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2424: Summer Reading List, 6/11/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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This summer, how about a philosophical take on popular culture?

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
2024-03-10 The 2024 Dionysus Awards
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Never mind the Oscars: what movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

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


  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
2411: The 2024 Dionysus Awards, 3/12/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Never mind the Oscars: what movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-24 The Ethics of Awesomeness
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Isn’t it awesome when someone breaks with social conventions and creates opportunities for people to come together and express themselves?

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


  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
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.

Bought by KUNM, KTSW 89.9, KICI Iowa City, KICI Iowa City, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 11
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...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, and KICI Iowa City


  • 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?

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


  • 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
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?

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


  • Added: May 22, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
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
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
2022-09-18 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?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, KSKQ and more


  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
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?

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


  • 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?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, GCR (Global Community Radio), WVTF, WLPR and more


  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2021-08-01 The 2021 Dionysus Awards
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What movies of the past year challenged our assumptions and made us think about things in new ways?

Bought by KTSW 89.9, KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNYO, KMUN and more


  • Added: Aug 02, 2021
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
2021-06-27 Does Reputation Matter?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should we care about what other people think of us?

Bought by KSKQ, GCR (Global Community Radio), KTSW 89.9, KMUN, KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 28, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
George Carlin: Class Clown
From: Devon Strolovitch
Series: Inside the National Recording Registry
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George Carlin’s seminal 1972 album “Class Clown” includes his infamous bit, “Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television,” which still rings true 4...

Bought by KPIK-LP and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2017
  • Length: 09:40
  • Purchases: 2
Republican Renegades on Climate
From: Climate One
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The Trump administration has moved quickly to reverse some of the previous administration’s energy and climate policies. But not all Republicans ar...

Bought by WCPN and WHYY


  • Added: Feb 25, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 2
Sam Seder, Tracy Morgan, Birdy
From: Dan McPeake
Series: Endeavours
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radio host Sam Seder, actor/comedian Tracy Morgan. Music: Birdy

  • Added: Jun 01, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
Movies 101 Special: Movies That Made Your Year
From: Spokane Public Radio
Caption: Produced by Spokane Public Radio
Just in time for awards show season...SPR's Movies 101 film reviewers give their picks for the 10 best movies of 2012.

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Public Radio Goes Hollywood!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
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Program Directors at the '08 PRPD conference in Hollywood speak with ThoughtCast about reinventing the medium...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 07:10