“Police and the Ethics of Lying”
WHY? - Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life
by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
1w ago
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Luke William Hunt. Hunt is a former FBI agent, and currently an associate professor at University of Alabama, Department of Philosophy. His most recent book is "Police Deception and Dishonesty – The Logic of Lying ..read more
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“How Does Luck Determine Our Lives?”
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
1M ago
Jack visits with Mark Robert Rank, the author of the forthcoming book, The Random Factor: How Chance and Luck Profoundly Shape Our Lives and the World Around Us."What shapes our economic fortunes? Perhaps what immediately comes to mind are attributes such as education, skills or labour-market experience. Demographics such as age and your parents’ socioeconomic status might also be considered."Yet surprisingly, according to a wide range of social scientists, these factors are only able to explain about 35 per cent of the variance in earnings. In other words, 65 per cent of the differences in in ..read more
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Should Prisons Be Abolished
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
2M ago
“Should we abolish prisons?” Host Dr. Jack Russell Weinstein discusses that with Tommie Shelby, Caldwell Titcomb Professor of African and African American Studies and of Philosophy at Harvard University ..read more
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"A Philosophy of Gaming"
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
3M ago
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Frank Lantz, the director of the New York University Game Center. For over 12 years, Lantz taught game design at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. "His writings on games, technology, and culture have appeared in a variety of publications. In 2012, The New York Times referred to Lantz as a "reigning genius of the mysteries of games" following his design of iPhone puzzle game Drop7." (Wikipedia ..read more
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Our November Podcast Mistake
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
5M ago
We initially sent out the wrong audio! If you downloaded the mistake, please delete that, refresh your feed, and try again. That should give you the correct conversation as Jack visits with David Livingston Smith in an episode titled: "Why do we dehumanize people?" You can also find that audio HERE ..read more
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"Why do we dehumanize people?"
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
5M ago
Host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with David Livingston Smith, professor of philosophy at the University of New England, author of "On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It" from Oxford University Press ..read more
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The Ethics of Cryptocurrency.
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
6M ago
Catherine Flick is a Reader in Computing and Social Responsibility in the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University. She also currently has a visiting fellowship at Staffordshire University ..read more
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“How to Give Sex Advice” with Dan Savage
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
6M ago
Host Jack Russell Weinstein is joined by author and podcast host Dan Savage to discuss "How to Give Sex Advice ..read more
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“The Myths of Whiteness”
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
6M ago
Jack Russell Weinstein visits with David Mura, the author of “The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives ..read more
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“Who is Responsible for War Crimes?”
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by Jack Russell Weinstein / Prairie Public
6M ago
In an encore presentation from 2018, host Jack Russell Weinstein visits with Matthew Talbert and Jessica Wolfendale, co-authors of the book, War Crimes: Causes, Excuses, and Blame ..read more
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