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How do we celebrate differences without falling into the trap of cultural relativism?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
To become ethical, must behavior be grounded in a religious faith or other system of belief? How do we judge the behavior of states and people?
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
New York is no longer viewed as the financial capital of the world, or even of the United States. Given the recent government intervention in state...
- Added: Sep 12, 2009
- Length: 01:30
According to Dambisa Moyo, large foreign aid flows to Africa disenfranchise Africans and prop up corrupt African leaders. If we follow Moyo's advic...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Competition magnifies the importance of choices people make, as penalties for failure and rewards for cheating increase. What would you do if faced...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
How should we reward experts and how much? When the experts fail, should populist outrage be directed at those individuals or the system?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Can public discussion of issues acknowledge gray areas despite being polarized by the media and single issue groups?
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Do we respect the wishes of anti-Castro Americans, to restrict trade, or the wishes of agriculture and medical sales interests, to open Cuban marke...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Banning headscarves may violate an individual's right of religious expression and choice. Allowing headscarves may violate a state's commitment to ...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
A Colombian immigrant was recently denied her investor's visa, forcing her to shut down her U.S. company and fire her six employees. Does immigrati...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Should foreign companies fudge a commitment to free speech to gain early market access? Is some information better than none, or is censorship a bl...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
Virtual worlds are online environments in which users interact via self-designed persona called avatars. Virtual reality can be entertaining and ed...
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:33
Human relations are important even in jobs where you wouldn’t expect them to be. Scott MacDonald may be an internationally renowned guitar builder,...
Bought by KUOW
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 09:45
- Purchases: 1
From the Darfur Radio Project: we hear Sudanese responses to the election of Barack Obama as President of the United States.
- Added: May 03, 2009
- Length: 03:16
A panel of international journalists, politicos, academics and legal experts consider propaganda in the context of a hypothetical struggle between ...
Bought by KQED, WGBH Radio Boston, KUT-HD, KCUR, KWGS and more
- Added: Dec 15, 2008
- Length: 58:30
- Purchases: 6
- Added: Oct 22, 2008
- Length: 02:52
From: Chris Goldstein
Duke university Professor Felicia Kornbluh- discusses her book The Battle For Welfare Rights : Politics and Poverty in Modern America
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Oct 22, 2008
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Roundtable Discussion about Educating Children after natural disasters
Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jun 19, 2008
- Length: 19:15
- Purchases: 2
A conversation with Ivan Marovic, former Serbian student leader and consultant on the nonviolent strategy video game A Force More Powerful.
Bought by WGDR
- Added: Jun 11, 2008
- Length: 29:04
- Purchases: 1
Within seconds of hearing someone speak, we make judgments about that person and their background, just based on their accent.
- Added: May 29, 2008
- Length: 29:42
Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg believes people's lives should be valued equally, not based on their wealth.
Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WEZU, and WEZU
- Added: May 27, 2008
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 3
- Added: Mar 30, 2008
- Length: 03:31
- Purchases: 1
Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...
- Added: Mar 27, 2008
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 2
Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...
Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more
- Added: Mar 26, 2008
- Length: 57:34
- Purchases: 13
This week on War News Radio, we speak to two brothers who must decide whether to escape the dangers of a warzone or stay in Baghdad with their family.
Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, and KGOU
- Added: Mar 14, 2008
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
