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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Wouldn’t it be great if our society were based on sound logical principles instead of outdated superstition?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN and more


  • Added: Oct 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
World in Progress 21/09/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The troubling trend looming over Cairo's City of the Dead. Who gets to decide the best way to make space in a city? Officia...

Bought by WFHB, Troy Public Radio, and KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio)


  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
World in Progress 08/24/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: World in Progress: Global Development Issues ~ from DW
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This week, an emotional outpouring in Argentina over the return of an aircraft used during Argentina's military dictatorship for the notorious "dea...

Bought by KHOL (Jackson Hole Community Radio) and WFHB


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
2328: Mexican Philosophy, 7/11/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What does philosophy look like if you're standing in Mexico City rather than Munich?

  • Added: Jul 09, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2022-10-16 Liberty and Justice For Who?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How could a "pro-freedom" philosophy be used to deprive people around the world of the right to self-government?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Oct 17, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2022-09-25 Martin Heidegger
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can Heidegger's contributions to Western philosophy and be reconciled with his active support for the German Nazi party?

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Historic Political Transitions in Honduras, Colombia, and Haiti - EcoJustice Radio
From: Jack Eidt
Series: EcoJustice Radio
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Jack Eidt discusses new government transitions in Honduras and Colombia. Professor Gerard Pigeon covers the history of Haiti, and why we have seen...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
Improving The Peace Prize
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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The Nobel Peace Prize was established by Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor and philanthropist, in 1901. Committee members in Norway meet privatel...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and KUNM


  • Added: Jun 21, 2022
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Is the United Nations Still Relevant?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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We look at the UN’s achievements, its shortcomings and what the future holds for international cooperation.

Bought by Classic107.3, WMUU-LP, GCR (Global Community Radio), RADIOLEX, and WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Nov 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
2021-09-26 Gandhi as a Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
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What were the philosophical bases of Gandhi's ideas?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KNVC Carson City Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Epidemics Change History
From: Celine Gounder
Series: Coronavirus Pandemic
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Pandemics have played a huge role in human history. A cholera outbreak in Europe had huge implications for the way we see public health. And it was...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2021
  • Length: 04:06
2020-11-22 Spinoza
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What made Baruch Spinoza one of the most influential and beguiling thinkers of all time?

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  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 4
2020-11-08 Camus and the Absurd
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is life just like a rock you keep pushing up a hill so it won't roll back over you?

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


  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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 End of the American Frontier Myth, Greg Grandin
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode, Laura interviews author and Yale historian Greg Grandin about his new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border W...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Aug 18, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Special: Cooperation vs Authoritarianism in Spain
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Social change and systems change go hand-in-hand. Movements for democracy and human rights are most effective when they aim to transform unjust, un...

Bought by KDNK and RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Wisdom of Our Ancestors, Dr. Rasheed Part One
From: KXCI
Series: Mn Huna: Finding Refuge in Friendship
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Melanie & Rusty had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Imad Naji Rasheed recently. He was a professor at the University of Baghdad, Iraq and is a s...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 04:14
Population Growth and Peace
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Host Suzanne Kryder hosts a program that considers the impact of population growth on peace and rates of conflict, personally and globally. John S...

Bought by KUOW


  • Added: Jan 09, 2018
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Responsibility to Protect? A History of Humanitarian Intervention [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: "Save me from my friends!" Uncle Sam shelters Cuba, illustration from Puck, 1898, Credit: Library of Congress
In 1898, President McKinley called for war with Spain to liberate Cuba from the “barbarities, bloodshed, starvation, and horrible miseries now exis...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
PROMO - Border Crossings: A History of US-Mexico Relations
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: Promos for Upcoming Shows
Caption: Map of Mexico, 1847 , Credit: Library of Congress
30-second promo for BackStory episode, "Border Crossings: A History of US-Mexico Relations," with 5-second music bed at end for station-specific ti...

Bought by WUFT


  • Added: Jan 14, 2014
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 1
2013: The Year the Criminal Justice System Changed?
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Solitary Confinement, Credit: Flickr user CHeitz
Years of campaigning for basic human rights for people caught up in America's criminal justice system may finally be paying off. 2013 saw significa...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
City Upon a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism [rebroadcast]
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Caption: "The great Bartholdi statue, Liberty enlightening the world," Currier & Ives, 1885., Credit: Library of Congress
President Obama recently invoked "American exceptionalism” in making the case for a military strike in Syria – a claim to special status for the U....

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KSRQ, KFOK-LPFM, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 20, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Manufacturing Terror: The Media's Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Problem
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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After the Boston Marathon bombing, journalists scrambled to identify those responsible for the attack, and their motive. Rolling news and online m...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Tales & Tools of Revolution: From Serbia to Egypt
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A new generation is telling their stories of overthrowing corrupt regimes. And in the digital age, their lessons can spread more quickly than ever ...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 29:00