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Does America Need A Third Party?
From: Open to Debate
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While the two-party system has been the standard in the US government, third parties have often challenged this status quo and now advocates to be ...

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  • Added: Sep 14, 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
Is Legalizing Marijuana a Mistake?
From: Open to Debate
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While marijuana legalization is gaining more cultural acceptance, effectively regulating weed has long puzzled policy and lawmakers, with some star...

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  • Added: Sep 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for September 6, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: ‘Best States to Work’ Report Highlights Government Policies Helping and Hu...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
2337: Adorno and the Culture Industry, 9/12/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Theodor Adorno was born September 11, 1903.

  • Added: Sep 05, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
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
RESCUE, part 31: World Ocean Culture
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on the RESCUE series we're continuing our discussion of the water cycle and the ways it defines our cultural identity from global to loca...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 05:12
Do Unions Work for the Economy
From: Open to Debate
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Unions may be on the verge of a resurgence. After decades of declines, workers are organizing across household-name companies, like Starbucks, Amaz...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
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
RESCUE, part 30: Fresh Water and World Ocean Health
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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We are nearing the end of the RESCUE series. This week, in its 30th edition, we're talking about water: the well-spring of world ocean health and t...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2023
  • Length: 04:57
2023-08-20 Weird Wants
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it weird to want to do things that are bad for us?

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  • Added: Aug 21, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 5
Should We Erase Bad Memories?
From: Open to Debate
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Similar to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, neurotechnology techniques like decoded neurofeedback open the possibility of modifying or erasin...

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  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2336: (End of) Summer Reading List 2023, 9/5/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What new books should thoughtful people read this summer?

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2335: Hegel, 8/29/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born August 27, 1770.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-08-27 Hegel
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born August 27, 1770.

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  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
2334: Weird Wants, 8/22/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it weird to want to do things that are bad for us?

  • Added: Aug 16, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-08-13 Making a Better World
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can moral philosophy make us better people?

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Does Color Blindness Perpetuate Racism?
From: Open to Debate
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Color blindness has long been presented by some as a philosophy to help improve relations between racial groups. Those who support it say it promot...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
2333: Making a Better World, 8/15/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Can moral philosophy make us better people?

  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for August 9, 2023
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, In Depth Progressive Analysis Since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: US Democracy Hangs in Balance as Trump Faces 2020 Election Subversion Indi...

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
2023-08-06 What Has Replaced Freud?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Freud may have laid the groundwork for a science of the unconscious, but didn’t he get most of it wrong?

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Should NATO Admit Ukraine?
From: Open to Debate
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In the wake of the Russian invasion, Ukraine has applied on a fast-track membership bid to join NATO. Those who argue “yes” say admitting Ukraine w...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
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
Is Social Media Bad For Kids' Mental Health?
From: Open to Debate
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Recently, the US Surgeon General released an advisory stating with social media, there’s a risk of harm to children and adolescents' mental health....

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-07-23 Hypatia of Alexandria
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What was so revolutionary and dangerous about Hypatia’s philosophical ideas?

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  • Added: Jul 21, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6

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