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# The FFS Show 38: Can you be vaccinated against misinformation?
- URL: https://www.theferret.scot/ffs-show-38-vaccinated-against-misinformation/
- Published: 2022-09-14T15:31:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-17T23:48:33.000Z
- Author: Ferret Journalists
- Tags: Fact Checks, #davesutton2gmail-com, Podcast, paul dobson, rent freeze, Sander van der linden, Scottish Government, The FFS Show, University of Cambridge, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-10-15 12:08, #older_unmetered

**The FFS Show is back with ANOTHER brand new co-host.**

This episode features Ferret journalist Paul Dobson in the co-host chair, and he and Ali discuss the Scottish Government’s new [rent freeze announcement](https://www.theferret.scot/ffs-explains-scotland-rent-freeze/).

Ali also spoke to Professor Sander van der Linden from the University of Cambridge, about his research into the idea of inoculating people against misinformation.

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/2d/e2/2de2844d-80a7-4c7b-8025-6f1f39724aa6/content/images/2025/10/screenshot-2022-09-14-175820.jpg)](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/fe08aa2f-f09c-48ec-861a-bf7fff3bc24d?ref=theferret.scot)

Listen to [episode 38 of The FFS Show podcast here](https://player.captivate.fm/episode/fe08aa2f-f09c-48ec-861a-bf7fff3bc24d?ref=theferret.scot).

Show notes:

- Professor van der Linden’s book, Foolproof: Why We Fall for Misinformation and How to Build Immunity is [out next February](https://www.waterstones.com/book/foolproof/dr-sander-van-der-linden/9780008466718?ref=theferret.scot).
- You can play the misinformation game Bad News [here](https://www.getbadnews.com/books/english/?ref=theferret.scot).
- And more about the ideas behind a “psychological vaccine” against misinformation [here](https://theconversation.com/covid-19-misinformation-scientists-create-a-psychological-vaccine-to-protect-against-fake-news-153024?ref=theferret.scot).

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