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Philosophy Talk is a weekly, one-hour radio
series produced by Ben
Manilla. The hosts'
down-to-earth and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of
philosophic thought to everyday subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice),
arresting (Terrorism,
Intelligent
Design, Suicide),
and engaging (Baseball,
Love,
Happiness).
This is not a lecture or a college course,
it's philosophy in
action! Philosophy Talk is a fun opportunity to explore issues of
importance to your audience in a thoughtful, friendly fashion, where
thinking is encouraged.
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 Ken Taylor is
Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at
Stanford University.
His work lies at the intersection of the
philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind, with an occasional
foray into the history of philosophy.
He is the author of many books
and articles, including Truth
and Meaning, Reference
and
the Rational Mind, and Referring
to the World. |
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 John Perry
is
Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at
Stanford University.
He is a member of the American Academy of
Arts and
Sciences and a recipient of many honors and awards, including the
Nicod and Humboldt Prizes. A popular lecturer, in 1990 he was awarded
the Dinkelspiel Award for undergraduate teaching.
He is the author of
over 100 articles and books, including A
Dialogue on Personal
Identity and Immortality, Knowledge,
Possibility, and Consciousness, and Reference
and
Reflexivity.
He also has the internet’s most
popular
essay on procrastination.
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 Merle
Kessler, AKA Ian
Shoales, The Sixty Second Philosopher
Merle Kessler is a writer, humorist, and
performer, best known perhaps by his pen name, Ian Shoales.
As Ian Shoales he had been churning out
cranky yet
strangely humorous commentaries since 1979. First heard on NPR's ALL
THINGS CONSIDERED, he has been featured on MORNING EDITION, ABC's
NIGHTLINE, and the on line magazine, Salon. His commentaries also air
once a week or so on ABC's overnight news program, WORLD NEWS NOW. In
addition, his pieces have been published in the New York Times, LA
Times, the San Francisco Examiner, USA Today, the Washington Post, and
the Minneapolis Tribune, among other publications.
Kessler is also a founding member of Duck's
Breath
Mystery Theatre , the legendary yet obscure sketch comedy group, and he
co-created, with Dan Coffey, the character of Dr. Science, of Ask Dr.
Science. He is the author or co-author of five books. Despite this, he
was actively employed in the nineties at various videogame and dot com
industries - until everything went ker flooey. He is thrilled to be
working in radio again, because it is more fun than anything. As a
bonus, on the radio nobody knows if you've shaved or not.
He is married to Amy Kessler, who likes bad
movies
almost as much as he does. His new performance piece, BROKE, was
performed in 2003 at the Marsh, in San Francisco.
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| Polly
Stryker began
working as a public radio producer in 1997, while earning a graduate
degree in history. She realized that public radio work is remarkably
like being a perpetual graduate student, so she stayed. Polly has
worked for a variety of news and public affairs programs, including
"AirTalk" on KPCC Radio, and "These Days" on KPBS Radio. She considers
herself to be a citizen of the world, having grown up in Cairo and
having lived in Vienna, Germany, England and Kenya before coming to
America. She speaks Arabic and German and can say, "I want a Martini"
in Swahili. |
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Daniel Elstein
(Director of Research)
Crack
Research Team
Andrew Buchan
Marilie
Coetsee
Dabney
Lyles
Wes Holliday
Anthony Krumeich
Sam Roberge
Zoe
Corneli (Roving Reporter and producer)
Devon
Strolovitch (Production Coordinator)
Mark
Stone (Board Operator)
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