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15 October 2016

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Recorded:Jan 1    Posted:Oct 11, 2009
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Percontations | Oct 11, 2009 | Eliezer Yudkowsky & Andrew Gelman

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Why are millennials so idealistic?

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Baby boomer Robert Wright and Dan Kaufman of Gen X discuss why different generations have different values.

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Foreign Entanglements

Carrying Obama’s foreign policy mantle

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Former ambassador Carey Cavanaugh and political scientist Max Abrahms debate whether Trump’s or Hillary’s views are closer to the president’s. Plus: Would Trump’s foreign policy be worse than Hillary’s?

The DMZ

Evan McMullin, Trump slayer?

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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on what happens if the GOP fails to carry Utah for the first time in 52 years.

The Glenn Show

Republicans without a party

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Glenn Loury and Steven Teles discuss how Trump has stranded voters and complicated the party’s rebranding.

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Does philosophy need religion?

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Wesley Wildman argues that theology offers unique insights into the nature of being. Plus: Loving your enemy isn’t enough.

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Trump as an affront to God

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Theologian John Thatamanil argues that the candidate poses a spiritual problem and not just a moral one.

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The language of sin

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Ben Perry and scholar Joseph Lam discuss how ancient metaphors shape modern discourse on slavery and sex.

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Belief-boosted runners and the weird case of Coca-Cola poisoning

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Frank Bures, author of The Geography of Madness, on how “contagious” ideas can make you fast and make you sick. Plus: Penis theft panic.

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The Glenn Show

What Trump gets wrong about stop-and-frisk

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Mark Kleiman critiques the candidate’s support for aggressive policing.

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How real is real?

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Robert Wright and Jonathan Gold, author of Paving the Great Way, a book about the Buddhist philosopher Vasubandhu, make Darwinian and Buddhist arguments for reality not being as it seems.

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