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2018-12-23 The Big Climate Stories of 2018
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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We’re making a list (and checking it twice) of 2018’s biggest climate stories, with the help of Vox reporter David Roberts. Roberts noted that whil...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Polar Silk Road in 2018
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On the heels of the Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland in October, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill offers some additional thoughts o...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2018
  • Length: 05:08
Constance, District 2
From: Pius Wong
Series: Megaphone Texas
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Constance votes in the 2nd US Congressional District of Texas and resides in Houston. She's considering several major issues when casting her ball...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 06:07
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
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The Judiciary in Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What is the role of an unelected judiciary in a democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Democracy and the Press
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What role should the press play in a thriving democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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The Radical Democracy Movement
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we create a democracy that doesn't end up oppressing minorities and dissenters?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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Democracy in Crisis
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you really have democracy when things favored by the majority can't even come to a vote?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Is Democracy a Universal Value?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is democracy an inherently good thing, or is it, as Plato thought, one of the worst possible forms of government?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Constitutional Cages: The Core of Civil Society?
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Private prisons in the South capitalized on the loophole in the 13th Amendment. In American Prison Shane Bauer takes us into Winn Correctional Cent...

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  • Added: Oct 17, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Refugees: Reaping the Whirlwind
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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2018 was a summer of extremes: hurricanes, wildfires, drought, floods, heat, earthquakes, tsunami. It's increasingly evident that human interventio...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 05:19
2018-10-14 Climate Press Pool: Robert Gibbs and Jeff Nesbit
From: Climate One
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Climate used to have bipartisan support. Now that the Republican party is skeptical about fighting climate, companies are moving into a leadership ...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
Police Story: The Myth of the Municipal Force
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Office of Public Safety adviser Robert N. Bush and South Korean Counterpart.
In Violence Work, Micol Seigel shows how the police put violence to work for the state; policing being the quintessential translation of state powe...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About the Economy
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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The view that capitalism is an inherently flawed, exploitative, crisis-prone, oppressive system is not new. But the dangers we face due to its oper...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 57:43
Undoing the Falsifications of History: A Crash Course with H. Bruce Franklin
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: April, 1967, Redwood City. Students picket at a napalm bomb factory. "The Harvey Richards Media Archive." © Paul Richards.
H. Bruce Franklin, was once a tugboat mate and then an Air Force navigator and intelligence officer. He is now and has been for more than half a ce...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2018
  • Length: 59:01
Episode 1: We The Purple
From: PurpleState
Series: PurpleState
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eTown’s PurpleState Episode 1, We the Purple, explores the structural, historical, and cultural forces that have contributed to political division ...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
Fear
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is fear the engine of civilization?

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2018-09-30 Let's Talk Climate Solutions
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS), we started the conversation about how solutions could be led by states, cities, businesses a...

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  • Added: Sep 24, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
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Chamber of Facts
From: Barry Lam
Series: Hi-Phi Nation
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Do people of opposing political parties believe in different facts? The mantra at the moment is that they do, because of media echo chambers, motiv...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2018
  • Length: 43:49
John Locke
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Locke the Founding Fathers' favorite philosopher?

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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2024-02-11 Lincoln as a Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What was Lincoln's basic philosophy, and did it change over the course of his Presidency?

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
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The Separation of Powers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What are the philosophical arguments behind the separation of powers in the US constitution?

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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Corporations and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can money really be a form of speech?

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  • Added: Jun 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2021-03-07 The Value of Care: Feminism and Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do notions like care, compassion, and empathy change the way we view our obligations to others?

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
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2018-06-10: Al Gore and Bill Nye
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Looking for a movie that takes climate science to the masses? In the first part of this week’s episode, former Vice President Al Gore joins Climate...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
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