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2422: Logic For Everyone, 5/28/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Does logic always lead us to the truth?

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
2024-05-05 The Legacy of Freud
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Sigmund Freud was born May 6, 1856.

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  • Added: May 06, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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
2408: The Social Lives of Robots, 2/20/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can social intelligence be taught to non-social beings?

  • Added: Feb 15, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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
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?

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  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2349: In Awe of Wonder, 12/5/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2329: The Arts for All?, 7/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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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


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-05-21 True Contradictions
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Chuck D & Rosa Clemente: Hip Hop's Unfinished Revolution
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Chuck D of Public Enemy famously called Hip Hop "the Black CNN". As Hip Hop celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, Laura talks with him, and Br...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
2023-04-02 Why Poetry Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2314: Why Poetry Matters, 4/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2022-11-06 Pet Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are pets our partners, our property, or something in between?

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
2022-09-18 Who Owns Culture?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do we tell the difference between appreciation and appropriation—between exploration and exploitation?

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-08-08 The Creative Life
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What does questioning everything have to do with being creative?

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2021-06-27 Does Reputation Matter?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should we care about what other people think of us?

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2021-01-03 Comforting Conversations (Part 1)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can insights from the arts and humanities help us cope with difficult times?

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  • Added: Jan 02, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Untold Story of the 2019 Common Roots Festival in Downtown St. Cloud
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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What makes for a vibrant music scene? In today's Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with a co...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2019
  • Length: 29:58
2018-11-25 Holiday Films on Corn, Coal, Lights, and Flights
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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It’s a holiday movie special as Climate One talks to the directors/producers of four recent documentaries that bring human drama to the climate sto...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Love, Poetry, and Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What's love got to do with poetry and philosophy?

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 12
2020-04-19 Poetry as a Way of Knowing
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we come to know things poetically that we couldn't get at through other forms of thinking, writing, or talking?

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  • Added: Mar 03, 2015
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13