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An introspective and confused look at the movies and life choices of Adam Sandler, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Julia Roberts, Jack Nicholson, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Carrey. Discover where their careers fit into the evolving landscape of the last few decades and learn how they themselves have affected change.
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Recapitulations of off the beat texts and thinkers, and occasional digressions of the independent variety...
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Quixotic Latina...a place for me to be me
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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At the 400th anniversary of Cervantes' death, this podcast from the Sydney Instituto Cervantes gets you up to speed. How many people wrote Don Quixote? Were the windmills always a thing? Did Cervantes really lead a prison break? A production of the Instituo Cervantes Sydney http://sidney.cervantes.es Presented & edited by Zacha Rosen, produced by Paula Llull.
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Like Cervantes hero, we will verbally tilt at windmills of our world. Education, race, politics, economic inequity, and our human worth will all be examined from a perspective steeped in philosophy, and literature, embracing empathy and avoiding partisanship. These short episodes will hopefully let us, blinded by our faith in humanity and the ideas of great thinkers, create aporia or at least redirect the challenging divisive conversations plaguing us today.
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Exploring ideas can be intellectually stimulating and personally transformative, allowing listeners to tap into their potential and embrace their sovereignty as conscious beings. It encourages individuals to question the status quo, break free from limiting beliefs, and embark on self-discovery and personal empowerment. www.sangedreams.substack.com My writing https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZyhU1NIPpLGlV4jLVubJLg My Youtube Channel
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Your host, Stephen Hessel, has read Cervantes's works obsessively for almost 20 years. Convinced that you can say both everything and nothing about the masterpiece Don Quixote and Cervantes's lesser read works, he has set out to test his hypothesis by having conversations with both expert "Cervantistas" and other "idle readers" whose thoughts about Cervantes, his works, and our world will both inform and entertain. Pop in your earbuds, click play, and join us for our adventures on "Pod Quixo ...
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The Techdirt Podcast, hosted by Michael Masnick.
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Building a Library: a guide to the best recordings of the greatest classical music. Each week an expert and enthusiast brings along a wide range of recordings of a well-known piece. They explore the music and the different ways of performing it, ending with a recommendation for your library
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Real? Illusion? Active Imagination? Dream? A video podcast
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New ideas and insights about the world around us. From RTÉ in co-operation with Irish universities and Research Ireland.
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Philosophy, Politics, and Whatever Else I Feel Like to Talk About
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Tech policy is at the center of the hottest debates in American law and politics. On the Tech Policy Podcast, host Corbin Barthold discusses the latest developments with some of the tech world's best journalists, lawyers, academics, and more.
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Interviews with Scholars of Indian Religions with their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
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This is volume 1 of 2. One of the most quirky, eccentric and endearing heroes to ever be depicted in fiction, the chivalrous Don Quixote is sure to capture hearts while bringing tears of laughter to your eyes. If you've never encountered the Knight from La Mancha before, get set for a delightful sojourn through the Spanish countryside, across the fertile countryside of Central Spain. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra was an immediate success when it was first published in 1605 and ...
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Interviews with scholars of the Indian Ocean World about their new books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-ocean-world
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In this podcast we explore great works of philosophy and literature and art, and try to pull out of them what’s most interesting and inspiring! Whether they come from the works of Plato, or Dostoevsky or Picasso, here we explore ideas that move mountains and rock the soul! So, come join us, won’t you? Come worship at the alter of ideas, and come celebrate the dancing of thought. Welcome to the Wisdom Of!
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Welcome to Book's End, where amazing things happen.
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Podcasts in easy English to improve your listening and speaking
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We read old books, then talk about them.
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"The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" http://thesyncbook.com/42minutes
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A sideways look at today’s events in history, brought to you by our dedicated team of reporter-presenters. Newsbang is written and assembled automatically by artificial intelligence, but don’t let that stop you.
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What lies beyond understanding? Beyond certainty? Listen in to conversations between a.m. bhatt and colleagues, confidants, and important thinkers as they tackle questions both timely and timeless, and chat about maintaining your humanity in an ever-evolving world. You can find a.m. on Instagram and Substack at @absurdwisdom. We are produced and distributed by DAE Presents, the production arm of DAE (@dae.community on Instagram and online at mydae.org).
