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Season 1, Episode 34 - 'Ecological Civilization' feat Dr Philip Clayton
From: Radio 2050
Series: Radio 2050 - Season 1
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"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
Is Religion a Force for Good?
From: Open to Debate
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Religion has long shaped human civilization, and many have wondered whether it’s good for society. Those who argue “yes” say it offers a sense of i...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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: Mar 11, 2024
  • Length: 17:01
2024-01-21 The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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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?

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
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
Will the Future Be Abundant?
From: Open to Debate
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Today, humanity is thriving, but there are fears the good times will not last. Will tomorrow be better than today? Those arguing “yes” say people h...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
2343: Elisabeth of Bohemia, 10/24/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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If the mind and body are distinct substances, how could they ever interact?

  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Conversations: Michael Stein, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Physician, public health professor, and author Michael Stein speaks about his recent book Me vs. Us: A Health Divided, which explores the differenc...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 49:38
2023-08-06 What Has Replaced Freud?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Is the FDA Too Cautious?
From: Open to Debate
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While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to approve safe and effective drugs as quickly as possible to patients who need them, it must al...

Bought by KCPW Salt Lake City and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2332: What Has Replaced Freud?, 8/8/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

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  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-04-30 The Power of Prediction
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2023-03-19 Science and Skepticism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Our understanding evolves over time—how can we explain that to impatient people who don't trust science?

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
2023-01-01 The Examined Year: 2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

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  • Added: Jan 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
2022-12-04 Thinking Like A Conspiracy Theorist
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Don’t the vast majority of people believe at least some conspiracy theories?

Bought by KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, and KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
2022-11-20 Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What ethical dilemmas have people faced in their daily lives related to the Covid-19 pandemic?

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2022-10-09 Is the Self an Illusion?
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is the self just a fiction we create to make sense of a complicated world?

Bought by KMUN and WVTF


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2022-06-28 Leibniz
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Gottfried Leibniz the last so-called "universal genius?"

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2022
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 5
Harm Reduction’s Road From Fringe to Federal Drug Policy
From: Tradeoffs
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More people died from drug overdoses during the first year of the pandemic — over 100,000 — than in any previous year. In response, the Biden admin...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2022
  • Length: 23:30
F-Word: Build Back Green, Not Gray
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"MacArthur 'genius award'winning landscape designer Kate Orff believes that gray infrastructure, like levees and flood gates and sea walls, can on...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2021
  • Length: 03:30