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Recorded at the Books at Noon program at The New York Public Library. Details and transcript: http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/05/19/eve-ensler-nypl/

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Eve Ensler on how trauma makes us disconnect from ourselves

On this episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman, Debbie talks to Brian Singer, Communication Design team leader at Facebook, about why he went to work for Facebook, about why he started his 1,000 Journals Project, and about why the audience for younger designers should not be limited to the design community. "That's what they're benchmarking themselves against, and I think there's a whole world beyond that that we should be looking at. It's not about making an impression to other designers, it's about making an impression to the world."

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Brian Singer

The multi-talented Miles Jupp joins Dave Cohen to talk about his stand-up tour, acting in Rev, developing his radio and TV show In And Out Of The Kitchen, the writing process generally, cricket, how he uses Twitter without actually having an account, and more.

http://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/british_comedy_podcast/

What Are You Laughing At? (British Comedy Guide) - Miles Jupp

Dani Shapiro is the bestselling author of the memoirs Devotion and Slow Motion, and five novels including Black & White and Family History. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, Tin House, One Story, Elle, The New York Times Book Review, The Los Angeles Times, and has been widely anthologized. She has taught in the writing programs at Columbia, NYU, The New School and Wesleyan University, and she is co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano, Italy. She is a contributing editor at Travel + Leisure. She lives with her family in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Her new book, Still Writing: The Perils and Pleasures of a Creative Life, was published on October 1.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Dani Shapiro

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/what-are-human-rights.

According to the Declaration of Independence, the basic human rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are God-given. Whatever the role of God, rights must be recognized by the society in which one lives to be of any use. Are rights universal? God given? Philosophically justified? Or a matter of custom and culture? John and Ken welcome back Helen Stacy, author of "Human Rights For the 21st Century: Sovereignty, Civil Society, Culture."

What Are Human Rights?

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/mind-reading.

We base many decisions every day not only on the belief that other people have minds, but on detailed beliefs about what is going on in those minds: what these other people believe, feel, hope, and fear. The basis of our ability to "read" the minds of others is a lively area of research in psychology and the philosophy of psychology. Ken and John discuss mind-reading with Shaun Nichols from the University of Arizona, author of "Mindreading: An Integrated Account of Pretense, Self-awareness and Understanding Other Minds."

Mind Reading

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/schizophrenia-and-mind.

To be human, philosophers have often said, is to be rational.  But many people, for biological reasons, are clearly not rational.  Schizophrenia is not only a malady, it is also a window on how the human mind works, and what it means to be human.  Ken and John examine schizophrenia and its lessons for philosophers with John Campbell from UC Berkeley, author of "Reference and Consciousness."

Schizophrenia and the Mind

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/pornography.

Is pornography an art form, or simply anything that depicts genitals in action?  Where does mere eroticism end and pornography begin?  In the internet age, pornography appears to have become not only more accessible but also more acceptable in American society – is this a welcome loosening up of a conservative tradition, or is it the path to moral degradation?  John and Ken probe the philosophical implications of pornography with Rae Langton, author of "Sexual Solipsism: Philosophical Essays on Pornography and Objectification."

Pornography

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/overcoming-terror-death

To many death is terrifying. But why? As David Hume pointed out, all the years we didn't exist before we were born seemed painless enough. Why worry about future non-existence? Is the real worry that we will continue to exist? Ken and John confront mortality with psychiatrist and novelist Irv Yalom, author of "Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death."

Overcoming the Terror of Death

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/science-vs-pseudo-science.

Astronomy is science; Astrology is pseudo-science. Evolutionary Biology is science; Creationism is pseudo-science. How about cultural anthropology, abstract economics, string-theory, and evolutionary psychology – science or pseudo-science? Is pseudo-science just politically incorrect science? Or is there an objective difference? John and Ken tackle these questions with Stuart Vyse from Connecticut College, author of "Believing in Magic: The Psychology of Superstition."