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There’s more to a book than what’s written on its pages: a book can change the world. In each episode of Writ Large, host Zachary Davis talks with one of the world’s leading scholars about one book that shaped the world we live in—whether you’ve heard of it or not. These conversations go beyond the plot summaries to unpack each book’s context and creation, and reveal its lasting influence on the ideas of today. Learn more at writlarge.fm
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a revolving door of Appalachia-based 'youngs' that wanna 360º-windmill capitalism back into the volcanic dumpster where it was birthed. AWC PARTY PROGRAM: 1) no1 is immune to propaganda. we're here 2 help. 2) decommodify needs 3) radical subjectivity 4) ??? 5) abolish profit
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Brian Strassburger, SJ, and Joe Nolla, SJ, are two Jesuits based in the diocese of Brownsville, TX, and working in the Rio Grande Valley along the U.S.-Mexico Border. This podcast will share on-the-ground stories and interviews that highlight the tremendous response to the migrant situation from a Catholic perspective.
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Talkin' with Andrew and Chris is a show about life, music, and everything in between! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkin-with-andrew--chris/support
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The Empty Space explores the power of theatre, what it is, and how it extends beyond the stage. Through interviews with theatre artists, short radio plays, and stories about the theatre of our lives, actor Lance Gardner takes you backstage and beyond.With the support of CalShakes.org
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LearnOutLoud.com is pleased to provide the Lit Summary Podcast. Each episode contains an abbreviated yet complete audio summary of a classic book in western literature. This podcast is for those of you who hunger for the classics but find it difficult to find time to read them all. Enjoy!
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Luke and Nash are here to cut through the deadpan absolution of movie reviewers and critics. Come join the conversation of the films that moved you, for better or worse, over the years and recently released. At Midnight Showing we’re all audio logs giving our piece from whatever hits that silver screen. We want your own opinions because a good movie gives more than just two hours of screen time and even a bad one can reward wasted time with new ideas. So tune in every Friday at Midnight and ...
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Listen to soothing voices read literature, read poetry, read bedtime stories, share personal stories, or guide you towards relaxation and sleep. Discover more relaxation podcasts at www.silkpodcasts.com.
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Meet George Ryan, the Tipperary Don Quixote in 18th century Peru
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The Tipperaryman's adventures as a grandee at large in South America involved everything from coca collection to debt collecting. By Richard Fitzpatrick, Maynooth University.By RTÉ
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Learning to Love: Nietzsche, Beauty and the Beast and Don Quixote!
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Nietzsche tells us that one must LEARN to love. That might sound a bit odd to us. What does he mean and why is it important? Find out more! If interested, check out my new book series! Here's the first one: A Manifest on Beauty: Reclaim Real Beauty in a Digital Age www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/…
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Surindar Nath Pandita, "डान् क्विक्षोटः Don Quixote" (Pune, 2024)
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The present book contains a facsimile edition of a unique modern Kashmiri translation of five chapters from Cervantes’s famous Don Quijote. In this book the Kashmiri translation and the corresponding parts of Jarvis’s English version are presented on facing pages. The Kashmiri text is reproduced as a facsimile of the autograph prepared by Pandit Ja…
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We've got a cross-post episode for you this week, courtesy of the Tech Policy Podcast by TechFreedom, hosted by Corbin Barthold. Both TechFreedom and The Copia Institute submitted comments on the FTC's inquiry into social media censorship, Corbin invited Mike and TechFreedom's Santana Boulton for a discussion all about what's going on. You can list…
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Richard K. Payne and Glen A. Hayes eds., "The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies" (Oxford UP, 2024)
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Since the earliest encounters between tantric traditions and Western scholars of religion, tantra has posed a challenge. The representation of tantra, whether in Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Tibet, or Japan, has tended to emphasize the antinomian, decadent aspects, which, as attention-grabbing as they were for audiences in the West, created a one-dimensiona…
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TechFreedom’s Jim Dunstan and Corbin Barthold discuss the NASA administrator vacancy, the Artemis program, the NASA budget, SpaceX and Blue Origin, the moon and Mars, the FAA and NEPA, space regulatory sandboxes, and more. Links: “A Blueprint to Launch”: Regulatory Sandboxes for Outer Space Roadster location in space Tech Policy Podcast 372: Spaces…
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President John F. Kennedy attended a state dinner in Iveagh House on 28 June 1963 during his iconic visit to Ireland – here’s how the night unfolded.By RTÉ
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Susan Wolf and Dostoevsky - The Problem with being a Moral Saint!
