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Nuclear Fusion
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Fusion, the fusing together of atoms, powers the stars, including our sun -- which means that fusion already powers Earth, just not in a way that w...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 2
Lead - The Pernicious Poison
From: Doug Wood
Series: Green Street News
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Doug and Patti speak with "Lead Safe Mama" Tamara Rubin

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2024
  • Length: 58:22
  • Purchases: 1
2024-09-08 How to Do Things With Your Mind
From: Philosophy Talk
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How do you jump on a train of thought—and how can you jump off?

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  • Added: Sep 09, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
How Could Artificial Intelligence Change Energy?
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Pamela Isom, Director of the Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office for the US Department of Energy, and Anima Anandkumar, Director of Machi...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
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2437: How to Do Things With Your Mind, 9/10/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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How do you jump on a train of thought—and how do you jump off?

  • Added: Sep 04, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Environmental Impacts of Energy on Air
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Angel Hsu from the University of North Carolina, and Amod Pokhrel, UC Berkeley health sciences researcher discuss air pollution.

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2024
  • Length: 25:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Good News About Climate Change
From: Casey Walker
Series: Energy Switch
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Leia Guccione and Robert Bryce continue the conversation about whether or not solar and wind could one day power the world.

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2024
  • Length: 24:58
  • Purchases: 1
2024-07-28 Karl Popper
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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What makes a theory "scientific"?

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  • Added: Jul 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Bright Ideas Toward a Sustainable Future
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week: two technological innovations—both bright ideas, that could have huge impacts for useful, sustainable change for the future. The first i...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
  • Length: 04:51
  • Purchases: 1
2431: Karl Popper, 7/30/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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What makes a theory "scientific"?

  • Added: Jul 23, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Plastic: Cycle and Recycle
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Plastic is ubiquitous. It is everywhere in our lives, in our air, bodies, and water, yet we do not possess the cycle or recycle to continue product...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2024
  • Length: 05:04
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2024-06-30 Daniel Dennett Retrospective
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk
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A look at the work of one of the best-known American philosophers, who passed away earlier this year

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  • Added: Jul 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
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2427: Daniel Dennett Retrospective, 7/2/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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A look at the work of one of the best-known American philosophers, who passed away earlier this year.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
The Pursuit of Happiness: Virtue or Pleasure?
From: Open to Debate
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Happiness is a complex emotion and mental state that can be achieved through virtue or pleasure. But should it be for the good of the individual or...

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  • Added: May 16, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 6
Bio-Regional Thinking and the Deep Sea
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Bio-regions on Earth are organized into types, then realms, and are further distinguished and mapped for planning, strategizing, developing, and as...

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  • Added: May 08, 2024
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
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.

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  • Added: Apr 29, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
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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
Distillation
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...

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  • Added: Apr 11, 2024
  • Length: 04:48
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Is Religion a Force for Good?
From: Open to Debate
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Religion has long shaped human civilization, and many have wondered whether it’s good for society. Those who argue “yes” say it offers a sense of i...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2024-04-05 Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

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  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 9
240405: Elizabeth Kolbert on Hope, Despair, and Everything In Between, 4/5/2024
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One- Weekly Feed
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Even before Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” brought climate change to the mainstream, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Elizabeth Kolbert was on ...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:58
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?

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  • Added: Apr 01, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
Childhood Obesity Guidelines: Good Medicine or Too Extreme?
From: Open to Debate
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The American Academy of Pediatrics recently released new guidelines to address childhood obesity, affecting over 14 million children, including rec...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
2414: Mind Sharing, 4/2/2024
From: Philosophy Talk
Series: Philosophy Talk: Weekly
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Do you exaggerate your gestures when other people are around?

  • Added: Mar 25, 2024
  • Length: 54:00
Nature's Balance Sheet
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In business, as in life, there is a balance sheet, a statement of assets, profit and loss, income and expense, showing whether our accounts are in ...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2024
  • Length: 05:07