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Desirable robots are creepy, strangely alluring and technologically improbable. As part of my podcast series Imaginary Worlds, I explore whether th...
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- Added: Dec 27, 2019
- Length: 15:45
- Purchases: 1
We like to think of America as a country that, until recently, welcomes immigrants. In reality, that’s never been the case. You may have read abou...
- Added: Dec 22, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
A general tendency among those who study human behavior is to identify two separate groups of mental predators.
- Added: Nov 06, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
An act of oppression comes in many forms. Government, household, work environment, and even friendships. It happens when one group or person exerci...
- Added: Oct 29, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Most of us don’t spend a lot of time thinking about how much time we spend online. We might even ask if it really matters. The digital world is so ...
- Added: Oct 23, 2019
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Filtering Free Speech" - Language is powerful. But what if someone tells you to stop talking? This hour, free speech and modern censorsh...
- Added: Sep 27, 2019
- Length: 01:58:58
Mixing history with poetic metaphor is not an easy task. Especially when the subject involves separate cultures, different languages, and vastly ch...
- Added: Sep 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
HOUR ONE: "Should You Delete Facebook?" - Thinking about leaving Facebook, Twitter or Instagram? We'll consider the pros and cons of logging off so...
- Added: Aug 23, 2019
- Length: 01:58:59
No matter where you are in the world, you’re confronted by violence. One study shows that over half of our population is very concerned about the c...
- Added: Aug 19, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Hate. There’s no question that it’s on the rise in America and around the world. White supremacy, racism and xenophobia are all part of our polariz...
- Added: Aug 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Here are some numbers that will make you think. Just 26 people – call them billionaires – own as much wealth as half the people on the planet. At t...
- Added: Jul 23, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Public discourse is at an all time low. Even without considering the political polarization of today, civility in public discourse is challenging.
- Added: Jul 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
When it comes to politics, age appears to be a prominent dividing line. And, a closer look at youth today shows that the young around the world are...
- Added: Jul 02, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
We have entered a brand new era of persuasion. This is completely untested water’s. In a world of everything computer, a world where our household ...
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- Added: Jun 24, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Diversity is the product of nature’s creativity. It also turns out that creativity in nature and culture follow very similar fundamental principles.
- Added: Jun 18, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
In October 2017, the “Me Too” movement went viral. Since then more than 70 high profile men have been accused of sexual misconduct or inappropriate...
- Added: Jun 03, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Hierarchies are deeply embedded in human societies. They are so much a part of our being they’re hardly given a second thought. Status is sought af...
- Added: May 27, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Science deniers and attacks on science are more prevalent today. Interestingly, America leads the world in the sheer number of people who have cont...
- Added: May 03, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
America is one of the most racially diverse nations in the world. We’re also a country full of racial tension. These conflicting truths make it esp...
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- Added: Mar 01, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Conservative Journalist/Activist, Laura Loomer, discusses her humble beginnings at Project Veritas, the Tweet to Ilhan Omar, which lead to her Twit...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 01:10:02
A central idea of feminism is “Looking at the world as if women matter.” Yet, during the most important public policy debate about women and povert...
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- Added: Jan 03, 2019
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
HOUR ONE: "Should You Delete Facebook?" - Thinking about leaving Facebook, Twitter or Instagram? We'll consider the pros and cons of logging off so...
- Added: Dec 21, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
In September 1941, a hero-celebrity stood before a crowd in Iowa and emphatically stated the words, “America First.” Charles Lindbergh was the spea...
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Central Coast Bioneers held its first conference in San Luis Obispo in 2010. Looking at their mission statement, It reads … To create a resilient a...
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- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 29:00
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David Chandler shows that for the official story of what happened to the three World Trade Center Towers to be true, the laws of physics would have...
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- Added: Sep 18, 2018
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 1
