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The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue or Pleasure?
From: Open to Debate
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Happiness is a complex emotion and mental state that can be achieved through virtue or pleasure. But should it be for the good of the individual or...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2414: Mind Sharing, 4/2/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Do you exaggerate your gestures when other people are around?

  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 12
Do We Have Free Will?
From: Open to Debate
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The idea of free will, or humans having the ability to make their own choices and determine the direction of their fates, is as old a question as h...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Nov 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 2
2344: Referring to the World: Ken's Final Work, 10/31/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The Philosophy Talk co-founder would have been 69 years old on November 4.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KKWE Niijii Radio, WVTF, KSKQ and more


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2313: The Philosophy of Smell, 3/28/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can our sense of smell tell us things that our other senses can’t?

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
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?

Bought by WNED Buffalo, KTSW 89.9, RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio) and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
2021-05-30 The Psychology of Cruelty
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are people cruel to others despite -- or because of -- their victims' humanity?

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


  • Added: May 31, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Confronting Suicide & Support for Reporters Covering Trauma
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this episode of Peace Talks Radio, we talk with psychologist Dr. Ursula Whiteside about her efforts to stop suicide. We also talk about the pres...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Fear Vs. Fact with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Stanford Professor of Medicine & Author of A Sensible & Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Fear Vs. Fact with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya Author of A Sensible & Compassionate Anti-COVID Strategy.  Dr Jay Bhattacharya is a Professor of Medicine a...

Bought by WCNY and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 2
Siena Schoelen
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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My name is Siena and I am a student at the University of Arizona. I am double majoring in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences and Neuroscience. I ...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
Marisa Lester
From: KXCI
Series: Thesis Thursday
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Marisa Lester the lovely and amazing Assistant Program Director from UBRP, joins Bridgitte Thum on the air to talk about what’s going on with stude...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
A Viral Opportunity for Change
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We interrupt our Ocean Literacy Series to bring you a special episode related to the Covid19 global outbreak. This week on World Ocean Radio we con...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Concerns about legalizing marijuana? Use revenue to support social and emotional learning
From: Chuck Wolfe
Series: The Emotion Roadmap: Take the Wheel & Control How You Feel
Caption: Feel Better and Live Healthier
Children who experience social and emotional learning (SEL) in schools are less likely to drink alcohol, take drugs, or smoke. On the plus side the...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2019
  • Length: 52:25
2021-04-04 Does Science Over-reach?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Sickle Cell Disease
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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A generational discussion concerning the knowledge and changes in medical understanding of Sickle Cell disease.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2016
  • Length: 51:28
Transgender Health
From: WNCU
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“The Measure of Everyday Life” is a weekly interview program hosted by Dr. Brian Southwell featuring social science researchers who endeavor to imp...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 27:18
  • Purchases: 1
Food Stamp (EBT-SNAP)
From: WNCU
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“The Measure of Everyday Life” is a weekly interview program hosted by Dr. Brian Southwell featuring social science researchers who endeavor to imp...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:38
Campus Sexual Assault Research
From: WNCU
Series: The Measure of Everyday Life
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“The Measure of Everyday Life” is a weekly interview program hosted by Dr. Brian Southwell featuring social science researchers who endeavor to imp...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2016
  • Length: 28:50
Zika Virus -- Groks Science Show 2016-03-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Brenda Wilson discusses the origin of the Zika virus, its connection to microcephaly, and what is being done to stop its spread.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KZMU Moab Community Radio, WMUU-LP, WYAP, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 5
Up to Speed: Remedial Math and Community Colleges (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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For every ten students who go to community college for an associate’s degree, only one graduates in three years. Is it time to overhaul the communi...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Age of Ivory -- Groks Science Show 2013-07-03
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Kevin Uno discusses carbon, ecology, elephants, and conservation.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 23:30
  • Purchases: 3
Your Inner Macaque -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-02
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. Dario Maestripieri joins us to discuss his new book, 'Games Primates Play: An Undercover Investigation of the Evolution and Economics of Human ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 24:47
  • Purchases: 3
Moral Landscape -- Groks Science Show 2010-10-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Sam Harris discussed the Moral Landscape

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 2