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A new book claiming that bonobos can feel empathy suggests that morality may be biological. If this is the case, what purpose does religion serve? ...
- Added: Apr 04, 2013
- Length: 01:52
"Even dictatorships go to great lengths to create these fake elections to prove to the world that they have consent of the governed. It's sort of a...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: :13
"You've got to balance national interest against global interest. I think that's the direction in which global ethics is going to go."
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 03:21
Apple and Google will, reportedly, both soon be selling computers that you can wear. But will the trove of details that these devices will be able ...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 01:56
A recent nuclear test and renewed threats from North Korea has led to new sanctions from the UN Security Council. Does this mean that China's patie...
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 02:06
What are the risks of introducing genetically engineered fish into our food supply? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda H...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 28:00
The world's eyes are on Venezuela as Hugo Chavez's death leaves many questions. Will he be remembered as a champion of the poor or will his legacy ...
- Added: Mar 13, 2013
- Length: 02:13
With the Syrian civil war about to turn two years old and the death toll approaching 70,000, some are saying it is time for the U.S. or the UN to i...
- Added: Mar 06, 2013
- Length: 01:58
For years, large global organizations, like the G-20 or the UN, have failed to cooperate on major international challenges, like climate change. Is...
- Added: Feb 26, 2013
- Length: 02:16
President Obama called al-Qaeda a "shadow of its former self," but the organization is making inroads in Mali and Algeria and some say it is as dan...
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 02:11
When Iceland was hit hard in the 2008 financial crisis, it responded by doing everything Western economic theorists told it not to. It has made an ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:08
The hope that existed at the beginning Arab Spring has been marred by violence and conflict in Syria, Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere. Have we entered ...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:06
"I do approach it in a positive way, that we ought to be thinking about nutrition for every human being, keeping people alive so they have a chance...
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- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 03:19
- Purchases: 1
"The new world, the 21st century is about global communication and global citizenship. I see this particularly in the young people."
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 03:06
"Where is the political space within which you can organize and mobilize for greater equality across the globe? That's a question I don't have an a...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 03:13
"The wealthy have a responsibility to have a certain degree of austerity, to show that they are admired and respected, not because they have materi...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 03:26
"My general view is that left and right are like yin and yang. I think it's great to have one side that's calling attention to global issues and on...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:42
"Violence is linked to a continued intolerance of minorities. In many countries in many parts of the world, this is something we inherited from the...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 03:20
The European Union has faced criticism in recent years for not doing enough to promote democratic values abroad. With the formation of the European...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:13
Facing prosecution for illegally downloading millions of academic articles, Internet activist Aaron Swartz recently committed suicide. Should Swart...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:13
A brutal gang rape on a New Delhi bus has sparked global outrage and national soul-searching in India. Many are calling for the death penalty for t...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:02
Marine fish stocks are dangerously low, but this hasn't stopped China from sending its fishing fleets to distant waters, sometimes illegally. Could...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 02:12
Despite making valuable contributions to the U.S. military since the Civil War, women are still technically excluded from direct ground combat role...
- Added: Feb 15, 2013
- Length: 01:59
"I do believe there is a global ethic. It has to do with the dignity of individuals, the right to security and liberty, both. I do believe that the...
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- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 02:31
- Purchases: 1
Recent acquittals of Croat and Kosovo-Albanian officials in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia have left some doubting t...
- Added: Dec 20, 2012
- Length: 02:16
