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Biden Presses On (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
Bloggingheads.tv - July 13, 2024 02:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratings...
How to Save a Life
Radiolab - July 12, 2024 14:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsWe get it… the world feels too bleak and too big for you to make a difference. But there is one thing - one simple tangible thing - you can do to make all the difference in the world to someone, possibly even a loved one, at arguably the worst moment of their life. Statistics show that 1 out of...
From the archive: Medieval monks on memory, meditation, and mind-wandering
Many Minds - July 10, 2024 12:51 - 1 hourHi friends, we're on a brief summer break at the moment. We'll have a new episode for you in August. In the meanwhile, enjoy this pick from our archives! _____ [originally aired May 17, 2023] You know the feeling. You're trying to read or write or think through a project, maybe even just r...
Bullsh!t Incorporated: Conspiracists and Cons in a Ridiculous World (with Dave Farina)
TheThinkingAtheist - July 09, 2024 10:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsScience communicator Dave Farina weighs in on creationists, germ deniers, flat earthers, the Discovery Institute, and more. Dave on YouTube VIDEO of this conversation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
The Biden Mess (Robert Wright & Eric Levitz)
Bloggingheads.tv - July 09, 2024 02:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsBiden plays chicken against Democratic elites ... Could the delegates deny Biden the nomination? ... Odd moments in the George Stephanopoulos interview ... Biden faces down a populist-elite revolt ... How a small group of insiders could force Biden out ... Heading to Overtime ...
Kamala or BUST? (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
Bloggingheads.tv - July 09, 2024 00:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsIs Biden OK? ... Should it be Kamala? ... Who are the Kamala alternatives? ... Who could be Kamala's VP? ... Who will be Trump's VP? ...
Exposing Sources and Impacts of Election Disinformation Campaigns
Human Centered - July 08, 2024 17:48 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 9 ratingsLegendary tech journalist John Markoff (CASBS fellow, 2017-18) chats with 2023-24 CASBS fellow Young Mie Kim on her groundbreaking efforts to identify how shadowy groups use algorithms and targeted disinformation campaigns during presidential election cycles; measure their real-world distorting ...
We'll be back soon!
Principle of Charity - July 08, 2024 05:39 - 36 seconds ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Stephanie Catella, PsyD | Cultivating Emotional Intelligence
Mentally Flexible - July 07, 2024 14:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMy guest today is Stephanie Catella, PsyD. Steph is a clinical psychologist with expertise in transdiagnostic cognitive behavioral therapy for trauma, anxiety, and building emotional intelligence. After completing fellowships at the San Francisco VA and University of California San Francisco, sh...
Labour's shallow victory
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - July 05, 2024 17:46 - 38 minutesThis morning, British headlines were about the Labour Party's landslide victory in the UK general election. But take a closer look at the numbers, and there's another story under the surface. UnHerd's Political Editor, Tom McTague, joins Freddie Sayers to dive into the data. Hosted on Acast. Se...
Happy Birthday, Good Dr. Sacks
Radiolab - July 05, 2024 14:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsFirst aired back in 2013, we originally released this episode to celebrate the 80th birthday of one of our favorite human beings, Oliver Sacks. To celebrate, his good friend, and our former co-host Rober Krulwich, asks the good doctor to look back, and explain how thousands of worms and a motorb...
Biden's Fragility, Trump's Immunity (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
Bloggingheads.tv - July 04, 2024 15:02 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratings...
FreeDumb: A 7-Minute Reflection on American Exceptionalism
TheThinkingAtheist - July 04, 2024 12:39 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsEvery Fourth of July, Americans bask smugly under their flags and fireworks. Seth Andrews has a few thoughts in this bonus release. Read the article on Substack. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
Niall Ferguson: Are we the Soviets now?
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - July 02, 2024 14:55 - 1 hourWith public calls to remove the sitting US President, a UK election set to unseat its government and the rightward swing in Europe, it’s all change on the Western front. Best-selling historian Sir Niall Ferguson joins UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers for a wide-lens tour of populism and its discontents. ...
Atheist Bible Quiz Time!
TheThinkingAtheist - July 02, 2024 10:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsFew things are as enjoyable as atheists answering Bible trivia questions. Come for the quiz, stay for the context. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
161: Cemetery Confessions Gets Cancelled
Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast - July 02, 2024 05:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsThis month we take a look at Gaza and the history of the Middle East. We'll explore the current conflict in the region and discuss how world events shape and impact the goth scene. Our guest this episode is Hani Please consider supporting us on Patreon! (00:00) Intro (4:45) Male Tears - ...
