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That “analytic swing”: Josh Summers speaks with jazz pianist Aaron Goldberg about his time working as a full-time musician while studying in a philosophy graduate program under Daniel Dennett. https://youtu.be/MqnqmzPRXEM?t=2724

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00:54 Aaron’s latest album, At the Edge of the World 08:44 How Aaron attempts to strip away complexity in his music 19:10 What makes a jazz musician “post-bo...

Embrace the strange: Jeffrey Kripal, author of the new book "The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge," argues that strict materialism does more to encourage religious fundamentalism than to stem it. https://youtu.be/MTXnnJROEWU?t=2019

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00:05 Jeff’s new book, "The Flip: Epiphanies of Mind and the Future of Knowledge" 12:30 How John and Jeff make sense of Freud 21:03 Jeff redefines the “paran...
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Get cat vision, save the planet: Philosopher Matthew Liao looks at ways to combat climate change through genetic engineering. http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38377?in=4:51&out=7:23
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The ultimate weirdness: Robert Wright and astrophysicist Adam Frank ponder the nature of reality according to quantum mechanics. http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38481?in=13:11&out=20:29
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Why you have so many enemies: A Sixty-Second Sermon by Robert Wright. http://meaningoflife.tv/videos/38090
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