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2024-04-28 Why Is the World So Weird?
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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No matter how you slice it, our universe is a strange place.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, WLPR , and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 5
2418: Why Is the World So Weird?, 4/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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No matter how you slice it, our universe is a strange place.

  • Added: Apr 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2024-03-31 Mind Sharing
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Do you exaggerate your gestures when other people are around?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KSKQ, KTSW 89.9, and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 01/23/2024 - Video games help you recover from work
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week we dive into whether video games help us recover from work stress. (Spoiler: They absolutely do. But there is a catch.)

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Central Florida Public Media, and WFHB


  • Added: Jan 25, 2024
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
2404: The Mysterious Timelessness of Math, 1/23/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is math like an abstract painting—beautiful equations, with no connection to the world—or is it more like a blueprint for the universe?

  • Added: Jan 10, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
2023-12-17 Impossible Worlds
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What’s the difference between the merely surprising and the truly impossible?

Bought by KMUN, GCR (Global Community Radio), and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 18, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 3
2351: Impossible Worlds, 12/19/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What’s the difference between the merely surprising and the truly impossible?

  • Added: Dec 13, 2023
  • Length: 53:58
2023-12-03 In Awe of Wonder
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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Is there a purpose to our sense of wonder, or is it gloriously useless?

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Dec 04, 2023
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
Science unscripted (Spectrum) 11/14/23
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: The future of weather forecasting — and our listeners had some really interesting things to say about tattoos.

Bought by WFHB and Central Florida Public Media


  • Added: Nov 17, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
2318: The Power of Prediction, 5/2/2023
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Is your brain a camera that records the world, or a projector that imposes pictures on it?

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
297: Against Cynicism / 298: Repeat When Necessary, 8/11/2018
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
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HOUR ONE: "Against Cynicism" - Why is the world so cynical? This hour, an irony-free exploration of cynicism. HOUR TWO: "Repeat When Necessary" -...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:58:58
2017-12-03 High Tide on Main Street
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Kiran Jane, John Englander, and Greg Dalton
The coastline has been basically in the same place for all of human civilization and now that’s changing in very unpredictable and unsettling ways....

Bought by KWIT and WLPR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
The Art of Negotiation and the American Dream
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, it’s a classic story of achieving the American Dream. George Mitchell grew up in a working class family in Maine. Mitchell embraced every o...

Bought by WCNY, KCMJ Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, KEDT, and WCWP


  • Added: May 26, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 5
Brain's Way of Healing
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, the brain is possibly one of the most sophisticated and complex systems in the human body, if not all of nature. There may be no more import...

Bought by Harford Community Radio and WCWP


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Seeds of Deception - Jeffrey M. Smith - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Jeffrey M. Smith author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:32
Seeds of Deception - Jeffrey M. Smith - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Jeffrey M. Smith author of Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about ...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:52
When We Stop Living Our Lives for Ourselves
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
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First, Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses how outsourcing is changing the very nature of human relations. She explains the dangers and rewards of d...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Jul 09, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Frogs and Toads -- Groks Science Show 2009-07-29
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Lang Elliot discussed the songs of frogs and toads

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jul 29, 2009
  • Length: 30:23
  • Purchases: 1
Foreign Transplants -- Groks Science Show 2009-06-10
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Daniel Asa Rose discusses his search for a kidney in China

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Jun 09, 2009
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 1