks for the recommendation!

J.Y. Ping

Hey guys, the Economist's Science and Technology articles are fantastic.

You'd think the LSAT writers themselves wrote some of these:
http://www.economist.com/science-technology

dwschloss

JY, thank you. If I have to write the LSAT again, I'm going to focus on reading these. Any other science-y/tech blogs, articles, podcAsts, etc. anyone can recommend? I seem to kill every kind of reading comprehension passages except for these. They always suck my time and downgrade my scores.

josemartinez725

https://www.coursera.org/course/thinkagain
This course on informal logic is particularly useful for mastering the art of manipulating and understanding arguments.

carol1122

thank u very much!!

Help2222

I listened to Radio Lab and Rosenberg and found it interesting, informative, and entertaining!

J.Y. Ping

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014/04/09/301010519/episode-530-marijuana-law-school-and-centuries-of-inequality

This episode talks about law school and their published employment numbers.

Connie O.-1

Yes!!! such a good podcast listened to it this morning...definitly checked me on remembering that a lot of these statistics are a load of crap

Admiral Yummy

Alright everybody, here's something I viewed last night and thoroughly enjoyed. "Tim's Vermeer" is a documentary about a man who sets out to recreate a painting by Vermeer using the tools that he believes the artist used to paint photorealistic paintings. I think this documentary captures a lot of the argumentation that we encounter while studying for the LSAT and it illustrates what you can accomplish if you put your mind to it: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tims_vermeer_2014/

polscken

This is the best advice ever. Don't forget Ted talks too.

anne2hoang

^ Yes, I am addicted to Ted talks.

I spend my weekends deconstructing arguments in the Enquirer.
Just kidding.

kraft.phillip

By the way, incognito mode on chrome bypasses the economist's article viewing limit.

ENTJ

Really? Nice!

fortunatezr

I started listening to these podcasts. They are very interesting and helpful! Thanks for sharing!

lsathopeful

Is it possible to save discussion like this one (to refer to it later) without commenting?

benjaminladdbryce

Here's the only problem. By the time I read this, I had already listened to all of RadioLabs episodes, along with 99% Invisible, This American Life, Freakanomics, etc. I drive a lot at work, and so I digest a lot of content.

jyang72

Is there anyone who is interested in Scientific American? I think it is a wonderful magazine which incorporates tons of scientific articles which are similar to LSAT logical reasoning stimulus and reading comprehension.