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Recorded:Sep 22    Posted:Sep 22, 2009
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Bloggingheads.tv | Sep 22, 2009 | Mark Schmitt & James Poulos

The Glenn Show

Be generous to homophobes?

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Glenn Loury and Glenn Loury II discuss how gays and lesbians should view religious believers who disapprove of homosexual behavior.

MeaningofLife.tv

Terms of enlightenment

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Robert Wright and Stephen Batchelor, author of After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, discuss the various meanings of “awakening”.

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The Wright Show

Communities of Fear

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Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus argue about the human costs of Trump’s immigration policies.

MeaningofLife.tv

Telling bedtime stories to adults

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Drew Ackerman describes how he came to start the podcast Sleep with Me, which helps insomniacs fall asleep.

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MeaningofLife.tv

Meditation at mealtime

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Noah Rasheta and Paige Smathers discuss the benefits of mindful attention to one’s thoughts and senses while eating.

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The DMZ

How to write a bill Trump will sign

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Bill Scher and Matt Lewis argue whether Dems should compromise on a partial border wall in exchange for other immigration goals. Plus: Dems borrow from Ted Cruz’s playbook.

MeaningofLife.tv

Judging Aziz Ansari

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How bad are his offenses, and is the backlash to babe.net’s article warranted? Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Liz Wolfe consider.

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MeaningofLife.tv

Schizophrenia as a spiritual calling

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Anthropologist Tanya Luhrmann on the place of shamans in Christian societies in West Africa.

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