ViW8 Back to School Special

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ViW8 Back to School Special

FromVirtue in the Wasteland Podcast

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119 minutes

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Aug 25, 2013

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We go deep into the cultural value of education, whether you should go or send your children, and the affects of reductionism and secularism on higher education in the West.

Released:

Aug 25, 2013

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ViW3 Technology: Associations, killer robots, and Facebook by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW5c This Week in the Wasteland: Hiroshima, Amazon, Wall Street Journal, A-Rod by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW9c Precarious Week in the Wasteland? [Bonus C-Side]: Syria, Miley Cyrus, Club Music, news. by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW4 Bread & Circuses: A Faithful Masks Production by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW11 Would You Rather?: 2 profs. 1 tricky wasteland. 0 easy answers. by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW1b The Apocalypse according to Zeke Piestrup [Bonus B-Side]: A Faithful Masks Production by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW6b Our Muslim Neighbors [Bonus B-Side]: Understanding Islam with Dr. Adam Francisco by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW11b MMA--Pure, Brutal, Virtue with Justin Wren: The purest sport in the world? by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW30 Defining Narcissism: Self reflection on too much self reflection? by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW7c Another Week in the Wasteland [Bonus C-Side]: Egypt, Wikileaks, and Journalism by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW7 The Road to Happiness: History, philosophy, and psychology of happiness with Dr. John Lu by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW9 Jesus the Rock 'n Roll Icon: A sweet show for religious and irreligious alike. by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW2b Facebook & Psychology: We interview psychologist, Dr. Betsi Little-Van Fossen about the ways in which social networks, especially technology, affect our lives. We also follow up on some aspects of evil, garnering insights about important historical experimental work... by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW33 Scandal! Scandal?: With guest Chris Frohardt by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW19b Irvine the Model City: With Filmmaker Lev Anderson by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW2 Humor: After the first episode, we needed to have a bit more fun. Here we discuss the nature of humor, share our list of topic comedies and comedians, and talk about the ways in which laughter is a sign of wisdom and transcendence. We don't... by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW13 Art in the Wasteland with Micah Bournes: Spoken word poet brings light into shadows. by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW 10 Tattoos--Body art or Vandalism?: Ink, serpents, dads, and anthropology by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW16b The Cultural Importance of Cinema: With Micah Luce, Joel Oesch, Eleanor Pettus and students by Virtue in the Wasteland Podcast
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ViW8 Back to School Special

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