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NOV 12, 2013 Podcast

Global Ethics Forum TV Series, One-Minute Trailer

On this weekly half-hour TV show, leading thinkers and policymakers discuss ethics and vital issues in global affairs. Global Ethics Forum Season 5 is currently airing ...

NOV 6, 2013 Podcast

Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them

How do human beings make moral decisions? Sometimes we go with our emotions and "think fast" and sometimes we use reason and "think slow." Neuroscientist ...

NOV 5, 2013 Podcast

Ethics Matter: A Conversation with Writer Kurt Andersen

Journalist, novelist, entrepreneur, cultural critic, award-winning radio broadcaster--all of these describe Kurt Andersen. In this lively conversation, he talks about his career (including being fired ...

OCT 30, 2013 Podcast

Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change

"America has strayed pretty far from the pioneer spirit captured by Willa Cather and the movie 'Shane,'" says Nobel Prize-winner Edmund Phelps. What happened? ...

OCT 19, 2013 Podcast

Protecting Women Refusing to be Victims of Violence

"Our goal is to truly provide justice to incredibly courageous women and girls who have suffered things that make us uncomfortable. They have suffered things ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/razowsky/2630973447/">Flo Razowsky</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en">CC</a>)

OCT 10, 2013 Podcast

Anna Stilz on Occupancy Rights

Any attempts to tackle the problems of long-term refugees will have to address occupancy rights. Why do we have the right to live in a ...

OCT 9, 2013 Podcast

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

We should break free of the cliché that World War I was futile, argues Max Hastings. "Germany in 1914, as ruled by the Kaiser and his ...

CREDIT: <a href="http://bit.ly/16OdWEc">David B. Gleason</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en">(CC)</a>

OCT 7, 2013 Podcast

Important Choices: Foreign Policy and Defense Spending

How much does the U.S. actually spend on defense and where does that money go? Lawrence Korb, an expert on the federal budget, the ...

The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed

OCT 4, 2013 Podcast

The Road to War: Presidential Commitments Honored and Betrayed

The last declaration of war authorized by Congress was World War II, yet the U.S. has been entangled in many wars since. Why have ...

Strategy: A History

OCT 4, 2013 Podcast

Strategy: A History

Creating a successful strategy is not just a question of being cleverer than your opponent. Sir Lawrence Freedman lays out some cardinal rules: think about ...