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2024-05-19 Akan Philosophy and Personhood
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Mind, soul, body, and breath—how do all of these go together for the Akan people of West Africa?

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  • Added: May 20, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 6
2421: Akan Philosophy and Personhood, 5/21/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Mind, soul, body, and breath—how do all of these go together for the Akan people of West Africa?

  • Added: May 09, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-10 Nonduality and the Oneness of Being
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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If Brahman is all and all is Brahman, is there still room for stuff like tables, chairs, and wombats?

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  • Added: Dec 11, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
2305: Citizenship and Justice, 1/31/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is citizenship the best recipe for non-discrimination?

  • Added: Jan 23, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
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?

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  • 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
2021-10-03 Immigration and Multiculturalism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Should ethnic or cultural identity ever be considered in any country’s immigration policy?

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  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 8
2021-09-26 Gandhi as a Philosopher
From: Philosophy Talk
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What were the philosophical bases of Gandhi's ideas?

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Feeding the World Without Wrecking the Planet
From: Mateo Schimpf
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On this week’s episode, we hear from two experts with competing visions of how we can sustainably feed a growing planet. Please join Ray Suarez, Ra...

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  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
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?

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Taoism: Following the Way
From: Philosophy Talk
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Is Taoism a religion, a philosophy, a spiritual practice, or a way of life?

  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 53:59
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.

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
Time and Patience
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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We don’t have to win the war against Covid as much as we need to learn to make peace with its existence in our world for now.

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 06:00
War, Sacrifice, and the Media
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Does fighting a war require an enemy to demonize?

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Habermas and Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Could rational communication really be the true key to real democracy?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 2
What About Haiti?
From: Vinny Cannizzaro
Series: A Community of Voices
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A 60 second quake, wreaked complete, long term havoc over the country of Haiti

  • Added: Jul 17, 2013
  • Length: 26:50
Here, There and Everywhere: Locally Upholding Human Rights
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
In this season of gratitude, speak. Uphold civil liberties, the human rights that we have, that others will travel thousands of miles for, and when...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2012
  • Length: 03:28
Fear and Courage at Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Thomas Tighe
Host Phalana Tiller talks with author Tom Rieger about his new book, Breaking the Fear Barrier. She also interviews Thomas Tighe, president and CEO...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
The Waiting Game
From: Sudan Radio Project
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Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Mar 01, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
P.O.V. - Rain in a Dry Land Filmmaker Interview
From: P.O.V. / American Documentary, Inc.
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Filmmaker Anne Makepeace talks with P.O.V. about the making of her film "Rain in a Dry Land"

  • Added: Sep 20, 2007
  • Length: 12:52