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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
2023-04-23 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
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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
2023-02-19 Cancel Culture
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there a moral difference between “cancelling” public figures and “cancelling” ordinary folks who get caught on tape behaving badly?

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
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
2022-08-21 Death of the Sentence
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the internet destroying language?

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2022-07-24 Is Optimism Rational?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you have to expect the best if you're going to get through the worst?

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
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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
2022-04-24 Explantation at Its Best
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the most elegant explanation always the best one?

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  • Added: Apr 25, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
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2022-01-16 The Art of Non-Violence
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In a violent world, what can nonviolence really achieve?

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
2021-08-22 Envy: Vice or Virtue?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it irrational to want to be better than you are?

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  • Added: Aug 23, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Domestic Violence An Ongoing Pandemic with Katharine Berg of La Casa de las Madres
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: La Casa de las Madres
In this episode, we discuss domestic violence – an issue that affects one third of women and teen girls in the U.S. As the COVID-19 pandemic has le...

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  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remote Learning During COVID-19, Pt. 2
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online. Th...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Remote Learning During COVID-19, Pt. 1
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Renee Hobbs on the role of trust and empathy in media literacy
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore how some tenets of media literacy can be co-opted by conspiracy theorists, and how to approach media literacy education...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Conspiracy Theories & Media Literacy with Renee Hobbs
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Renee Hobbs, Ed.D
In this episode, we explore the allure and growing influence of conspiracy theories, and how they are both combated by and influenced by Media Lite...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
The Role of Libraries in Communities, Every Day & In Crisis
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Screenshot from Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
When we think libraries, many of us think- BOOKS! But, libraries are so much more and often the heart of a community. They also play a critical ro...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Holding Space While Maintaining Social Distance
From: Suzanne LaGrande
Series: We Are All In This Together
Caption: Tara Atkinson
Suzanne LaGrande interviews Tara Atkinson, a yoga therapist and teacher who teaches diverse communities in Portland, Oregon. Since the Covid-19 Pan...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 08:17
Education and the Culture Wars
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How should we reconcile conflicts between the state’s responsibility to properly educate minors and the parents’ rights to influence their children...

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
Simmer 4: Citizen, Not Consumer
From: Carla Seidl
Series: Simmer
Caption: Yams simmering for fufu in Togo, West Africa, Credit: Carla Seidl
The fourth Simmer episode features the second part of the documentary "Telling Our Own Stories: Wally Bowen on Creating a Democratic Media," plus a...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2015
  • Length: 30:00