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2418: Why Is the World So Weird?, 4/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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No matter how you slice it, our universe is a strange place.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2408: The Social Lives of Robots, 2/20/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can social intelligence be taught to non-social beings?

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2404: The Mysterious Timelessness of Math, 1/23/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-03 In Awe of Wonder
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2349: In Awe of Wonder, 12/5/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Should Artists Be Allowed to Borrow From Cultures Besides Their Own?
From: Rob Christiansen
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Modern art, runway fashion, and music today are in the middle of a cultural reckoning, where artists must find a balance between cultural appropria...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
2023-07-16 The Arts for All?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

Bought by KMUN, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida and more


  • Added: Jul 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2329: The Arts for All?, 7/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-05-21 True Contradictions
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2023-04-02 Why Poetry Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KMUN and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2314: Why Poetry Matters, 4/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2022-11-06 Pet Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are pets our partners, our property, or something in between?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, RadioStPete Florida, KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
2022-09-18 Who Owns Culture?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do we tell the difference between appreciation and appropriation—between exploration and exploitation?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

Bought by WLPR , KTSW 89.9, KMUN, WVTF, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-08-08 The Creative Life
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What does questioning everything have to do with being creative?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSKQ, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2021-06-27 Does Reputation Matter?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should we care about what other people think of us?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2021-01-03 Comforting Conversations (Part 1)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KALW, KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2018-11-25 Holiday Films on Corn, Coal, Lights, and Flights
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It’s a holiday movie special as Climate One talks to the directors/producers of four recent documentaries that bring human drama to the climate sto...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KUNM and more


  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
The Insult
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The Insult is another provocative drama about the Middle East from Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri, who made a film a few years ago called The Attac...

  • Added: Apr 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:23
Blade Runner & Blade Runner 2049
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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This last year saw the release of Blade Runner 2049, a sequel to the 1982 science fiction classic Blade Runner. It’s rather unusual for a sequel to...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 04:40
The Florida Project
From: KXCI
Series: Flicks with the Film Snob Chris Dashiell
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The Florida Project is a film of rootlessness and dysfunction, so unusual that nothing could have prepared me for its kind of honesty.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2017
  • Length: 04:31
Coping with Tricky Party Convos
From: Greenpeace Podcast
Series: Greenpeace Podcast Segments
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Chuck Klosterman, author of The Ethicist, guides us through the tricky social waters of the holiday season.

  • Added: Jul 05, 2016
  • Length: 03:17
New Romances (Hour 1)
From: D. Grant Smith
Series: The Appetizer Radio Show
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Our relationship with music is very similar to our relationships with people. Playing on a romantic metaphor, we'll look at how first listens that ...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 59:00