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2332: What Has Replaced Freud?, 8/8/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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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?

  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
RESCUE, part 26: The Missing Links--Education and Communication
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a shift from suggestions for change to analysis and observation of those things that are mi...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2023
  • Length: 05:15
2330: Hypatia of Alexandria, 7/25/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What was so revolutionary and dangerous about Hypatia’s philosophical ideas?

  • Added: Jul 18, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
2023-07-14 Green Energy / Red States
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs an...

Bought by Maine Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WMUU-LP, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 15
230714: Green Energy / Red States, 7/14/2023
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Billions of dollars from the Inflation Reduction Act have started flowing into renewable energy projects and manufacturing. That’s bringing jobs an...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 58:57
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...

Bought by WMUU-LP and Troy Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • 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
Should Prosecutors Pursue Minor Crimes?
From: Open to Debate
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In the US, misdemeanors count for 80% of cases filed annually, but district attorneys around the country are implementing policies stating they’ll ...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jul 07, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2023-07-02 Democracy By Numbers
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

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


  • Added: Jul 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
Will Millennials Be Left Behind?
From: Open to Debate
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The oldest members of the Millennial generation are reaching their forties and feel they’ve been left behind emotionally and financially. Those who...

Bought by WMUU-LP and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Jun 30, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2327: Democracy By Numbers, 7/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is it mathematically (im)possible to create a true democracy?

  • Added: Jun 29, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for June 28, 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: A Nation Transformed: One Year After the Demise of Roe v. Wade; Israel’s F...

Bought by WFHB and WETS


  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
RESCUE, part 24: Ocean Finance Reform, Step by Step
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series by listing some of the most critical changes and improvements required to create a new, sustaina...

  • Added: Jun 28, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
RESCUE, part 23: Financial Instruments for a New Ocean Ethos
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week on World Ocean Radio as part of the multi-part RESCUE series we revisit the concept of ecosystem services accounting and propose that, in...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
RESCUE, part 22: What is Net Zero?
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The multi-part RESCUE series continues this week with a discussion of the reality of carbon offsets, corporate accounting, and the concept of net z...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 14, 2023
  • Length: 05:09
  • Purchases: 1
2023-06-11 The Rhetoric of Big Tech
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

Bought by KMUN, KICI Iowa City, KTSW 89.9, KMUN, Ohm Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 12, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 14
2324: The Rhetoric of Big Tech, 6/13/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What do Ayn Rand, Martin Heidegger, and Samuel Beckett have to do with Silicon Valley?

  • Added: Jun 07, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Should Congress Abolish the Debt Ceiling?
From: Open to Debate
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The US has more than $31 trillion in national debt. If it is breached, the government may go into default, leading to national and global consequen...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jun 01, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for May 31, 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: Candidate Ron DeSantis Poses Unique Threat to Democracy; Massive Pentagon ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and WETS


  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
RESCUE, part 21: Ecosystem Services Accounting, An Example
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a hypothetical tale of investment, manufacture and accounting, and the financial analyses of ...

  • Added: May 31, 2023
  • Length: 05:10
2323: Minds and Matter, 6/6/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What can we learn about human consciousness from the minds of animals?

  • Added: May 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
2023-05-28 Can Art Save Us?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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How could movies, paintings, and poems help us redraw the landscape in our minds?

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


  • Added: May 29, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
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

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