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2424: Summer Reading List, 6/11/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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This summer, how about a philosophical take on popular culture?

  • Added: May 17, 2024
  • Length: 01:00
Meet the BIPOC Press: Is Earth Day Still Relevant?
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day, but the ideas behind the holiday are more urgent than ever. There are environmental issues all aroun...

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  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
2024-03-10 The 2024 Dionysus Awards
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Never mind the Oscars: what movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
2411: The 2024 Dionysus Awards, 3/12/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Never mind the Oscars: what movies of the past year challenged your assumptions and made you think about things in new ways?

  • Added: Mar 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Monica Guzman on the importance of curiosity to build relationships that bridge divides
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we explore how bridging by building relationships and being curious can connect peo...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
NY Times Columnist David Brooks on How to Know and See a Person
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with New York Times columnist David Brooks, about his new book - How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and...

  • Added: Feb 08, 2024
  • Length: 29:30
Not Wanted at Harvard? BIPOC Media on Claudine Gay, Anti-Zionism & Diversity in Education
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Dr. Claudine Gay made history as the first Black President of Harvard. She faced fierce backlash over the school’s statements on the Israel-Hamas W...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Mock Trial: Is Trump Guilty in the January 6th Case?
From: Open to Debate
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After the 2020 election, former President Trump discredited the election results. The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and Trump’s federal indi...

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  • Added: Jan 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 3
2023-12-31 American Futures (Ken Taylor Memorial Episode)
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Where might America be headed as a nation?

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  • Added: Dec 28, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
2401: American Futures (Ken Taylor Memorial Episode), 1/2/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Where might America be headed as a nation?

  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-24 The Ethics of Awesomeness
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Isn’t it awesome when someone breaks with social conventions and creates opportunities for people to come together and express themselves?

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  • Added: Dec 25, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 11
(January 3, 2024 Re-Air) Naomi Klein: How Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories Gain Power
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
A primer for discussing Israel and Gaza and our divided American political landscape: John Donvan in discussion with author Mónica Guzmán
From: Open to Debate
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How can you have meaningful conversations in increasingly divided times, whether it’s against the backdrop of American politics or the Israel-Gaza ...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2023
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 3
BIPOC Media on the Fight for Fair Wages — & Anti-racist Unions
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Over 450,000 workers have gone on strike in 2023. Many are celebrating this revival of labor power, but what does it mean for workers of color — of...

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
2348: Microaggressions, 11/28/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What’s the difference between a rude comment and outright hate speech?

  • Added: Nov 20, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
2023-10-29 Referring to the World: Ken's Final Work
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A special episode devoted to Ken Taylor's posthumous book.

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  • Added: Oct 30, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
Sonali Kolhatkar: “Rising Up” for Social Justice, With YES! Magazine
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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As the Israel/Hamas conflict continues, what is media’s role?  Across the globe, reporting shapes political and cultural landscapes — and Sonali Ko...

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  • Added: Oct 25, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
2023-10-01 Disinformation and the Future of Democracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

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  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
Connecting Outside of the Algorithm: Circumventing the Mediated World of Digital Media Via In-Person Connection, with Riaz Patel
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we explore how much of the information we get is mediated - edited - and we all get different edits based on what the algorithm th...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 29:30
Before the Ground Runs Dry: BIPOC Media on the US Water Crisis
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this episode of Meet the BIPOC Press, a monthly collaboration between The Laura Flanders Show and URL Media, we take a closer look at the US wa...

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  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 8
2340: Disinformation and the Future of Democracy, 10/3/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Anti-vaxxers, Q-Anon devotees, 9/11 truthers — should people this deluded really be allowed to report the news or hold elected office?

  • Added: Sep 27, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
Naomi Klein: Tackling the “Doppelganger”, Disinformation & Lies
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In her new book, "Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World”, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein describes being confused with Naomi Wolf, a con...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2339: What Is Masculinity?, 9/26/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Ideals of manhood differ across times and cultures—why think there’s any one thing it means to be a man?

  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
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