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September 18, 2015 — Daniel Kaufman & Glenn Loury
Sophia
How scientific are the social sciences?
Glenn defends the reliability of economic predictions
The strengths and weaknesses of "natural experiments"
How much does culture affect economic behavior?
New insights from behavioral economics
Dan: We trust the social sciences too much
September 25, 2019 — David Ottlinger & Carson Young
Sophia
Our era of boycotts, from Jimmy Johns to Uber to Nike
The ethics and political philosophy of boycotts
"Society is not a person"
Waheed Hussein's concept of social change economic consumerism
Group power and coercion
Why boycotts usually fail
How can we judge the worthiness of a boycott's goals?
April 17, 2016 — David Masciotra & William Irwin
An introduction to existentialism
Jean-Paul Sartre's tough-minded optimism
Existentialists want you to keep it real
The dark side of the search for meaning
Capitalism as existentialist economics
"We're condemned to be free"
September 30, 2018 — Aryeh Cohen-Wade & Kaitlyn Tiffany
Culturally Determined
The hot new trend of being a homebody
Social, economic, and technological reasons young people are staying in
The surprisingly controversial topic of skincare
Millennials using apps to order food delivered by Millennials
Netflix and chill and take Instagram selfies wearing sheet masks
Is being a homebody the modern way to go to Walden Pond?
August 01, 2018 — Daniel Kaufman & Brian Leiter
Sophia
To understand Marx, start with Hegel's dialectics
Why Marx emphasized economic production over Hegelian idealism
Dan: Was Marx's concept of labor too narrow?
What will happen if technology eliminates most jobs?
Marxism post-WWII: More than college activism and Jefferson Airplane?
Brian: Marx's predictions were right, but his predicted timeframe was all wrong
Why "diversity blather" is a capitalist wolf in Marxist clothing
October 25, 2015 — Robert Wright & Aliou Niang
Conversations@Union
Parallels between Christianity and Africa's Diola religion
Essential Diola ritual practices
How economics caused the French Imperial powers to suppress the Diola tradition
The land as a "living being"
Aliou's path to Christianity via Diola and Sufi traditions
Reading Paul's Epistle to the Galatians from a Diola perspective
April 02, 2017 — Michael Dowd | When religion fails, economics becomes demonic
Sixty-Second Sermons
August 03, 2016 — Benjamin Perry & Emily Brewer
Presbyterians who say "no" to war
What's the connection between religion and violence?
How Emily's time in Guatemala led her to peacework
Emily: Conflict zones aren't quite as scary as you might think
Ben: Am I praying wrong?
How can religious institutions get better at promoting peace?
October 25, 2016 — Philip Menchaca & Benjamin Zeller
The link between "new religious movements" and violence
The suicidal cult Heaven's Gate
Suicide as a religious act
Why Heaven's Gate matters
The thin line between Heaven's Gate and mainstream religions
Donald Trump, American messiah?
December 20, 2016 — Robin Hanson & James Hughes
The Meaning of Future Life
Should we really worry about robots taking our jobs?
Fighting racism with algorithms
Are AI advances mostly hype?
Using AI to make technology more secure
The robot economy is coming
Do robots have moral value?
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