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The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue or Pleasure?
From: Open to Debate
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Happiness is a complex emotion and mental state that can be achieved through virtue or pleasure. But should it be for the good of the individual or...

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  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2423: Marcus Aurelius, 6/4/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Do you have to be an emperor to lead a Stoic life?

  • Added: May 14, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2422: Logic For Everyone, 5/28/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Does logic always lead us to the truth?

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
Is Free Speech Threatened on Campus?
From: Open to Debate
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Tensions have been ramping up at universities across the country as students continue to protest the war in Gaza. Reports of antisemitism, islamoph...

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
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Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?
From: Open to Debate
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The landmark Citizens United Supreme Court case is in the news again in this high-stakes election year. Those who agree with the decision say it up...

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  • Added: Feb 29, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Among the Stately Trees
From: Desert Oracle
Series: Desert Oracle Radio
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Where's the beautiful part, anyway? Well, start by walking about a mile past the last parking lot or dirt road or residential car-parts dump or inf...

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  • Added: Feb 16, 2024
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
How to Resolve Conflict in Relationships: A Conversation with Esther Perel
From: Open to Debate
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Couples have arguments over many topics. However, it’s through resolving conflict that both people in the relationship feel heard and seen. Psychot...

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  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
2024-01-21 The Mysterious Timelessness of Math
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

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  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 53:58
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David Brooks on the Art of Seeing and Hearing Others
From: Open to Debate
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With polarization rising within our society and two wars encouraging division, people are feeling more afraid to engage with people who have differ...

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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2023-11-26 Microaggressions
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between a rude comment and outright hate speech?

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Untold Story of the Minnesota Humanities Center with Kevin Lindsey
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Kevin Lindsey from the Minnesota Humanities...

  • Added: Oct 18, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
The Untold Story of Project Connect with Sheila Moriarty
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with SCSU Professor from the School of Social Wo...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 29:55
Conversations: Michael Stein, MD
From: The Nocturnists
Series: Conversations
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Physician, public health professor, and author Michael Stein speaks about his recent book Me vs. Us: A Health Divided, which explores the differenc...

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 49:38
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
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
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
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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
2023-03-19 Science and Skepticism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Our understanding evolves over time—how can we explain that to impatient people who don't trust science?

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  • Added: Mar 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 14
2023-02-05 Righteous Rage
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Where do we draw the line between righteous anger and ruthless revenge?

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2306: Righteous Rage, 2/7/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Where do we draw the line between righteous anger and ruthless revenge?

  • Added: Feb 01, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
The Untold Story of Adult Basic Education with Caroline Nerhus from the St. Cloud School District
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack talks with Caroline Nerhus from the St. Cloud School D...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
2023-01-15 The Merits of Meritocracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do the people at the top really deserve their success? Do the people at the bottom really deserve to be there?

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
2022-12-18 Effective Altruism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do we always have a moral obligation to do the most good we can?

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2230: Is Optimism Rational?, 7/26/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Do you have to expect the best if you're going to get through the worst?

  • Added: Jul 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
The Untold Story of Diversity in the Arts with Aamera Siddiqui
From: KVSC
Series: Untold Stories of Central Minnesota
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In this episode of the Untold Stories of Central Minnesota, making an experience out of diversity and inclusion is, in itself, the act of teaching ...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2022
  • Length: 29:34