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Why is death such a difficult subject to talk about?
From hospital mortuary to the grave, The D-Word explores our complex relationship with death...
- Added: Jan 23, 2012
- Length: 30:30
Temple Grandin is considered one of the 100 most influential people in the country. SQ Radio presents an interview with Temple Grandin at her home ...
- Added: Dec 20, 2011
- Length: 24:56
A Vet describes a euthanasia and we wonder how we should consider human euthanasia.
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 09:11
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How does death shape our behavior? Why do we grieve? How do we cope? What do we fear? and how can we accept our own exiting? Experts share their th...
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 42:30
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We dive into the Schrödinger's Cat paradox and ask what it reveals about the nature of quantum mechanics and physics in general.
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 09:48
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Should we resolve inconsistent beliefs... or let them be?
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 08:00
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This paradox resists a solution and inspires major advances from Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing.
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- Added: Jul 08, 2011
- Length: 08:50
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The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.
- Added: Apr 22, 2011
- Length: 56:59
The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...
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- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 28:59
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A former Buddhist monk debunks some meditation myths.
- Added: Jan 02, 2011
- Length: 06:58
- Added: Aug 18, 2010
- Length: 24:56
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- Added: Jun 19, 2010
- Length: 10:39
We often hear terms in the vernacular to describe a man when he is easily frustrated or angered. Seemingly insignificant things can easily explode ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 28:56
How do we make the big decisions in our lives? Who to vote for?-or who to choose as a life mate or form an opinion about politics or war? Most of ...
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 58:01
Why some couples get along and others don't, sometime to the extent of terminating their relationship, is a curious question the answer to which is...
- Added: Jun 08, 2010
- Length: 29:01
Insects and the world we humans share with them is the topic of this edition of Radio Curious. Our guest is anthropologist Hugh Raffles, the author...
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 29:23
For millennia when couples were not able to conceive and bear their own children their options were somewhat limited, and not at all available if t...
- Added: Apr 26, 2010
- Length: 28:52
In 1941 there were only 15 Whooping cranes left in North America. The story of the slow but progressive comeback of this bird that many consider th...
- Added: Apr 12, 2010
- Length: 14:30
What would you do when a seemingly unhappy or self entertaining bull is running full speed, headed right for you… and what does your pet mean to yo...
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- Added: Jan 26, 2010
- Length: 29:02
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What is the importance forgetting has played throughout human history? What will be the effects on society, relationships and humanity now that so...
- Added: Jan 12, 2010
- Length: 58:02
Do we need supplements to our diet? Does a normal balanced diet of food supply us with the nutrition we need?
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 29:00
What if a robot could be your closest friend?
- Added: Dec 02, 2009
- Length: 28:06
Can modern scientific methods and meditative spiritual theory compliment each other? In the past it may have seemed that Buddhist beliefs in re-inc...
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- Added: Nov 17, 2009
- Length: 46:35
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In this edition we talk about ‘The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolution” based on a book by our guest Denis Dutton.
- Added: Nov 16, 2009
- Length: 28:59
Why do smart people do stupid things? This is the question asked by Laurence Gonzales, author of “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” and ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 29:21
