{"id":1973,"date":"2018-09-22T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=1973"},"modified":"2018-09-22T14:51:45","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T19:51:45","slug":"the-antipolygraph-org-podcast-episode-1-polygraphs-and-the-kavanaugh-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2018\/09\/22\/the-antipolygraph-org-podcast-episode-1-polygraphs-and-the-kavanaugh-nomination\/","title":{"rendered":"The AntiPolygraph.org Podcast: Episode 1 &#8211; Polygraphs and the Kavanaugh Nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>In this episode, podcast host George Maschke discusses Professor Christine Blasey Ford&#8217;s polygraph examination in connection with her allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, critical journalism on polygraphy inspired by this development, a proposed polygraph dragnet at the White House, a recent interview of polygraph critic Doug Williams on the Lions of Liberty podcast, and AntiPolygraph.org&#8217;s 18th anniversary online. (<a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Episode-1-Polygraphs-and-the-Kavanaugh-Nomination.mp3\">Direct download<\/a>, 7.9 MB MP3)<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1973-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Episode-1-Polygraphs-and-the-Kavanaugh-Nomination.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Episode-1-Polygraphs-and-the-Kavanaugh-Nomination.mp3\">https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Episode-1-Polygraphs-and-the-Kavanaugh-Nomination.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Show notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>On Professor Christine Blasey Ford\u2019s allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/california-professor-writer-of-confidential-brett-kavanaugh-letter-speaks-out-about-her-allegation-of-sexual-assault\/2018\/09\/16\/46982194-b846-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html\">\u201cCalifornia professor, writer of confidential Brett Kavanaugh letter, speaks out about her allegation of sexual assault,\u201d<\/a> by Emma Brown. <em>The Washington Post,<\/em> 16 September 2018.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/16\/us\/politics\/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-sexual-assault.html\">\u201cBrett Kavanaugh\u2019s Confirmation at Risk After Accusation by Christine Blasey Ford,\u201d<\/a> by Sheryl Gay Stolberg. <em>The New York Times,<\/em> 16 September 2018.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/inthemission\/2018\/09\/20\/pelosi-to-kavanaugh-take-a-lie-detector-test-what-do-you-have-to-hide\/\">calls on Brett Kavanaugh to take a lie detector \u201ctest.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>General reporting on polygraphy:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/polygraph-test-science\">\u201cPolygraph tests don\u2019t work as lie detectors and they never have: It\u2019s time to stop pinning our hopes on pseudoscience\u201d<\/a> by Eleanor Cummins in <em>Popular Science<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weeklystandard.com\/alice-b-lloyd\/why-do-we-still-believe-in-polygraphs\">\u201cWhy Do We Still Believe in Polygraphs?\u201d<\/a> by Alice B. Lloyd in the <em>Weekly Standard<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/truth-about-polygraph-tests-16180.html\">\u201cThe Truth About Polygraph Tests: They\u2019re junk science, inadmissible in court, and about as reliable as a pack of Tarot cards,\u201d<\/a> by Claire Berlinski in <em>City Journal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/cgi-bin\/forums\/YaBB.pl?num=1536311266\">Senator Rand Paul Suggests Lie Detector \u201cTests\u201d to Identify Author of New York Times Op-Ed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>John Odermatt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lionsofliberty.com\/2018\/09\/21\/how-to-beat-a-lie-detector-with-polygraph-expert-doug-williams\/\">interview of polygraph critic Doug Williams<\/a> on the Lions of Liberty podcast show, Felony Friday.<\/p>\n<p>How to <a href=\"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/contact.shtml\">Contact AntiPolygraph.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode, podcast host George Maschke discusses Professor Christine Blasey Ford&#8217;s polygraph examination in connection with her allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, critical journalism on polygraphy inspired by this development, a proposed polygraph dragnet at the White House, a recent interview of polygraph critic Doug Williams on the Lions of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"audio","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[225],"tags":[227,228,229],"class_list":{"0":"post-1973","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-audio","6":"category-podcast","7":"tag-brett-kavanaugh","8":"tag-christine-blasey-ford","9":"tag-rand-paul","10":"post_format-post-format-audio","11":"anons"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1981,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973\/revisions\/1981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}