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#122. The Life, Times, and Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza, a Founding Thinker of the Enlightenment
Season 1 Episode 122
Ian Buruma is a Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College. Originally from the Netherlands, he is a prolific writer with broad interes…
1 year, 10 months ago
#121. Doing Philosophy with Children
Season 1 Episode 121
This interview is dedicated to Samantha Keleher Bursum, who died on March 1 of 2024 in a car accident at the age of 14. She participated in this inte…
1 year, 10 months ago
#120. A Muslim Scholar, Who Converted to Islam, Promotes Interfaith Dialogue
Season 1 Episode 120
Celene Ibrahim is a multidisciplinary scholar specializing in Islamic intellectual history, gender studies, and ethics. Her 2020 monograph, Women and…
1 year, 10 months ago
#119. A History of American Inequality.
Season 1 Episode 119
Jamie Bronstein has been a history professor at New Mexico State University since 1996. She is the author of six books about American and British His…
1 year, 10 months ago
#118. Unjust Inequities in Bankruptcy Law
Season 1 Episode 118
Melissa Jacoby is a law professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she teaches commercial and bankruptcy law. Melissa is a f…
1 year, 10 months ago
#117. A Cause Fraught with Peril: Exposing Abusive Medical Research
Season 1 Episode 117
Carl Elliott is a philosophy professor at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis and a recipient of the Erikson Institute Prize for Excellence in…
1 year, 10 months ago
#116. What is the Universe Made of and What is its Destiny?
Season 1 Episode 116
Harry Cliff is a particle physicist at the University of Cambridge. He is a member of an international team of around 1400 physicists, engineers and …
1 year, 11 months ago
#115. Women and War
Season 1 Episode 115
David Jacobson, Professor of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Today's interview, focuses on his book, Of Virgins and Martyrs: Women and…
1 year, 11 months ago
#114. Real World Harms Created by Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Season 1 Episode 114
Madhumita Murgia is a writer specializing in artificial intelligence and its impact on society. She was the artificial intelligence editor for Wired …
1 year, 11 months ago
#113. A Renaissance Man Reflects on the Creative Process and the Honing of Artistic Skills
Season 1 Episode 113
Las Cruces’s very own renaissance man, Bob Diven -- an accomplished painter, sculptor, set designer, actor, playwright, composer, actor, satirist, ca…
1 year, 11 months ago