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Why We Argue

Why We Argue


Why We Argue

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Length:
62 episodes
Language:
English
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Podcast

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Hosted by political philosopher and Vanderbilt University professor Robert Talisse, Why We Argue is an interview podcast that brings in academics, philosophers, historians, journalists, politicians, and other notable public figures to think about the nature of truth in a time of viral misinformation. Created by Future of Truth, a project of the University of Connecticut's Humanities Institute and funded by the University of Connecticut, the Henry Luce Foundation, and Vanderbilt University.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Seeing Truth in Physics

Stephon Alexander talks about a better way of thinking about the interconnections betwe...

32 minutes
Apr 06, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Climate Crisis

Feeling bad about the environment? You should. Artist Alexis Rockman talks about his ar...

36 minutes
Mar 23, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Lab

Max Liboiron founder of Environmental Action Research (CLEAR), a feminist, anti-colonia...

36 minutes
Mar 09, 2023

Seeing Truth in Photographs

Artist Penelope Umbrico talks about her work, images as currency, and how technology an...

43 minutes
Feb 23, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Archives

Joel Sweimler, Exhibition Specialist at the American Museum of Natural History, talks a...

50 minutes
Feb 09, 2023

Seeing Truth in Museums

Feeling down about museums? We have so many reasons to, but Chris Newell, Tribal Commun...

46 minutes
Jan 26, 2023

Seeing Truth in the Speculative: A Conversation with Dexter Gabriel

Historian and author Dexter Gabriel talks about his relationship to truth and memory in...

48 minutes
Jan 12, 2023

Seeing Truth in Picturing the Pandemic:

Professor Sarah Willen talks about her part in creating the Pandemic Journaling Project...

66 minutes
Dec 29, 2022

Seeing Truth in Variability, Creativity, and Building Biological Collections

In this episode, scientists speak back to ideas about collection building, knowledge ma...

44 minutes
Dec 15, 2022

Seeing Truth in Plant Humanities

Art historian Romita Ray has long puzzled power, visual culture, and how knowledge move...

88 minutes
Dec 01, 2022