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#84. Reflections of a Human Rights Leader
Season 1 Episode 84
Richard ("Dick") Scobie was the Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee from 1972 to 1998. Under his direction, the UUSC d…
2 years ago
#83. Unseen, Unheard, Yet a Clear Sense of Another’s Presence
Season 1 Episode 83
Ben Alderson-Day is a professor of psychology at Durham University in the UK, researching the phenomena of voice-hearing and unusual sensory experien…
2 years ago
#82. Why Is It So Difficult to Promote Social Mobility and Equality of Opportunity?
Season 1 Episode 82
Aveek Bhattacharya was the Chief Economist and is now the Interim Director of the Social Market Foundation (SMF), a non-partisan think tank based in …
2 years, 1 month ago
#81. The Neurology of Memory in the Continuity of Experience and Personal Identity
Season 1 Episode 81
Michael Yassa is a professor at the University of California at Irvine, where he is the director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and M…
2 years, 1 month ago
#80. Political Dynamics of the Drug Cartels of Mexico
Season 1 Episode 80
Neil Harvey is a professor and academic department head in the Government Department at New Mexico State University. His main areas of interest encom…
2 years, 1 month ago
#79. A Long-Neglected Form of Government with the Potential to Revitalize Democracy
Season 1 Episode 79
Roger Berkowitz is a professor of Political Studies and Human Rights, as well as the founder and academic director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Po…
2 years, 1 month ago
#78. Life-Affirming Ritual and Poetry for Believers and Skeptics Alike
Season 1 Episode 78
Jennifer Michael Hecht is a poet and historian, teacher and public speaker, the author of several intellectually provocative books, translated into m…
2 years, 1 month ago
#77. The Challenges of Facilitating Conflict Resolution
Season 1 Episode 77
Jay Rothman has been a professor, practitioner, and author in the field of conflict resolution for the past 30 years. In the course of his career, Ja…
2 years, 2 months ago
#76. The History of the Theory of Evolution
Season 1 Episode 76
Hans-Dieter Sues is a senior research geologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, specializing in the study of dinosaurs and o…
2 years, 2 months ago
#75. Antisemitism, Clear and Not-So-Clear
Season 1 Episode 75
Dov Waxman is a political science professor and chair of Israel studies at UCLA, whose research focuses on the conflict over Israel-Palestine, Israel…
2 years, 2 months ago