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Mark Kleiman (The Reality-Based Community, NYU, When Brute Force Fails) and Megan McArdle (Bloomberg View, The Up Side of Down)
- Will the recession lead to more crime? . 02:24
- Is locking Madoff up forever a good idea? . 18:38
- Mark: Jailing consumers of kiddie porn is morally insane . 32:10
- Higher taxes and the blogger arms race . 44:15
- Megan: You can’t turn a mansion into healthcare for the poor . 67:47
- Can government end the status race? . 73:37
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Recorded:Apr 1
Posted:Apr 4, 2009
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Bloggingheads.tv | Apr 4, 2009 | Mark Kleiman & Megan McArdle
The Glenn Show
Did George Zimmerman have a rational prejudice?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the Trayvon Martin case in the wake of a new film claiming that state prosecutors engaged in a conspiracy to frame Zimmerman.
MeaningofLife.tv
Epicureanism vs. Stoicism
Robert Wright speaks with Catherine Wilson, author of the new book How to Be an Epicurean, about the rival ancient philosophies.
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Racially charged hoaxes
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter react to a new documentary alleging a conspiracy in the Trayvon Martin case.
MeaningofLife.tv
The disappointing personal morality of moral philosophers
Daniel Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci discuss whether philosophy makes one better at living.
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Daniel Drezner and Daniel Bessner analyze the differences between how Warren and Sanders view the world.
MeaningofLife.tv
Varieties of mystical experience
Robert Wright speaks with Jay Michaelson, author of the new book Enlightenment by Trial and Error, about enlightenment in the Buddhist and Jewish traditions.
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The DMZ
The case for dragging out impeachment
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss whether Democrats should wait for other shoes to drop.
Feminine Chaos
Gen X feminists vs. Millennial feminists
Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy speak with Meghan Daum, author of the new book The Problem with Everything.
MeaningofLife.tv
How empathy can tear us apart
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