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On the surface, being a moral saints sounds like a great thing. But, not so fast! The contemporary philosopher Susan Wolf doesn't think so. And both Dostoevsky and Camus have their own concerns about thinking of yourself as morally pure! Find out more!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Kathryn Stott's personal recommendation of Satie's Sports et divertissements.By BBC Radio 3
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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Avid lemons fan Andrew Mcune returns to the podcast to explain all about books that the illiterate hosts haven't read. Patrick thinks Obama has moved in across the street from him, and he sends Joe over the break in to do reconnaissance. What Nobel Peace P…
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J. P. Mallory, "The Indo-Europeans Rediscovered: How a Scientific Revolution Is Rewriting Their Story" (Thames & Hudson, 2025)
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Today the number of native speakers of Indo-European languages across the world is approximated to be over 2.6 billion—about 45 percent of the Earth’s population. Yet the idea that an ancient, prehistoric population in one time and place gave rise to a wide variety of peoples and languages is one with a long and troubled past. In this expansive inv…
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This week, we've got a cross-post episode of Mike's appearance on Kevin Williamson's How The World Works podcast. Kevin conducted a wide-ranging interview that covers some of the earliest days of Techdirt, the blog's evolution, and many of the important topics we cover today — and you can listen to the whole conversation here on this week's episode…
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Wisdom as Content, Grifters, and why Socrates wouldn’t have used Patreon!
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In our attention-economy wisdom has now become content - ready-made for monetization! Socrates warned against this trend long ago!By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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411: Live: (Fired?) FTC Commissioners Slaughter & Bedoya
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FTC commissioners Rebecca Slaughter, Alvaro Bedoya, and Bill Kovacic speak with hosts Bilal Sayyed and Jessica Melugin at the 2025 TechFreedom / CEI Policy Summit: Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC & DOJ Interference in Media and Speech. Links: Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC and DOJ | Day 1 Constitutional Limits of FTC, FCC and DOJ | Day 2 SCOTU…
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Jeremy Summerly chooses his favourite recording of Haydn's The Seasons.By BBC Radio 3
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Fellow podcaster Dimitri Keogh joins the cast while simultaneously trying to repair his street. Patrick thinks an Amazon woman is stalking him, but Joe doesn't think that's a big deal because he is only familiar with 'Amazon' as a company. Lev does underst…
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HoP 472 Less Cheer, More Knowledge: Descartes’ Ethics
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Descartes’ “provisional” morality and his views on free will and virtue.By Peter Adamson
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The Cynics - Ya gotta be TOUGH to be happy!
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These ancient philosophers argued that physical toughness was a discipline essential to happiness. Relevant for us today? I think so! If interested, check out my new book series! The second book is available now! www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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Prema Kurien, "Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans" (Oxford UP, 2025)
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Claiming Citizenship: Race, Religion, and Political Mobilization Among New Americans (Oxford UP, 2025) looks at Indian Americans, currently the second-largest group of immigrants in the United States, and a group that has seen significant representation in the three most recent presidential administrations. Prema Kurien asks how Indian Americans ha…
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In a world awash with misinformation and disinformation, those who spread and benefit from the chaos have worked hard to brand fact-checking and counterspeech as a form of censorship — and it's a worryingly effective tactic. But there's one type of counterspeech that is very hard to evade: mockery and satire. One person who knows that very well is …
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Is it possible to create a healthy, tasty beer with no alcohol?
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The sober-curious movement has seen sales of non-alcoholic drinks rocket, but do these beverages come with health benefits? By Ana Soriano and John Kenny, TeagascBy RTÉ
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Isaac Portilla, "Interfaith Dialogue and Mystical Consciousness in India: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo, the Hari-Hara Mystery, and the Hindu-Christian Encounter" (Routledge, 2025)
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Interfaith Dialogue and Mystical Consciousness in India: Sri Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo, the Hari-Hara Mystery, and the Hindu-Christian Encounter (Routledge, 2025) is a research inquiry in interfaith studies that uses hermeneutical phenomenology to address vexing issues arising in the study of mysticism and enlightened sages. This book raises t…
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Joanna MacGregor picks her favourite recording of Mozart's Piano Concerto no.21 K.467By BBC Radio 3
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. Joe takes a deep dive into his memories and finds an old friend that he used to share a space with. Patrick needlessly ranks more things that nobody cares about, but someday the government will need his ranking prowess and then you'll all be sorry. Will yo…
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Does astrology make any sense? And if not, why do we still believe in it? If interested, check out my new book series! Here's the first one: A Manifest on Beauty: Reclaim Real Beauty in a Digital Age www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/By Kristian Urstad and Stephen Webb
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410: The FTC and Online Speech: What’s Next?