The President’s Brain (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)
Bloggingheads.tv - July 02, 2024 02:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsDementia vs senility ... Biden’s brain: a post-debate diagnosis ... Who’s to blame for the Biden problem? ... Biden’s most baffling debate moment ... Will Biden step down? Bob and Paul place their bets ... Has Nick Bostrom flipped on AI doomerism? ... The earthly side of a meditation retrea...
Peter Hitchens, Rod Liddle, Matt Goodwin, Flo Read, Rowenna Davis: the Alternative Election Hustings
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 29, 2024 14:00 - 1 hourWho should you vote for on the 4th of July? A week ahead of the general election, UnHerd's Freddie Sayers and Tom McTague host an alternative hustings to size up the competition. Our all-star cast includes Peter Hitchens arguing for the Tories (even though he wants to destroy them), Rod Liddle fo...
Emily Jashinsky: Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden?
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 28, 2024 15:49 - 30 minutesEmily Jashinsky, UnHerd’s DC Correspondent, joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow-by-blow of last night’s Trump v. Biden debate and a closer look at the media reaction as it happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Emily Jashinsky: Will the Democrats ditch Joe Biden
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 28, 2024 15:49 - 30 minutesEmily Jashinsky, UnHerd’s DC Correspondent, joins Freddie Sayers to give a blow-by-blow of last night’s Trump v. Biden debate and a closer look at the media reaction as it happened. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Alford Plea
Radiolab - June 28, 2024 14:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsIn 1995, a tragic fire in Pittsburgh set off a decades-long investigation that sent Greg Brown Jr. to prison. But, after a series of remarkable twists, Brown found himself contemplating a path to freedom that involved a paradoxical plea deal—one that peels back the curtain on the criminal justic...
Rethinking Islam: with Adam Elmasri
TheThinkingAtheist - June 28, 2024 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsEgypt-born Adam Elmasri is a human rights activist educating people about the (many) problems with fundamentalist religions...including and especially Islam. YouTube English YouTube Arabic VIDEO of this conversation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethink...
Brave New AI World (Robert Wright & Jeffrey Ladish)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 27, 2024 21:10 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsWhy Jeffrey helped turn Meta’s Llama into Bad Llama ... Bioweapons, hacking, and other AI dangers ... How America unwittingly boosts China’s AI sector ... The dark side of AI “alignment” ... Is superintelligence the super-weapon of the future? ... The perils of AI acceleration ...
You Are a Once-in-a-Lifetime Cosmic Event-Redefining Your Life Purpose through Quantum Consciousness
Quantum Revolution with Karen Curry Parker - June 27, 2024 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingExperience a transformative reading from The Quantum Human as Karen Curry Parker explores the depths of consciousness and human potential. “Our true nature is to be creative. We are all, each and every one of us, powerful creative beings who use our perceptions to create our collective and ...
Presidential Debate Preview (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 26, 2024 17:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsWhat do Biden and Trump need to accomplish at the debate? ... Will Trump's VP pick get a trial run in the spin room? ... Why is Rep. Bowman in trouble in NY-16? ...
A new picture of language
Many Minds - June 26, 2024 16:29 - 1 hourIf you've taken Linguistics 101, you know what language is. It's a system for conveying meaning through speech. We build words out of sounds, and then complex ideas out of those words. Remarkably, the relationship between the sounds and the meanings they convey is purely arbitrary. Human langu...
Episode 287: Gods With Anuses (The Denial of Death Pt. 1)
Very Bad Wizards - June 25, 2024 19:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsDavid faces his greatest fear as he and Tamler dive into Ernest Becker’s 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner The Denial of Death. Blending existentialist ideas within a psychoanalytic framework, Becker argues that the ultimate source of human motivation is not the repression of sexual drives (as Freud th...
Reckoning with China (Robert Wright & Edward Wong)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 25, 2024 19:15 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsEdward’s new book, At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China ... What Americans get wrong about China ... Humiliation and China’s national psychology ... Why Edward’s father joined the People’s Liberation Army ... How Edward’s father fell out of favor with the PLA ... How dracon...
The Endless Gaza and Ukraine Wars (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 25, 2024 19:11 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratings...
Songs So Wrong: Favorite Tunes We Didn't Realize Were Creepy (and your random calls)
TheThinkingAtheist - June 25, 2024 10:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsWe begin with a short observation about pre-#MeToo songs that didn't age well, plus plenty of listener calls about whatever is on their minds. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
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