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2023-04-02 Why Poetry Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2314: Why Poetry Matters, 4/4/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Are poems valuable because they do something for us, or are they gloriously useless?

  • Added: Mar 27, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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
Abigail Disney: The American Dream or Nightmare for Workers?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Is the American Dream dead? When Abigail Disney, the granddaughter of one of the founders of Disney, received a message from a worker at Disney’s f...

Bought by KWMR, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and WNYE


  • Added: Jan 18, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
LOUDMOUTH -- Josh Alexander Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Josh Alexander talks synchronicity, ecstatic truth, and allowing the Rev. Al Sharpton to write his own story.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2022
  • Length: 18:26
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
Delaware State of the Arts - Delaware Arts Alliance
From: Andrew Truscott
Series: Delaware State of the Arts Podcast
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Andy Truscott speaks with Neil Kirschling, the new Executive Director of the Delaware Arts Alliance.

  • Added: Nov 23, 2022
  • Length: 22:03
2022-11-13 In Search of Proust's Philosophy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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November 18 marks the centennial of the French writer's death.

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  • Added: Nov 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2022-11-06 Pet Ethics
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Are pets our partners, our property, or something in between?

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  • Added: Nov 07, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
2022-10-23 Philosophy and the Superhero
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Holy metaphysics, Batman!

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  • Added: Oct 24, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
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?

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  • Added: Sep 19, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-09-04 (End of) Summer Reading List: Banned Books Edition
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What thoughtful and controversial books do some people say other people shouldn’t read?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
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?

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  • 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?

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
2022 San Francisco Mime Troupe: Back to the Way Things Were -- Velina Brown Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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Velina Brown talks popcorning ideas, saying no, and not wasting a good tragedy.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2022
  • Length: 14:28
Adam Rowland - Visual Effects Supervisor - Captain Phillips, Legend, A Private War, An American Pickle, and The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent
From: MergingArts Productions
Series: Spoiler Alert Radio
Caption: Unbearable Weight
Adam Rowland - Visual Effects Supervisor - Captain Phillips, Legend, A Private War, An American Pickle, and The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Jun 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2022-05-29 The Scandalous Truth About Memoir
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Why should anyone read—let alone write—a memoir?

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  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
To Thrift or Not to Thrift
From: Adam Scull
Series: WPRN Public Radio
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Thrift shops are much more than second-hand junk shops, they’re often treasure troves, chock full of goods, ready for the taking. They run the gamu...

  • Added: May 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:34
He Ain't Heavy
From: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Caption: Sounds Jewish, Credit: Mississippi Public Broadcasting
Sounds Jewish remembers National Brotherhood Week with Jewish songs of brotherhood, sisterhood and all-around togetherness.

Bought by WLPR


  • Added: Feb 25, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interchange – The Untrammeled Cartoonist: The Radicalism of Art Young (Repeat)
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Today much of the history of American radicalism, including the work of cartoonist Art Young, languishes in obscurity just when it is needed most. ...

  • Added: Dec 30, 2021
  • Length: 58:58
For these veterans, poetry and prose help treat the moral injury of war
From: American Homefront Project
Caption: George Pettigrew leads a virtual Reader's Theater event for Kansas City veterans. Among those who read their original works Heather Smoot, who served in the Air Force., Credit: Missouri Humanities
In Kansas City, the Moral Injury Association of America sponsors a writing group that’s worked with thousands of veterans and family members since ...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2021
  • Length: 03:47
  • Purchases: 5
2021-09-05 (End of) Summer Reading List
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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With summer ending and some parts of our lives returning to some kind of normal, what should thoughtful people be reading?

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
2021-08-08 The Creative Life
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What does questioning everything have to do with being creative?

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  • Added: Aug 09, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
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

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