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The Evolution of God

MAY 25, 2010 Podcast

The Evolution of God

Robert Wright's astute analysis uses game theory: a religion that sees itself in a zero-sum relationship with outsiders will prove exclusionist and violent, while a ...

A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

MAY 21, 2010 Podcast

A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West

What do Nazis, the CIA, and the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West have in common? Journalist Ian Johnson tells the untold story ...

MAY 21, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Global Fertility and U.S. Politics

How do we meet the massive global issue of fertility without being mired in the abortion debate?

MAY 18, 2010 Podcast

Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy

Raghuram Rajan traces the deepening fault lines in a world overly dependent on the indebted U.S. consumer to power global economic growth, and where ...

MAY 17, 2010 Podcast

Public Ethics Radio: Anne Phillips on Ownership and the Body

Is the human body a piece of property? We object to the sale of whole human beings, but what about cases where a person merely ...

MAY 14, 2010 Podcast

Global Ethics Corner: Are We Born Good?

Are babies born with the morality they need or do they learn it from society? Is morality a biological trait that builds communities through enlightened ...

MAY 12, 2010 Podcast

Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East

Bernard Lewis is one of the world's foremost Western scholars on Islam. In this eloquent talk he shares some of his knowledge, and explains how ...

MAY 11, 2010 Podcast

Devin Stewart Interviews Unmesh Brahme, Cofounder of the Climate Civics Institute

Unmesh Brahme of HSBC India discusses his newly-launched Climate Civics Institute, which grew out of a Yale World Fellowship. The Institute's mission is to create ...

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

MAY 11, 2010 Podcast

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

Ben Wildavsky shows how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education, and why this revolution should be welcomed, not ...

MAY 10, 2010 Podcast

Open Primaries: William Vocke Interviews Abel Maldonado, Lieutenant Governor of California

Under the current system, California has a deadlocked, polarized legislature that can't get anything done, says Lt. Gov. Maldonado. The solution is to create an ...