Science vs. Pseudo-science

Can a self, a consciousness, an "I" arise out of mere matter? If it cannot, then how can you or I be here? And if it can, how does THAT work? These and other questions of identity are central to "I Am A Strange Loop," the latest book by Indiana University Philosopher Douglas Hofstadter, author of the acclaimed "Godel, Escher, Bach." He joins John and Ken for a probing discussion of the self, the soul, and the strange loop that binds them.

More at http://philosophytalk.org/shows/persons-selves-souls-and-loops

Persons, Selves, Souls, and Loops

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What is necessary for a person to survive over time?  Is it the continued existence of the living body?  Or is it just the living brain?  Or is it one's psychology, which might persist even without one's original brain in a computer or in an entirely new brain?  How important are questions of personal identity for ethics and rationality? John and Ken are joined by Raymond Martin, Professor of Philosophy at Union College and co-author of "The Rise and Fall of Soul and Self: An Intellectual History of Personal Identity."

Personal Identity

Philosophers have always been concerned with the mind.  What is consciousness? Representation?  Emotion?  Now that neuroscience is making headway on these same questions, we should ask: how should philosophy and neuroscience relate?  John and Ken discuss this question and more as they delve into neuroscientifically-minded philosophy with Patricia Churchland from UC San Diego.

http://philosophytalk.org/shows/philosophy-and-neuroscience

Philosophy and Neuroscience

You might think our thought simply determine what we say. But maybe the language we speak is what really determines the thoughts we can have. As Wittgenstein famously wrote, "The limits of my language mean the limits of my world." And Benjamin Lee Whorf held that the language you speak has a systematic influence on how you think about and interact with reality. John and Ken wrestle with the relationship between language and thought with Lera Boroditsky from Stanford University.

Language and Thought

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Many religions tell us that God is perfect: all-knowing, all-powerful, and beneficent.  Why then do bad things happen?  John and Ken discuss the problem of evil with their guest, Michael Tooley from the University of Colorado at Boulder, co-author of "Knowledge of God."

The Problem of Evil

More at https://www.philosophytalk.org/shows/athletic-beauty.

Figure skating is athletic and beautiful.  How about a bone-crunching tackle?  Or a  spikes-high slide into second?  Or a slam-dunk?  Or an overweight sixty-year-old at a bowling alley?  John and Ken discuss the nature of athletic beauty with Hans Gumbrecht, author of "In Praise of Athletic Beauty."

Athletic Beauty

Taking human life is wrong. But what if it is one's own life? Is suicide worse or less bad than murder? Is it wrong at all? Can suicide be rational? How about helping another commit suicide? The philosophers discuss the morality of taking one's own life with Michael Cholbi from California State Polytechnic University Pomona.

Suicide

Background and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/12/23/bob-dylan-reads-twas-the-night-before-christmas/

BACKGROUND / POEM TEXT

Bob Dylan reads “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Clementine

Carter Family hymn covered by Eugene Wolf and Mitya Kuznetsov.  Eugene plays A. P. Carter in the play KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE.  Mitya is a folk musician and producer from Rybinsk, Russia.

01 Anchored In Love

Director's Commentary from the (fictional) short film that inspired the (fictional) big budget feature romantic comedy "Then I Saw Her Face". Performed by Birgit Huppuch, with Maurice Jones and Libby Woodbridge. Written by Chris Kipiniak and Louis Kornfeld, and produced by Jonathan Mitchell.

The Truth

Commentary Track

ROXY: Tonight's the Night Live

Tired Eyes (Live)

"Both Sides Suffer Heavy Losses, But We Faced An Unavoidable Conclusion" is a specially curated selection of our favourite Greek ambient, postrock, postmetal, experimental, shoegaze artists. 
Please listen, share and enjoy. The future for Greek music is bright. 
*Hope, Answers, Fight, Dreamers ... More Hope For Greece*
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released 04 November 2012 

Clementine

Dax Dupuy