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Nuclear Fusion
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Fusion, the fusing together of atoms, powers the stars, including our sun -- which means that fusion already powers Earth, just not in a way that w...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
2024-09-08 How to Do Things With Your Mind
From: Philosophy Talk
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How do you jump on a train of thought—and how can you jump off?

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
How Could Artificial Intelligence Change Energy?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Pamela Isom, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office for the US Department of Energy, and Anima Anandkumar, Director of Machi...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KMXT


  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
2437: How to Do Things With Your Mind, 9/10/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How do you jump on a train of thought—and how do you jump off?

  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Environmental Impacts of Energy on Air
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Angel Hsu from the University of North Carolina, and Amod Pokhrel, UC Berkeley health sciences researcher discuss air pollution.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Good News About Climate Change
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Leia Guccione and Robert Bryce continue the conversation about whether or not solar and wind could one day power the world.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 24:58
  • Purchases: 1
2024-07-28 Karl Popper
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What makes a theory "scientific"?

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


  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
2431: Karl Popper, 7/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What makes a theory "scientific"?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Plastic: Cycle and Recycle
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Plastic is ubiquitous. It is everywhere in our lives, in our air, bodies, and water, yet we do not possess the cycle or recycle to continue product...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and WETS


  • Added: Jul 10, 2024
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 2
2024-06-30 Daniel Dennett Retrospective
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A look at the work of one of the best-known American philosophers, who passed away earlier this year

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
2427: Daniel Dennett Retrospective, 7/2/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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A look at the work of one of the best-known American philosophers, who passed away earlier this year.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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 WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Boise State Public Radio, WMUU-LP, Troy Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2024-04-28 Why Is the World So Weird?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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No matter how you slice it, our universe is a strange place.

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
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
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
2024-03-31 Mind Sharing
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you exaggerate your gestures when other people are around?

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


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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
2024-01-14 Frege and the Language of Reason
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What is—or should be—the relationship between logic and thought?

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • 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
2403: Frege and the Language of Reason, 1/16/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What is—or should be—the relationship between logic and thought?

  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
2023-12-17 Impossible Worlds
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between the merely surprising and the truly impossible?

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


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
2351: Impossible Worlds, 12/19/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What’s the difference between the merely surprising and the truly impossible?

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
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
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