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The Genius of Empathy with Dr. Judith Orloff
Quantum Revolution with Karen Curry Parker - June 06, 2024 10:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDiscover the power of saying no while maintaining your emotional balance in a world full of chaos with Dr. Judith Orloff (@JudithOrloffMD), author of the new book The Genius of Empathy, and Dr. Karen Curry Parker. “You have empathy for the suffering that caused the acts. And that frees you fro...
Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutesWhen Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at the legacy paper. But what she witnessed behind the scenes gave her a very personal insight into the political capture of the American newsroom. She tells UnHerd's Freddie Sayers ab...
Nellie Bowles: Ex-Reporter Exposes New York Times
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 05, 2024 14:00 - 39 minutesWhen Nellie Bowles got her dream job as a reporter for the New York Times, she thought she'd never leave her job at the legacy paper. But what she witnessed behind the scenes gave her a very personal insight into the political capture of the American newsroom. She tells UnHerd's Freddie Sayers ab...
A Trump 2.0 Foreign Policy (Robert Wright & Kelley Vlahos)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 04, 2024 14:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsKelley’s new podcast, Trip the Beltway Fantastic ... Pat Buchanan and conservative opposition to the Iraq war ... Would Trump 2.0 promote foreign policy restraint? ... Possible Trump appointees pushing for conflict with China ... The time Tucker Carlson helped prevent war with Iran ... Would...
"Aliens Built the Pyramids" is Rooted in Racism (with archaeologist Dr. Andrew White)
TheThinkingAtheist - June 04, 2024 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsBelieve it or not, many of the "ancient aliens" conspiracy theories have racist roots. Dr. Andrew White explains. LINKS: Dr. White's YouTube channel Fraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame VIDEO of this conversation Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkinga...
When Democracy Breaks: Final Thoughts with Archon Fung, David Moss and Arne Westad
Democracy Paradox - June 04, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutesI think we've seen democracies can be unstable. Autocracies are even more unstable. David Moss Made in partnership with the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation Get your copy of When Democracy Breaks or read it open access. Access Episodes Ad-Free on Patreon Make a one-time D...
Dr. Frank Anderson | Authenticity, Trauma, and Healing
Mentally Flexible - June 03, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 66 ratingsMy guest today is Dr. Frank Anderson, MD. Frank is a Harvard Medical School school trained psychiatrist, therapist, speaker, author, and trauma specialist. He has spent the past three decades studying neuroscience and trauma treatment, serving as a leader within the Internal Family Systems thera...
160: Gen Z vs. Millennials: Who's the Better Goth
Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast - June 03, 2024 16:18 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 97 ratingsCover Photo by Pascal Bauret https://www.instagram.com/pascal.de.paris.fotos/ It’s the battle of decades. How do Gen Z and Millennials define goth differently, has goth lost it’s mystery and magic when we can access everything online, what makes us cringe, where does each group stand on gatek...
Richard Dawkins vs Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The God Debate
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - June 03, 2024 15:53 - 1 hourAt the UnHerd-sponsored Dissident Dialogues Festival in New York, Richard Dawkins and Ayaan Hirsi Ali discussed her recent conversion to Christianity, and whether the whole ‘New Atheism’ movement of which they had both been key members had done more harm than good. Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...
AMA | June 2024
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - June 03, 2024 12:03 - 3 hours ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsWelcome to the June 2024 Ask Me Anything episode of Mindscape! These monthly excursions are funded by Patreon supporters (who are also the ones asking the questions). We take questions asked by Patreons, whittle them down to a more manageable number -- based primarily on whether I have ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain: The Future of the Israel-Palestine War
Through Conversations - June 03, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Hussain Abdul-Hussain discusses recent events in Rafah and Hamas' role in the ongoing tragedy. He examines the narratives within the Arab-Muslim community and explores the possibility of a two-state solution. The conversation delves into Western misunderstandings of the Middle E...
The Corporate Mindfulness Scam (w/Prof. Ron Purser)
The ZDoggMD Show - June 01, 2024 16:23 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 1.7K ratingsDoes management teach "mindfulness" to create compliance with a broken system that continues to inflict moral injury on frontline workers? Ron Purser is a professor of management at San Francisco State University and a student of Buddhism since 1981. He's an ordained Zen priest and a faculty mem...
Trump's Conviction, Russia-Ukraine Escalation (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)
Bloggingheads.tv - June 01, 2024 01:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratings...
Welcome to the UNIPARTY election
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 31, 2024 17:57 - 37 minutesAre the British Conservative and Labour parties really so different? For many voters, it seems, the answer is no. At least on the most important questions of the day, whether it’s immigration, war or culture. With the general election looming, UnHerd columnists Aris Roussinos, Mary Harrington and...
The Gold Standard of Economic Historians
Human Centered - May 31, 2024 15:15 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 9 ratingsStefan Link, a 2023-24 CASBS fellow, chats with Barry Eichengreen, a 1996-97 CASBS fellow and world renowned for his expertise at the nexus of international economics and economic history. They discuss some of Eichengreen's most prominent works — including "The European Economy Since 1945," whic...
