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We Have the Power to Stop World Hunger
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week we’re looking at how to solve food insecurity around the world. We’ll hear from nonprofit leaders working on the frontlines and a doctor ...

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  • Added: Dec 23, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
Larry Brilliant and Peter Hotez: Vaccinating Our Way Out of the Pandemic
From: Mateo Schimpf
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Dr. Larry Brilliant, best known for eradicating Smallpox, and Dr. Peter Hotez, who is part of a team developing a low-cost COVID vaccine for global...

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  • Added: Dec 16, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
Does The Perfect Healthcare System Exist?
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel joins co-host Ray Suarez to compare different healthcare systems around the world. Then, producer Teresa Cotsirilos ...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
What Happens When an Election is Disputed
From: Mateo Schimpf
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This week, we’re taking a look at how the democratic process plays out around the world. What can we learn from countries like Belarus and Chile, w...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2020
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
2020-10-11 Hannah Arendt
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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From Germany to Paris to New York: what made Arendt so controversial?

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  • Added: Oct 12, 2020
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
2020-09-18 Daniel Yergin: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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From pipelines to clean power, the world’s biggest economies are brokering developments in oil, gas, and renewables that will shape climate and pol...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
200918: Daniel Yergin: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, 9/18/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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From pipelines to clean power, the world’s biggest economies are brokering developments in oil, gas, and renewables that will shape climate and pol...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
200717: John Kerry: The Global Dynamics of Decarbonization, 7/17/2020
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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The COVID-19 crisis is expected to decrease U.S. carbon emissions by 7.5% in 2020 — exactly the rate needed globally to meet the climate goals outl...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
2020-07-17 John Kerry: The Global Dynamics of Decarbonization
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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The COVID-19 crisis is expected to decrease U.S. carbon emissions by 7.5% in 2020 — exactly the rate needed globally to meet the climate goals outl...

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  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 7
On Pandemics and Panopticons
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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We look at the local effects of COVID-19 in Italy with IU prof Andrea Ciccarelli and then turn to the socio-political impacts of becoming a digital...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
The Choice of Separation: On the Locally Global COVID-19
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Local concerns for vulnerable populations: Mia Beach talks with Kass Botts of the Indiana Recovery Alliance and Forrest Gilmore of The Shalom Commu...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 20, 2019
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: Articles of Impeachment Must be Expanded Beyond Trump-Ukraine Extortion S...

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  • Added: Nov 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for March 27, 2019
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: Mueller Didn’t Exonerate Trump. Report Must be Released, Congressional In...

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  • Added: Mar 27, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Stephen M. Walt, author of "The Hell of Good Intentions"
From: Boise State Public Radio
Series: Reader's Corner with Bob Kustra
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Bob Kustra interviews Stephen M. Walt about his book "The Hell of Good Intentions"

  • Added: Feb 22, 2019
  • Length: 29:55
2019-02-03 How Some Countries Are Solving Climate Change
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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When it comes to cutting emissions, there are many paths to success. Sweden, France, South Korea, and Ontario have all taken steps to replace fossi...

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  • Added: Jan 31, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 14
Understanding the Value of the Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Biodiversity in the Maldives , Credit: Husian, Flikr
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects integral to the evolution of ocean policy and science, includin...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2018
  • Length: 05:17
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
The Radical Democracy Movement
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Can we create a democracy that doesn't end up oppressing minorities and dissenters?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
Democracy in Crisis
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you really have democracy when things favored by the majority can't even come to a vote?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Is Democracy a Universal Value?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is democracy an inherently good thing, or is it, as Plato thought, one of the worst possible forms of government?

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  • Added: Oct 20, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3