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Environmental Crisis, Philosophy & the Search for Meaning - ROBERT PIPPIN
Season 12
“Philosophy is both an academic discipline and also something that everybody does. Everybody has to have reflective views about what's significant. T…
1 year, 11 months ago
How does the brain process emotions and music? JOSEPH LEDOUX - Neuroscientist, Author, Musician
Season 12
“We've got four billion years of biological accidents that created all of the intricate aspects of everything about life, including consciousness. An…
1 year, 11 months ago
Travel, Literature & Identity with INTAN PARAMADITHA - Author of The Wandering
Season 12
“The Wandering is a choose your own adventure novel, and the reader is situated in the shoes of this brown woman from the Global South. She's 27 and …
1 year, 11 months ago
Voices of the Earth: Reflections on Nature, Humanity & Climate Change
Season 12
Environmentalists, writers, artists, activists, and public policy makers explore the interconnectedness of living beings and ecosystems. They highlig…
1 year, 11 months ago
Exploring Science, Music, AI & Consciousness with MAX COOPER
Season 12
“As technology becomes more dominant, the arts become ever more important for us to stay in touch the things that the sciences can't tackle. What it'…
2 years ago
How climate change is making us sick, angry & anxious - CLAYTON ALDERN - Neuroscientist turned Eco-Journalist
Season 12
"I want to be wowed by the world. I want to gaze at it in awe and wonder. And I think when we take a step back and begin to appreciate the complexity…
2 years ago
There’s another side to every war. Satire, War & Hollywood - Co-creator DON McKELLAR on The Sympathizer
Season 12
"Right from the beginning, in talking with Park Chan-wook, we wanted this sort of multiplicity of narrative voices and devices. In a way, it's about …
2 years ago
Do good deeds offset bad deeds? How do our families shape who we become?- Highlights - DAN FUTTERMAN & ADAM RAPP
Season 12
"We ended on such a cliffhanger with Isaac presenting the wrench at the police station to Jeff Daniels' character. It allowed us to sort of start fro…
2 years ago
How has travel contributed to the ecological degradation of the planet? - Highlights - MICHAEL CRONIN
Season 12
“What I think will stay with you for an entire lifetime is to be equipped with the capacity and the tools to find wonder in the world. And that is to…
2 years ago
Consciousness, AI & Creativity with DUSTIN O’HALLORAN - Emmy Award-winning Composer
Season 12
Dustin O’Halloran is a pianist and composer and member of the band A Winged Victory for the Sullen. Winner of a 2015 Emmy Award for his main title th…
2 years ago