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Islamic Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
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Astronomy, mathematics, linguistics, politics, justice, and the state -- the heritage of the West, given to Christianity by Islam.

Bought by KSKQ, KICI Iowa City, and WNYO


  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
2020-10-11 Hannah Arendt
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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From Germany to Paris to New York: what made Arendt so controversial?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Communists Made Us Do It: The Cold War Cover for Mass Murder
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: General Suharto in the days after the September 30th Movement.
"The Jakarta Method" is the anticommunist mass-murder playbook that, due to its great success (the nearly overnight erasure of the largest unarmed ...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
2020-09-18 Daniel Yergin: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From pipelines to clean power, the world’s biggest economies are brokering developments in oil, gas, and renewables that will shape climate and pol...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
200918: Daniel Yergin: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, 9/18/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From pipelines to clean power, the world’s biggest economies are brokering developments in oil, gas, and renewables that will shape climate and pol...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
200717: John Kerry: The Global Dynamics of Decarbonization, 7/17/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The COVID-19 crisis is expected to decrease U.S. carbon emissions by 7.5% in 2020 — exactly the rate needed globally to meet the climate goals outl...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-07-17 John Kerry: The Global Dynamics of Decarbonization
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The COVID-19 crisis is expected to decrease U.S. carbon emissions by 7.5% in 2020 — exactly the rate needed globally to meet the climate goals outl...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WUTC, KSQD Santa Cruz, KICI Iowa City and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
The Ocean and Humans are Inextricably Interconnected
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Undersea cables carry telecommunications and Internet data globally, Credit: TeleGeography
"The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected." So states the sixth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us b...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2020
  • Length: 04:45
Oceanic Feeling
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Black Sand Beach in Reynisfjara, Iceland, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reflects on a landscape of special importance to him on the coast of Iceland, and the ways th...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2020
  • Length: 05:52
2020-02-07 Driving Forces: How Climate Fuels Human Migration,
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From the first humans to venture out of Africa 60,000 years ago to the displaced refugees of today, migration has always been a part of human life...

Bought by WJCT, Maine Public Radio, WMUU-LP, WFHB, KSQD Santa Cruz and more


  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
200207: Driving Forces: How Climate Fuels Human Migration, 2/7/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From the first humans to venture out of Africa 60,000 years ago to the displaced refugees of today, migration has always been a part of human life....

  • Added: Feb 06, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
The Coming Collapse of World Water
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Increasingly, people around the world are experiencing a fresh water crisis. More than 17 countries are under high water stress, and one fourth of ...

  • Added: Oct 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:25
Stephen M. Walt, author of "The Hell of Good Intentions"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Stephen M. Walt about his book "The Hell of Good Intentions"

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
2019-02-03 How Some Countries Are Solving Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When it comes to cutting emissions, there are many paths to success. Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario have all taken steps to replace fossi...

Bought by WJCT, MPR News Stations, WCQS, WMUU-LP, KFOI Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 14
The Working Edge: Part Three of a Seven Part Series on the Ocean Edge
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we begin to present the ocean edge in thematic ways with The Working Edge, outlining the various social structures, industries, exchange,...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
Understanding the Value of the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Biodiversity in the Maldives , Credit: Husian, Flikr
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects integral to the evolution of ocean policy and science, includin...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

Bought by KSKQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
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?

Bought by KMUN, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
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?

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WFHB, KNVC Carson City Community Radio, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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
  • Purchases: 3
THE INSULT -- Ziad Douieri Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ziad Douieri, San Francisco, CA 11/14/17, Credit: Andrea Chase
Ziad Doueiri talks building a vortex, kicking some ass, and why women in the Arab world might be the key to redemption.

  • Added: Feb 09, 2018
  • Length: 31:14
Tiger spotting
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: A jungle cat (aka not a Tiger), Credit: Sandip Roy
What's in a tiger sighting? For some it's more important than anything else.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2018
  • Length: 06:00
MPAs: Protecting the Ocean for the Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we celebrate marine protected areas and discuss their importance to biodiversity, ecosystem resilience, and the miti...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2018
  • Length: 04:30