WHFR Monday Forum Podcast
WHFR Monday Forum Podcast for October 31, 2011
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/31/2011 - 7:02pm
WHFR Monday Forum Podcast for October 24, 2011
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/24/2011 - 7:02pm
Monday FORUM, 10-17-11, 6-7 PM: EarthSky22, EarthSky8, and Sierra Club Radio
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/17/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum ES22: Coral reefs and new tunes! ES8: George Whitesides, "The world we live in is chemistry." Sierra Club Radio: The book "Nukespeak" discussed, how to green your office, and the "red tide" in Florida.
Monday FORUM, 10-10-11: "Wisdom" and "The Enigma of Reason"
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum PHILOSOPHY TALKS, from two Stanford U. professors, today discusses the nature and proper use of Wisdom, while on PHILOSOPHY BITES, a British podcast of one interview per episode with a noted philosopher on one topic (ergo "bite-sized'), today features Dan Sperber on the strangeness--and necessity--of what is called Reason.
Monday FORUM, 10-3-11: Freakonomics Radio--"The Folly of Prediction"
Submitted by admin on Mon, 10/03/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum In this hour of Freakonomics Radio, we’ll dream of the day when bad predictors pay – when the accuracy rate of pundits appear next to their faces on TV, when the weatherman who botches the 5-day forecast by 20 degrees has to make his next appearance soaking wet. We’ll also look at the deep roots of divining what tomorrow brings, from the invention of religion to new understandings of how we make decisions about the future.
WHFR Monday Forum Podcast for September 26, 2011
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 7:02pm
Monday Forum, 9-19-11: EarthSky22, EarthSky8, and Planetary Radio
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/19/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum EarthSky22--"Richard Feynman is still awesome"; EarthSky8--"Joseph DeSimone on being an inventor"; and Planetary Radio--"Ending the World with a Song at Dragon Con." All science, always provocative!
Monday FORUM, 9-12-11: Skepticality--"Extreme Fear"
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/12/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum "Skepticality" is a frequent podcast produced by The Skeptics Society, founded by professor and author Michael Schermer. Fear is a complex and a mysterious force that can, at times, sabotage our ability to think clearly, drive us to blind panic, or give us seemingly superhuman speed, strength, and powers of perception.
WHFR Monday Forum, 9-5-11: Freakonomics Radio-"The Suicide Paradox"
Submitted by admin on Mon, 09/05/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum There are more than twice as many suicides as murders in the U.S., but suicide attracts far less scrutiny. This current episode of Freakonomics Radio, hosted by bestselling author Stephen J. Dubner, writing "Freakonomics" with Steven D. Levitt, digs through the numbers and finds all kinds of surprises, supported by psychology professor David Lester, considered to be "the dean of suicide studies."
Monday Forum Podcast, 8-29-11: Philosophy Talk and EarthSky8
Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/29/2011 - 7:02pm
Program:
WHFR Monday Forum "Philosophy Talk: Health Care--Right or Privilege?" What is it? Do we have a right to healthcare, and to good high quality healthcare, in any precise and defensible sense? Or is the "right to healthcare" just a nice way to say it would be very nice if everyone had healthcare? Ken and John take a philosophical lens to the alleged right to healthcare and health insurance with Laurence Baker from the Center for Health Policy at Stanford University.
