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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
240426: Building a Better Battery Supply Chain with JB Straubel and Amiee Boulanger, 4/26/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Batteries are a critical part of the transition away from fossil fuels. From electric vehicles to grid scale storage for wind and solar, demand for...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
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...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Childhood Obesity Guidelines: Good Medicine or Too Extreme?
From: Open to Debate
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new guidelines to address childhood obesity, affecting over 14 million children, including rec...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
2024-01-12 Pairing Scientists with Community Advocates
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The climate crisis can feel distant — like it’s someone else’s problem — until your town is flooded, your home is damaged by storms, or you're stru...

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  • Added: Jan 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 10
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?

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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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
005: ‘Integrating the stuff that scares you’: life with schizophrenia, 10/13/2023
From: Embodied
Series: Embodied
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The range of diagnoses that make up schizophrenia spectrum disorders are hard to define and tricky to diagnose. An author, an artist and a blogger ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2023
  • Length: 58:23
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
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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...

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  • 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
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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
Is Carbon Capture Essential to Fighting Climate Change?
From: Open to Debate
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When it comes to carbon dioxide, 2022 was a record year. So...what can be done? One potential method is called carbon capture and storage, a techno...

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  • Added: May 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
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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
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2312: Science and Skepticism, 3/21/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Our understanding evolves over time – how can we explain that to impatient people who don't trust science?

  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
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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?

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  • 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?

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  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy K. Smith
From: New Letters on the Air
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Tracy K. Smith, U.S. Poet Laureate 2017-19, kicked off her poetry career with the 2002 Cave Canem Prize, awarded to exceptional manuscripts of firs...

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  • Added: Jul 20, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3