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2021-10-03 Immigration and Multiculturalism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should ethnic or cultural identity ever be considered in any country’s immigration policy?

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2021-09-26 Gandhi as a Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
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What were the philosophical bases of Gandhi's ideas?

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Feeding the World Without Wrecking the Planet
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear from two experts with competing visions of how we can sustainably feed a growing planet. Please join Ray Suarez, Ra...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Epidemics Change History
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Pandemics have played a huge role in human history. A cholera outbreak in Europe had huge implications for the way we see public health. And it was...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
The Big Ponder #5: Little America Revisited
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
Caption: The Big Ponder, Credit: © Goethe-institut
Since World War II, there have been countless American GIs stationed at military bases all over Germany. Sylvia Cunningham and Monika Müller-Kroll ...

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  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
2020-11-22 Spinoza
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Baruch Spinoza one of the most influential and beguiling thinkers of all time?

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
2020-11-08 Camus and the Absurd
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is life just like a rock you keep pushing up a hill so it won't roll back over you?

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Taoism: Following the Way
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is Taoism a religion, a philosophy, a spiritual practice, or a way of life?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
Islamic Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
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Astronomy, mathematics, linguistics, politics, justice, and the state -- the heritage of the West, given to Christianity by Islam.

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Time and Patience
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
The Big Pond #51: The Right to Housing
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Berlin and Los Angeles share a common problem: homelessness. Producer Caroline Porter reports on topic, which is the focus of the Goethe-Institut L...

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2019
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 2
We Ask You To See Our Hearts
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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The nuance of language, of idiom. The difference between being looked at–stared at, glared at–and being seen. When we look with eyes of love, we se...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
F-Word: The Global Corruption Rebellion Americans Don't Know They're Part Of
From: Laura Flanders
Series: The F-Word: Laura Flanders' Bi-Weekly Commentary
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"In a system that's unequal, corruption is not just the way we swim, its the water we swim in..." The F-Word, Laura Flanders' bi-monthly commentary.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2019
  • Length: 04:00
The Big Pond #28: Exploding Rents in San Francisco and in Berlin
From: Goethe-Institut
Series: The Big Ponder – A Transatlantic Podcast
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Rents in San Francisco have exploded in recent years; by now, the metropolis in Northern California has overtaken New York as the most expensive ci...

  • Added: May 15, 2019
  • Length: 31:54
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
Bodies, Borders, Resistance, Rebirth: Arundhati Roy
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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India in the throes of a fascism that echoes what we have in America. The country is undergoing a political upheaval with PM Modi at its front, and...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 28:09
  • Purchases: 2
National Prison Strike Updates
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
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This week on Kite Line, we follow up on what’s happening nationally and internationally in regards to actions for the National Prison strike, both ...

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  • Added: Oct 03, 2016
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass Studio: The Human in Human Rights
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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International writers from the 2015 University of Iowa International Writing Program (IWP) residency join activists and members of the academic com...

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2015
  • Length: 01:05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Invisible Workers, Laboring in the Shadows
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Woman waiting to cross the border into Morocco carrying imported goods from Spain , Credit: Thalia Beaty and Maggy Donaldson
Millions of people around the world work in jobs that aren’t formally recognized or afforded legal protections typical of wage earning jobs. On thi...

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Episode 007
From: John Brice
Series: The EDM Hour
Caption: DANCE music you can LISTEN to!
Brand new Dub, Deep House, Dubstep, Electronica, Tech House, and Trance. Plus, Mongo Speaks.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2014
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Pope and Current Political Discussion 05-29-14
From: David Kaufman
Series: Understanding the World
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We talk about the Pope and his recent visit to Israel. We include informative Middle-Eastern political evaluation and discussion.

  • Added: May 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:53
Mel Duncan of Nonviolent Peaceforce, on peaceful civilian response to conflict around the world
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Dick Swanson spoke recently with Mel Duncan, co-founder and director of advocacy & research of Nonviolent Peaceforce. Their mission is to to...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 17:37
What About Haiti?
From: Vinny Cannizzaro
Series: A Community of Voices
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A 60 second quake, wreaked complete, long term havoc over the country of Haiti

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 26:50
Here, There and Everywhere: Locally Upholding Human Rights
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28