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2023-01-15 The Merits of Meritocracy
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do the people at the top really deserve their success? Do the people at the bottom really deserve to be there?

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  • Added: Jan 16, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 13
2022-12-18 Effective Altruism
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do we always have a moral obligation to do the most good we can?

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
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
2022-12-04 Thinking Like A Conspiracy Theorist
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Don’t the vast majority of people believe at least some conspiracy theories?

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  • Added: Dec 05, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
BIPOC Media Covered the Elections Differently
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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When it came to the midterms, mainstream white pundits got a lot wrong that local, Black, Brown and BIPOC media got right, and they're still missin...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
2022-11-27 (Why) Money Matters
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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In an ideal society, would we even need money?

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
2022-11-20 Covid Conundrums and Moral Dilemmas
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What ethical dilemmas have people faced in their daily lives related to the Covid-19 pandemic?

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  • Added: Nov 21, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 9
D.A. Larry Krasner Facing Impeachment: Criminal Justice Reform in the Crosshairs
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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Can a predominantly white state legislature overturn the votes of a predominantly Black city? Larry Krasner, Philadelphia’s District Attorney was e...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 7
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for November 2, 2022
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: Progressives Can Play a Pivotal Role to Defeat Fascist Republicans in Midt...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Going For Broke, Part Two: Making Up Our Minds
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In episode two of our three-part series on the care economy: Post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health challenges can push people into...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Going For Broke, Part One: Change Of Address
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: Going For Broke (A Three Part Series from To the Best of Our Knowledge)
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In the first of three episodes of "Going For Broke," all about the care economy, we're thinking about housing. Many of us would consider it a basic...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Making Peace with Our News Anxiety
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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On this edition of Peace Talks Radio, correspondent Danielle Preiss explores anxiety around the news with three guests who talk about how it may n...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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
Melissa Weintraub, Resetting the Table to Heal Divides and Prevent Political Violence
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we talk with Melissa Weintraub, founder & co-executive director of Resetting the Table. Resetting the table focuses on building di...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
When complaints roll in, PBS's public editor uses them to spark community conversations.
From: KSFP
Series: Civic
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Interview with PBS Public Editor, Ricardo Sandoval Palos, about misinformation, disinformation, confirmation bias and how that effects programming ...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
2022-08-21 Death of the Sentence
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is the internet destroying language?

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  • Added: Aug 22, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
2022-08-14 What Is Political Inequality?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is political equality more than just a matter of who has what?

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  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2233: What Is Political Inequality?, 8/16/2022
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is political equality more than just a matter of who has what?

  • Added: Aug 08, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
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
Making DEI Work Transformative & Relational, with Jacqueline Font-Guzman
From: Gina Baleria
Series: News In Context
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In this episode, we explore concepts of privilege - and how they color our systems and perpetuate inequities. We also discuss how building relation...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:30
2022-07-24 Is Optimism Rational?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you have to expect the best if you're going to get through the worst?

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2022
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6

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