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The End of Poverty
by Jeffrey Sachs
Available on: Online Video
One billion people on the planet are struggling with extreme poverty according to Jeffrey D. Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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Cold War Documentaries - "Atomic City: USA"
by Various
Available on: Audio Download
Fears of a cold war turning hot were rampant from the late 1940’s to the 1980’s and no fear was greater than the fear of a nuclear war and whether or not we were prepared for one.
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The Foundations of Language
by Michael Drout
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture Professor Michael Drout focuses on language as a whole and how it develops and is learned. He points out the amazing ability that children have for speaking and comprehending a language...
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Seven Steps Of Self-Actualization
Available on: Audio Download
After finishing Paul D. Hudon book entitled Seven Steps in Self Actualization, I realized this is not just another of your "run of the mill" self help books; as the title suggests,is All In All.
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The Souls of Black Folk
by W.E.B. Du Bois
Available on: Audio Download
The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois.
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Malcolm Gladwell: What We Can Learn From Spaghetti Sauce
by Malcolm Gladwell
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell gets inside the food industry's pursuit of the perfect spaghetti sauce - and makes a larger argument about the nature of choice and happiness.
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JimCollins.com Lecture Hall
by Jim Collins
Available on: Audio Download
In the Lecture Hall, you can listen to what Jim Collins has been saying in his lectures and interviews.
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Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice
by Barry Schwartz
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Psychologist Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice.
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Daniel Goleman: Why Aren't We All Good Samaritans?
by Daniel Goleman
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren't more compassionate more of the time.
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What Does It Mean To Be Human?
by Dallas Willard
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Against the oft-heard claims of a culture that denies the existence of human nature and places feelings and desires at the center of human existence, Dr. Willard insists that the purpose of human life is to love and serve others and to be loved and served by them.
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Character Matrix
by Erwin McManus
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Erwin McManus points out that often the Christian emphasis on grace can lead believers into a position of apathy.
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Deliver Us From Evil
by Ravi Zacharias
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
For thirty-three years Ravi Zacharias has spoken all over the world and in numerous universities, notably Harvard, Princeton, and Oxford University.
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Keynote Lecture with Charles Taylor
by Charles Taylor
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
A Key Note Lecture by Philosopher Charles Taylor at the Secular Imaginaries Conference.
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Alan Alda Reflects on Career, Life and Family
by Timothy Near
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Alan Alda discusses Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself.
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Cold War Documentaries - Cross Section: USA
by Various
Available on: Audio Download
With compulsory induction into Military service during World War 2 a thing of the past, the new threats to security and the Cold War atmosphere with the Soviet Union caused many to reconsider reinstating the draft.
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Emma Goldman Essays
by Emma Goldman
Available on: Audio Download
"In the eighteen-nineties and for years thereafter, America reverberated with the name of the 'notorious Anarchist,' feminist, revolutionist and agitator, Emma Goldman."
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Wangari Maathai: Unbowed
by Wangari Maathai
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Wangari Maathai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, is the founder of the Green Belt Movement in her home country of Kenya, an environmental group that has restored indigenous forests and assisted rural women by paying them to plant trees in their communities.
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The Theological Roots of Modern Science
by Fritz Schaefer
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
With the unprecedented importance of science in present-day society, it is rather common to hear those who claim that science and religion are incompatible.
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Battle of Ideas: MySpace Generation
by Robin Walsh
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
MySpace Generation: Why the Hype and Hysteria?
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James Randi Multimedia
by James Randi
Available on: Audio Download
James Randi (born Randall James Hamilton Zwinge, August 7, 1928 in Toronto, Canada), more often known as The Amazing Randi, is a stage magician, a skeptic, best known as a debunker of pseudoscience.
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Against The Logic Of Submission
Available on: Audio Download
"Submission to domination is enforced not solely, nor even most significantly, through blatant repression, but rather through subtle manipulations worked into the fabric of everyday social relationships."
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Soft Power and Asian Identity
by T.J. Pempel
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Soft Power and the Conceptualization of Asian Identity with panelists Steve Fish, Josh Kurlantzick, Chyungly Lee, Richard Madsen, and chaired by T.J. Pempel.
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Western Myths About Pluralism
by Vinoth Ramachandra
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Agreeing with Vaclev Havel that human rights must have a basis in some authority that lies outside of human beings, Ramachandran evaluates Christianity with other religious and philosophical systems in their ability to provide such a basis.
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Social Entrepreneurship and Corporate Responsibility
by Sally Osberg
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
The Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, brings together a distinguished group of the world's experts in global health for an all-day seminar at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Francisco.
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Havens Center Audio Archives Podcast
Available on: Podcast
Established in the Sociology Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1984, the A. E. Havens Center for the Study of Social Structure and Social Change is dedicated to promoting critical intellectual reflection and exchange, both within the academy as well as between it and the broader society.
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