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Lockdown Olympics
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Chewie makes Dalonga coffee, Credit: Sandip Roy
I had assumed the lockdown was a time when the frenetic world would finally slow down, But on my social media timeline no one has gotten the messag...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
Allen Ginsberg
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Allen Ginsberg reading poetry, Credit: The New York Public Library Digital Collections
One of Allen Ginsberg's first publishers was taken to court for a book that an undercover police officer deemed "not fit for children to read."

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :59
The Ballad of Maggi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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India has tied itself in knots thanks to a noodle problem. The country has been in an uproar since tests alleged that some packets of Maggi instan...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Jun 09, 2015
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
Ethical Spies (#153)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What makes some spying ethical, and other spying not.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Property and Entitlement (es#149)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Do property claims have their limits?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KDNK, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 20, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
A bribe is a bribe (es#148)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When is a bribe not a bribe?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KDNK


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Ethical Misunderstanding
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What's the most misunderstood ethical concept?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Free Lunch (es#141)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Is there such a thing as a "free lunch" between true friends?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Appendage Police
From: Barrett Wolf
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Biker Poetry by J. Barrett Wolf, Highway Poet

  • Added: Nov 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:36
If you knew (Es#138)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What is the ethical response to unpleasant knowledge?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Bumper Stickers (#137)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Should license plates have messages?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 02, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Every Picture Tells a Story... Or Does It? (#136)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Does computer editing of photographs undermine their utility?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 26, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Majorities Rule the Village (#135)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes it takes a village. But what if we don't want to join in?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KDNK, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Miniclinics (#133)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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An example of how doing good and self-interest can coincide.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
A chip off the old block?
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What makes cloning ethically different from conventional (i.e., sexual) reproduction?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Friendship (#121)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What are the ethical characteristics of a good friendship?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Let's Play Doctor (#120)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Is is really best to be undressed when meeting a doctor for the first time?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Citizen Celebrations (#119)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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National holidays encourage learning and living up to American ideals.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Gift
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Is it better to give than to receive?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Helpful Clerk (#115)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Sometimes a sales clerk can be too helpful.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Speak Up. Get Fired. (#116)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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In most states you lawfully can be fired for your political beliefs.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 08, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Do or do not unto others (es#112)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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What is the ethical difference between two religious adages, "do unto others" and "do not do unto others"?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUSF


  • Added: May 11, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
A special gift or a limited future? (#111)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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When should a child focus on their special gift?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Just who are you on the Internet?
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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On the Internet, no one knows you. So, why not lie about yourself?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
[Insert Racist Comment Here] (#108)
From: Dean Ritz
Series: Ethically Speaking
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Do we have an ethical obligation to respond to offensive speech? How about, just to listen to it?

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1