Argentine Invasion
Radiolab - May 31, 2024 14:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 41K ratingsFrom a suburban sidewalk in southern California, Jad and Robert witness the carnage of a gruesome turf war. Though the tiny warriors doing battle clock in at just a fraction of an inch, they have evolved a surprising, successful, and rather unsettling strategy of ironclad loyalty, absolute intol...
Trump Gets Trolled by Robert DeNiro (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
Bloggingheads.tv: The DMZ - May 31, 2024 03:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 60 ratings...
Trump Gets Trolled by Robert DeNiro (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)
Bloggingheads.tv - May 31, 2024 03:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratings...
#369 — Escaping Death
Making Sense with Sam Harris - May 30, 2024 17:16 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 25.2K ratingsSam Harris speaks with Sebastian Junger about danger and death. They discuss Sebastian's career as a journalist in war zones, the connection between danger and meaning, his experience of nearly dying from a burst aneurysm in his abdomen, his lingering trauma, the concept of "awe," psychedelics, ...
Humanising Care for Older People Living with Dementia - Teun Toebes in conversation with Khalid Ali
Medical Humanities Podcast - May 30, 2024 08:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsTeun Toebes, humanitarian activist, in conversation with Khalid Ali. In this podcast, Teun talks about his book 'The Housemates' (The Housemates by Teun Toebes, Laura Vroomen | Waterstones) and documentary film 'Human Forever' (Human Forever The Film (human-forever.com) describing his quest to u...
Consider the spider
Many Minds - May 30, 2024 04:25 - 1 hourMaybe your idea of spiders is a bit like mine was. You probably know that they have eight legs, that some are hairy. Perhaps you imagine them spending most of their time sitting in their webs—those classic-looking ones, of course—waiting for snacks to arrive. Maybe you consider them vaguely men...
Peter Singer: How to live a good life
UnHerd with Freddie Sayers - May 29, 2024 14:46 - 1 hourWorld-famous utilitarian philosopher and Princeton Professor of Bioethics, Peter Singer, has spent his career asking (and answering) questions that make even the most radical thinkers uncomfortable. He joins UnHerd to discuss his maverick moral calculus and the struggle for telos in a culture bot...
Gaza, Biden, and Trump (Robert Wright, Derek Davison, and Daniel Bessner)
Bloggingheads.tv - May 29, 2024 01:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 285 ratingsThe Nonzero-American Prestige apocalypse aversion project ... Are Bob, Derek, and Danny surprised the Gaza war is still going on? ... Biden’s simple political calculus on Gaza ... Would Trump greenlight the ethnic cleansing of Gaza? ... Israel’s plan (or lack thereof) for post-war Gaza ... H...
Episode 285: On Culture and Agriculture
Very Bad Wizards - May 28, 2024 22:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.5K ratingsIt’s an old-school episode as David and Tamler dive into some intriguing research on the origins of cultural differences. Two neighboring communities in communist China were assigned to be wheat farmers and rice farmers. Seventy years later, the people in the rice farming communities showed sign...
Frank H. McCourt Jr.: Founder of Project Liberty (Part I)
RadicalxChange(s) - May 28, 2024 13:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsToday, in Part I of a two-episode conversation, Matt Prewitt is joined by civic entrepreneur and Founder of Project Liberty, Frank H. McCourt, Jr., who is on a mission to reclaim the internet and prioritize human rights in our digital landscape. Drawing parallels between the early public oversig...
A Wing and a Prayer: Religion in Rough Air (plus your calls)
TheThinkingAtheist - May 28, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 2.7K ratingsA quick story about the "Jesus woman" on a turbulent flight kicks off this caller-driven show. Enjoy! Subscribe to Seth's substack! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/thethinkingatheist--3270347/support.
When Democracy Breaks: Scott Mainwaring on Argentina
Democracy Paradox - May 28, 2024 08:00 - 52 minutesMarch 24th, 1976 is the coup and it unleashes wild celebrations in establishment Argentina and almost no opposition.... Of course, this unleashed the most ruthless dictatorship in Argentina's history and in recent South American history as well. Scott Mainwaring Made in partnership with the As...
Moran Cerf: Neural Implants, Hacking The Mind, and the Future of Consciousness
Through Conversations - May 27, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsIn this episode, Moran Cerf delves into the intricate world of dreams and their interpretations, discussing the potential of dream implants and how these could alter our understanding of sleep experiences. He further explores the identity changes that might occur with neural implants, elaboratin...
Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv and the point of creative frustration
Night Science - May 27, 2024 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsSend us a Text Message. Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv is a professor working on the immune system at Harvard’s Medical School. In this episode, we discuss with her how she teaches creativity in her course for PhD students. We explore the emotional roller coaster ride of research projects, typically culm...
277 | Cumrun Vafa on the Universe According to String Theory
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - May 27, 2024 07:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 3.7K ratingsString theory, the current leading candidate for a theory of quantum gravity as well as other particles and forces, doesn't connect directly to the world we see. It's possible that there is a large landscape of possible states of theory, with the hope that one of them represents our uni...
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