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2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
2324: The Rhetoric of Big Tech, 6/13/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Should Congress Abolish the Debt Ceiling?
From: Open to Debate
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The US has more than $31 trillion in national debt. If it is breached, the government may go into default, leading to national and global consequen...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
RESCUE, part 21: Ecosystem Services Accounting, An Example
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a hypothetical tale of investment, manufacture and accounting, and the financial analyses of ...

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 05:10
2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-05-28 Can Art Save Us?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How could movies, paintings, and poems help us redraw the landscape in our minds?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
Should Certain Books Ever Be Banned in School?
From: Open to Debate
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Are certain books beyond reproach? It’s a fundamental question making its way across America’s school boards. Those who argue “yes” say schools sho...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: May 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
RESCUE, part 19: Valuing Ecosystem Services
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a call for a new valuation of ecosystem services and natural resources that reflects the true...

  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 05:04
2321: True Contradictions, 5/23/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-05-14 Are We All to Blame?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do we all contribute to big, systemic problems like racism and climate change?

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  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
RESCUE, part 18: Opportunity for Ocean Finance
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a turn toward the topic of finance. This episode lays out a plan for future editions that foc...

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:02
2320: Are We All To Blame?, 5/16/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can we be held responsible for things that aren't in our direct control?

  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Has China's Power Peaked?
From: Open to Debate
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This was supposed to be the “Chinese century.” In just a few decades, China transitioned from a developing economy to the world’s second largest. A...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-04-30 The Power of Prediction
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

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  • Added: May 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2318: The Power of Prediction, 5/2/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-04-23 Why We Hate
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is hatred ever morally justified, or does hate just breed more hate?

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 13
Is the Banking System Safer Than It Was in 2008?
From: Open to Debate
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Silicon Valley Bank. Signature Bank. Credit Suisse. The global banking system may be facing its most significant crisis since 2008. Some say erodin...

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  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2317: Why We Hate, 4/25/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is hatred ever morally justified, or does hate just breed more hate?

  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
2023-04-16 Derek Parfit and Your Future Self
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What's wrong with caring more about your future self than other future people?

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  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
2316: Derek Parfit and Your Future Self, 4/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What's wrong with caring more about your future self than other future people?

  • Added: Apr 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Are Men Finished and Should We Help Them?
From: Open to Debate
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By several measures, men are in trouble. Women outnumber them in college enrollment. And even once there, men are not as likely to graduate. Men al...

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2023-04-09 What's in a Game?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are games just a fun way to pass the time, or do they do something more for us?

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
2315: What's in a Game?, 4/11/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are games just a fun pastime, or is there something more important about them?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Is The Democratic Party Too Far Left?
From: Open to Debate
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Defund the police. Abolish ICE. Redistribute the wealth. These are a few of the one-liners from the liberal wing of the Democratic party, but there...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00