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2021-04-18 The Ethics of Algorithms
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Would you trust your life to an algorithm?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ, and Capital Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 13, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Climate Insurance in a Changing World
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: March 11, 2011 In Otsuchi, Japan following the 9.0 earthquake and devastating Tsunami, Credit: Tarah Millen/Marine Photobank
As climate change is continually felt everywhere on the planet, how might we protect against the impacts of extreme weather, sea level rise, and mo...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WMPG, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 07, 2018
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 3
2018-07-29 We’re Doomed – Now What?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Dr. Matthew Fox
Can changing our consciousness hold off the climate apocalypse? When we think about the enormity of climate change and what it’s doing to our plane...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
2021-04-04 Does Science Over-reach?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are there questions that science is powerless to answer?

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  • Added: Jul 23, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2018-07-22 Conversations with Climate Storytellers
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Andrew Revkin, Elizabeth Kolbert, David Roberts
Science and environmental reporter Andrew Revkin has been writing about climate change since the 1980s, including 21 years for The New York Times. ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
2018-07-15 New Wheels in Town
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Electric scooters, skateboards and bicycles are popping up all over in cities all over the country. Ride-hailing companies are also moving to two w...

Bought by WJCT, KZYX, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT and more


  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
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
  • Purchases: 5
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
  • Purchases: 6
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
  • Purchases: 4
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
  • Purchases: 5
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
  • Purchases: 9
Farmers and Fishers
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Humankind has for centuries been connected to the cycles of the year for sustenance from land and sea. We have built our communities and our spirit...

  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 05:41
2018-05-20 Paris Progress Report
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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In June 2017, President Trump announced his plan to withdraw the country from the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, claiming it disadvantaged the United S...

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  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
Earth Day
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Earth from the International Space Station, Credit: NASA Johnson
On April 22nd we celebrated Earth Day, a day set aside each year to celebrate the environmental movement of the 70s to demand action for the health...

  • Added: May 08, 2018
  • Length: 04:49
2018-05-06 Selling the Science of Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: David Fenton, Founder and Chairman, Fenton Communications
The scientific consensus is that human activity is cooking the planet and disrupting our economies. Yet many people still don’t believe that climat...

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  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Modern Day Waste: Solutions for Repurposing, Recycling and Profiting
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: https://www.hindustantimes.com/photos/world-news/photos-spotlight-on-reducing-plastic-waste-clogging-oceans/photo-OFMThFTnYNAAL9foFlgwcN.html, Credit: Andres Stapff/REUTERS
Waste and waste management are new and increasing challenges in recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, a...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2018
  • Length: 04:55
Nature and the Rule of Law, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, part 2 of a two-part series on environmental law, host Peter Neill provides a series of examples of systems w...

  • Added: Apr 17, 2018
  • Length: 05:14
Nature and the Rule of Law, part one
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill outlines laws that are intended to protect Nature and its resources--water, fresh air, food,...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
2018-04-08 Exposed: Dieselgate's Impact on the Auto Industry
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Volkswagen’s brazen cheating on air pollution rules rocked an industry with a history of skulduggery. The scandal has now cost the company $30 bill...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
2018-03-18 Is Silicon Valley as Green as It Claims?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Patrick Flynn, Aron Cramer, Lynelle Cameron
Tech companies are cleaning up their data centers and building shiny new buildings that sip water and energy. But are they really as green as they ...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KWIT, and NPR Now


  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 3
2018-03-11 Dooley and Pelosi: Bridging the Partisan Divide
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Christine Pelosi and Debbie Dooley
Executive Committeewoman of Democratic National Committee Christine Pelosi, as well as staunch Trump supporter and clean energy advocate, Debbie Do...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4
2018-02-11 Climate On Your Plate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What should climate-conscious people do to eat most sustainably? How people approach their diet is deeply personal and can be extremely controversi...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 7
2018-01-21 Inheriting Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Bruce Gibney, author, "A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America"
Consumption-crazed baby boomers are leaving millenials with a mountain of debt and a destabilized climate. In his book "A Generation of Sociopaths:...

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  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 6
2018-01-07 Net Zero Living
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Conservation begins at home – literally. Designing and operating a home that generates as much power as it uses is rapidly becoming a reality. Mean...

Bought by KPIP-LP, WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, WLPR , and NPR Now


  • Added: Jan 04, 2018
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
2017-12-10 Concussions, Cigarettes, and Climate
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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What do football, tobacco and oil have in common? A common narrative of deceit. When tobacco companies faced public scrutiny about the link between...

Bought by WORT, KWIT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and NPR Now


  • Added: Dec 07, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 4