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2024-04-26 Building a Better Battery Supply Chain with JB Straubel and Amiee Boulanger

From: Climate One
Series: Climate One

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...

Bought by KSQD Santa Cruz, Cove Mountain Educational Broadcasting, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KOWS and more

2024-04-07 Could Robots Be Persons?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

What would it mean to assign legal or moral responsibility to algorithms in human form?

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

2415: Could Robots Be Persons?, 4/9/2024

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

What would it mean to assign legal or moral responsibility to algorithms in human form?

Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?

From: Open to Debate

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that could ban TikTok in the U.S. if its parent company, Bytedance, does not divest from it. Th...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]

2408: The Social Lives of Robots, 2/20/2024

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

Can social intelligence be taught to non-social beings?

Sound Actions

From: KZUM
Series: Polley Music Library

On this episode, we discussed the book "Sound Actions," which reduces musical activity down to its most essential components so that we can re-conc...

Bought by Raven Radio

Conversations: Eric Topol, MD

From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations

Cardiologist Eric Topol speaks about his 2019 book Deep Medicine, which explores the potential for AI to enhance medical decision-making, improve p...

2023-08-13 Making a Better World

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Can moral philosophy make us better people?

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

2333: Making a Better World, 8/15/2023

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly

Can moral philosophy make us better people?

Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?

From: Open to Debate

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

2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more

2022-01-08 Can Streets Discriminate?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Could the design of our streets be a matter of justice?

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

2022-06-05 Conscious Machines

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Would a race of thinking, autonomous, conscious machines be our slaves, our masters, or our partners?

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

2021-12-26 The Examined Year: 2021

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Because the un-examined year is not worth reviewing!

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KICI Iowa City, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KSKQ

Railroads & Fire

From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices

Since the first rail line was completed in Minnesota in 1862, the railroad has had a storied existence in the state. Fire is part of that story. KF...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Wave Function

From: Ears Adrift

Ears Adrift explores quantum technology with interviews from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's top scientists.

2020-12-06 Are We Alone?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

If there is intelligent life beyond Earth, how would that change life ON Earth?

Bought by KMUN, WCNY, RadioStPete Florida, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN and more

How the Diversity Industry Is Failing - Pamela Newkirk

From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends

In an era when companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on diversity and inclusion programs, the proportion of African Americans in tech, me...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, and KDNK

Rare Paiute cutthroat trout reintroduced to native habitat, a 30 year saga for Bill Somer

From: Brian Bahouth
Series: The Wild Hare

Bill Somer is a senior environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. In 1988 he joined the effort to reestablish the ...

Bought by KRZA and KNVC Carson City Community Radio

The Ethics of Drone Warfare

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Are drones the herald of a more sanitized and efficient form of war, or do they represent the dystopian reign of uncaring technologies?

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

Monstrous Technologies?

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

How do we ensure that the Victor Frankensteins of the future unleash no new monsters on the world?

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

The Security of Clients’ Information and What Attorneys Need to Know

From: The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel
Series: ACTEC Trust and Estate Talk

Do practicing lawyers have ethical and legal duties with the use of technology in the practice of law? Learn how to protect client data and what is...

2021-04-18 The Ethics of Algorithms

From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk

Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, and Capital Public Radio

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