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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and Matthew Lee (Inner City Press, Predatory Bender)
- Why Obama and Rouhani aren’t shaking hands just yet . 01:02
- The Syria debate that wasn’t . 03:58
- Did Samantha Power and John Kerry diss Iran? . 13:34
- Ban Ki-moon, America’s best friend . 25:10
- How the UN lets France do whatever it wants in Africa . 28:16
- Sri Lankan massacres and Congolese rapes . 33:14
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Recorded:Sep 24
Posted:Sep 25, 2013
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Worldwise | Sep 25, 2013 | Robert Wright & Matthew Lee
The Glenn Show
The black politicians who embraced the war on drugs
Glenn Loury speaks with James Forman, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning book Locking Up Our Own, about how black leaders dealt with the crime wave that started in the late ’60s.
The Wright Show
Strangulation and other forms of male social control
Robert Wright speaks with philosopher Kate Manne, author of the book Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny.
Culturally Determined
Was Stan Lee our Shakespeare?
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Jeet Heer assess the legacy of the work created by Lee with artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko for Marvel Comics.
MeaningofLife.tv
What is “compatibilism”?
Philosopher Eddy Nahmias lays out the view that free will and determinism can be reconciled.
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“Be patient, young Democrats!”
Bill Scher argues that after the midterm win, there’s no urgent need to replace Nancy Pelosi as a party leader.
MeaningofLife.tv
Don’t be the alpha dog
Animal behaviorist Rebecca Lohnes explains how a flawed study of wolves led to bad ideas about how to train dogs.
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Having a beer with Jesus
Stanford anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann talks about the phenomenon of a “hyper-real God” that she encountered in American evangelical churches.
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How to break up Google and Amazon
Tim Wu, author of the new book The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age, discusses ways to implement a more aggressive antitrust policy.
MeaningofLife.tv
What is beauty to humans, birds, and baboons?
Philosopher and novelist Rebecca Goldstein remembers a moment of awe she shared with a troop of baboons.
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Explaining “neo-Shamanism”
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