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Maneesha Mithal (Wilson Sonsini) discusses the FTC’s investigation of social media companies. What’s going on behind the scenes? What’s the FTC likely to do now? How can platforms prepare? How much damage to the First Amendment can the FTC inflict? We cover all this and more. Links: Tech Policy Podcast 409: The FTC’s Quixotic Social Media Inquiry T…
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Wendy Doniger, "An American Girl in India: Letters and Recollections, 1963-64" (SUNY Press, 2023)
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Wendy Doniger’s An American Girl in India: Letters and Recollections, 1963–64 (SUNY Press, 2023) is a memoir-style collection of letters and reflections from her first trip to India as a young scholar. It offers a rare glimpse into the formative experiences that shaped her future career in Indology. The personal letters of her younger self are in c…
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Way, way back during the SOPA/PIPA fight, a very important part of the resistance against the bills was coming from infrastructure operators who explained how they were technically incoherent and dangerous. One prominent group was the Internet Infrastructure Coalition, co-founded by Christian Dawson. Today, with legislative amnesia setting in and n…
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What's wrong with hypocrisy? Well, Jesus and Jean-Jacques Rousseau agree on at least one thing that's wrong with it! f interested, check out my new book series! Here's the first one: A Manifest on Beauty: Reclaim Real Beauty in a Digital Age www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/…
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Marina Frolova-Walker's recommendation for Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.By BBC Radio 3
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Surindar Nath Pandita, "डान् क्विक्षोटः Don Quixote" (Pune, 2024)
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The present book contains a facsimile edition of a unique modern Kashmiri translation of five chapters from Cervantes’s famous Don Quijote. In this book the Kashmiri translation and the corresponding parts of Jarvis’s English version are presented on facing pages. The Kashmiri text is reproduced as a facsimile of the autograph prepared by Pandit Ja…
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How RIP.ie became an unlikely Irish cultural phenomenon
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Aside from publishing death notices and condolences, RIP.ie is also a rich source of significant personal, cultural and historical data. By Shannon Mora, TCD.By RTÉ
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Podcast for a deep examination into the career and life choices of Eddie Murphy & Jim Carrey. To get into the theme of this week's movie, Patrick spends the nigh at a graveyard where he is visited by the ghosts of network TV executives past. Joe thinks he wants to start butlering as a second job and learns from one of the best who's ever done it wh…
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HoP 471 Unclear and Indistinct Ideas: Debating the Meditations
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Descartes’ Meditations caused controversy as soon as it appeared. In this episode we look at criticisms including the “Cartesian Circle,” and how Descartes answered them.By Peter Adamson
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NATO, the Indo-Pacific, and the Future of Burden-Sharing: A Conversation with Brian Blankenship
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Professor Brian Blankenship comes back to the New Books Network to talk about what his book, The Burden-Sharing Dilemma: Coercive Diplomacy in US Alliance Politics (Cornell University Press, 2023), might be able to tell us about the quickly changing nature of US military alliances across the globe. We discuss the implications of Europe's burgeoning…
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Patrick McCartney, "Authenticity, Legitimacy and the Transglobal Yoga Industry: A Sociological Analysis of Shanti Mandir" (Routledge, 2025)
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This book is a sociological study of knowledge and knowers and explores the production and perceived value of 'yogic knowledge', how distinction is curated, and how access to this knowledge is gained. The book focuses on the organization Shanti Mandir (SM) in India, a new religious movement, which was founded in 1987 by Swami Nityananda Saraswati. …
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Vappala Balachandran, "India and China at Odds in the Asian Century: A Diplomatic and Strategic History" (Hurst, 2025)
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China and India have had a tense relationship, disagreeing over territory, support for each other’s rivals, and even, at times, leadership of the “Global South.” But there were periods where things seemed a bit rosier. For about a decade, between 1988 and 1998, relations between India and China thawed—and prompted heady predictions of an Asian cent…
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Will Durant - The top ten greatest thinkers of all time!
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The distinguished historian Will Durant published a book where he ranked the greatest thinkers ever! See who made the list! If interested, check out my new book series! Here's the first one: A Manifest on Beauty: Reclaim Real Beauty in a Digital Age www.amazon.com/Manifesto-Beauty-Reclaim-Digital-World/dp/1069510815/…
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