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  • August 26, 2011 Today: Schizophrenia and the mind.
    Posted  by JP Schizophrenia affects about one out of two hundred people.  It’s a serious...
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  • August 19, 2011 Health Care – is it a right or a privilege
    Posted by JP   I think when people say healthcare is a right, or ought to be a right, they don...
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  • August 12, 2011 Time, Space, and Quantum Mechanics
    Posted by JP   Quantum mechanics developed in the last century to deal with the tiniest parts...
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  • August 05, 2011 The State of Public Philosophy
    Posted by JP   Philosophy Talk is devoted to public philosophy.  But we mean two...
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  • July 28, 2011 Philosophy and Everyday Life.
    Posted by JP Sunday’s guest is Robert Rowland Smith, author if Breakfast with Socrates and Driving...
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  • July 22, 2011 What Are Words Worth?
    Posted by JP  'Ilunga’ means a person who is ready to forgive any abuse for the first time, to...
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  • July 08, 2011 Atheism and the Well-Lived Life.
    Posted by JP      An atheist is someone who not only doesn't believe in God, but...
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  • July 02, 2011 Lincoln
        Posted by JP Lincoln is revered as our greatest President; he is virtually an...
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  • June 11, 2011 The Language of Responsibility
    Posted by JP   By the language of responsibility, we mean the way we report events for which...
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  • June 05, 2011 Gay Pride and Prejudice
    posted by KT   Our topic this week -- Gay Pride and Prejudice.     Our society,...
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  • May 01, 2013 : Good, Evil, and the Divine Plan
    Posted by JP This Sunday we're asking about Good, Evil, and the Divine Plan. The question is: if...
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  • April 29, 2013 : The Demands of Morality
    This week we're asking about the Demands of Morality -- whether living morally adds or...
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  • April 25, 2013 : Religion and the Art of Living
    Posted by JP   Religion offers us a comforting and inspiring vision of human existence.  ...
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  • April 12, 2013 : Dance as a Way of Knowing
    Posted by LM The title of this week’s show might sound a little mysterious. How can dance, of all...
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  • March 28, 2013 : Truth & Other Fictions
      We've titled this week's show "Truth – and Other Fictions."  Now that’s a provocative...
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