Helpful outside resources for the LSAT

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  cloy26260 Alum Member

  December 2013 46 karma

  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.
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  J.Y. Ping Administrator Instructor

  December 2013 14205 karma

  Yeah, respect for intelligent, honest argumentation is ingrained in their culture.
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  Alan Cheuk-2 Administrator

  December 2013 3123 karma

  I love Radiolab and Planet Money. Totally worth listening to.
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  cloy26260 Alum Member

  December 2013 edited December 2013 46 karma

  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.
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  J.Y. Ping Administrator Instructor

  December 2013 14205 karma

  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.
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  sherryberry007 Alum Member

  December 2013 22 karma

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

  December 2013 228 karma

  x2 on intelligence squared -- certainly my favorite.
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  Emily.a.pfeiffer Alum Member

  January 2014 13 karma

  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 Administrator

  January 2014 3123 karma

  Damn, I started listening to the Intelligence Squared podcast. That is pure gold. Thanks for the recommendation!
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  J.Y. Ping Administrator Instructor

  January 2014 14205 karma

  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 Alum Member

  February 2014 5 karma

  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.
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  josemartinez725 Free Trial Member

  February 2014 52 karma

  https://www.coursera.org/course/thinkagain
  This course on informal logic is particularly useful for mastering the art of manipulating and understanding arguments.
• carol1122 Free Trial Member

  March 2014 2 karma

  thank u very much!!
• Help2222 Member

  April 2014 240 karma

  I listened to Radio Lab and Rosenberg and found it interesting, informative, and entertaining!
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  J.Y. Ping Administrator Instructor

  April 2014 edited April 2014 14205 karma

  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 Free Trial Member

  April 2014 12 karma

  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 Member

  May 2014 116 karma

  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/
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  polscken Alum Member

  June 2014 edited June 2014 199 karma

  This is the best advice ever. Don't forget Ted talks too.
• anne2hoang Free Trial Member

  June 2014 226 karma

  ^ Yes, I am addicted to Ted talks.
  
  I spend my weekends deconstructing arguments in the Enquirer.
  Just kidding.
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  kraft.phillip Free Trial Member Inactive Sage

  June 2014 444 karma

  By the way, incognito mode on chrome bypasses the economist's article viewing limit.
• ENTJ Alum Inactive ⭐

  June 2014 3658 karma

  Really? Nice!
• fortunatezr Alum Member

  June 2014 22 karma

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

  July 2014 268 karma

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

  July 2014 21 karma

  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.
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  jyang72 Alum Member

  July 2014 844 karma

  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.