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2023-11-12 Your Brain on Literature
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

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  • Added: Nov 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
Marine Biomimetics, part one
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Over the next few editions of World Ocean Radio we will be discussing a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marin...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
2346: Your Brain on Literature, 11/14/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How do writers and filmmakers exploit our cognitive biases to surprise and delight us?

  • Added: Nov 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-11-03 Rebecca Solnit on Why It’s Not Too Late
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit has been examining hope and the unpredictability of change for over 20 years. In 2023 she co-edited ...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 11
231103: Rebecca Solnit on Why It’s Not Too Late, 11/3/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Writer, historian, and activist Rebecca Solnit has been examining hope and the unpredictability of change for over 20 years. In 2023 she co-edited ...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:58
2345: Zhuangzi: Being One with Ten Thousand Things, 11/7/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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If you dream that you're a butterfly, how can you be sure you're not a butterfly dreaming you're a person when you wake up?

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Two Steps Forward in a Changing Climate
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio are two forward-looking government-proposed initiatives that offer opportunities for progress in climate policy, inv...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 05:18
Transgender Elder Sandy Stone Weighs in on Transition Controversy
From: Suki Wessling
Series: Babblery Minibabbles
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Outside the media noise about gender transitions, a transgender elder weighs in on how the concept of gender has changed for young people.

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  • Added: Nov 01, 2023
  • Length: 14:39
  • Purchases: 1
2023-10-29 Referring to the World: Ken's Final Work
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A special episode devoted to Ken Taylor's posthumous book.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
2023-10-22 Elisabeth of Bohemia
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How did a 17th-century princess challenge Descartes' mind-body dualism?

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  • Added: Oct 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
2344: Referring to the World: Ken's Final Work, 10/31/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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The Philosophy Talk co-founder would have been 69 years old on November 4.

  • Added: Oct 22, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Does Economic Growth Cost Too Much?
From: Open to Debate
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Economic growth is a central goal of many economies, but there are questions about how sustainable relentless growth is. Those arguing “yes” say t...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 4
“OK Boomers” Get Back to Work
From: Mateo Schimpf
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While many Baby Boomers have already left the workforce behind, almost half are considering coming out of retirement in search of a new purpose in ...

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  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2023-10-15 The Lives and Ideas of the Vienna Circle
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

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  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
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2342: The Lives and Ideas of the Vienna Circle, 10/17/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Megaphonics: Ocean Communication Heroes
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're talking about the megaphonics of ocean communications. How do we as communicators break through? How do we cre...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2023
  • Length: 05:15
2023-10-08 Can Architecture Be Political?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How can a building express a political viewpoint?

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  • Added: Oct 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2341: Can Architecture Be Political?, 10/10/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How can a building express a political viewpoint?

  • Added: Oct 06, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Ocean Storytelling
From: World Ocean Observatory
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This week on World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill talks about the power of storytelling and the vast catalog of tales of adventure, sailors, song, ba...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:21
2023-10-01 Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Should Artists Be Allowed to Borrow From Cultures Besides Their Own?
From: Rob Christiansen
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Modern art, runway fashion, and music today are in the middle of a cultural reckoning, where artists must find a balance between cultural appropria...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
Change Is In the Details
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing a topic close to our home waters in Maine: the dispute between the lobster fishery and environmenta...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 05:06
2340: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy, 10/3/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-09-24 What Is Masculinity?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Ideals of manhood differ across times and cultures—why think there’s any one thing it means to be a man?

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  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 18
Is Modi's India Heading in the Right Direction?
From: Open to Debate
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Under prime minister Narendra Modi, pro-Hindu nationalism and civil rights issues have led to India’s downgrade to an electoral autocracy (accordin...

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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3

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