Is anyone else feeling uneasy after that non-stop barrage of media coverage from the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial? ?‍♀️Social media has given everyone a platform to share their opinions, but the deeper we get into these hot button topics, the harder it gets to tell fact from fiction and avoid the trolls #fakenews. These pop culture controversies are all too quickly becoming passive entertainment for the masses and engagement drivers for creators, and we’re starting to worry about the real-life consequences of the media craze. So this week we called in Sadaf Ahsan and Sarah Sahagian from Frequency Podcast Network’s The Reheat, to get their expert advice on ethical media consumption and how to navigate the news with accuracy. On The Reheat, Sadaf and Sarah reexamine the biggest celebrity scandals of the past, but with an educational twist - picture if a Gender Studies Class and your favourite gossip blog had a baby. So take a break from doom scrolling, because we’re about to get a reality check on why the way we consume media matters.Join us as we chat about:How to take a more conscious role in how we consume stories on social mediaThe role we play in fact-checking our own news feedsSadaf & Sarah’s best sources for trending news and pop cultureThe meme-ification of complicated celebrity momentsWe hope that this episode helps you re-examine the way you consume your media and help you decipher fact from fiction a little easier!For show notes and more adulting tips, visit:teachmehowtoadult.caSign up for our monthly adulting newsletter:teachmehowtoadult.ca/newsletter Follow us on the ‘gram:@teachmehowtoadultpodcast Follow Gillian:@yunggillianaire/Follow Cailyn:@cailynmichaan/Listen to The ReheatFollow Sadaf: twitter.com/_sadafahsanFollow Sarah: twitter.com/sarahsahagian