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2023-09-17 Are We Living in a Simulation?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How would we even tell the real world from a simulated one?

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2023-09-10 Adorno and the Culture Industry
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Theodor Adorno was born September 11, 1903.

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  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
2023-09-03 (End of) Summer Reading List 2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What books should thoughtful people have been reading this summer?

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
Is Objectivity Essential to Journalism?
From: Open to Debate
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For decades, objectivity has been cited as journalism's gold standard, promising that journalists would stick “to the facts" and deliver both sides...

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  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2023-07-30 The 2023 Dionysus Awards
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

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  • Added: Jul 31, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2331: The 2023 Dionysus Awards, 8/1/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What movies from last year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2329: The Arts for All?, 7/18/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can art be broadly accessible without sacrificing quality? Can it be cognitively challenging without being elitist?

  • Added: Jul 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Is Elon Musk Killing Twitter?
From: Open to Debate
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These days, the bird’s the word. Since shelling out $44 billion for Twitter, critics say Elon Musk is knocking the social media giant off its perch...

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  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-05-21 True Contradictions
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

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  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2321: True Contradictions, 5/23/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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This sentence is false—does that mean it’s also true?

  • Added: May 17, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2318: The Power of Prediction, 5/2/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-04-09 What's in a Game?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are games just a fun way to pass the time, or do they do something more for us?

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  • Added: Apr 10, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 14
2315: What's in a Game?, 4/11/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are games just a fun pastime, or is there something more important about them?

  • Added: Apr 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-04-02 Why Poetry Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2314: Why Poetry Matters, 4/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2308: Cancel Culture, 2/21/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is there a difference between getting criticized and getting cancelled?

  • Added: Feb 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2022-12-11 The Ethical Jerk
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could studying moral philosophy make us more moral — or more of a jerk?

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  • Added: Dec 12, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2022-11-06 Pet Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are pets our partners, our property, or something in between?

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
2022-09-18 Who Owns Culture?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How do we tell the difference between appreciation and appropriation—between exploration and exploitation?

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2022-08-07 The 2022 Dionysus Awards
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What movies of last year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways?

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  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2232: The 2022 Dionysus Awards, 8/9/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What movies of last year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways?

  • Added: Jul 31, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
2022-07-05 Comedy and the Culture Wars
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there a place in democratic society for comedy that finds humor in people's deepest identities?

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9