Once again, we have come to a hard place. The hand has been dealt us in terms of the upcoming gun debate. In the aftermath of the horrific tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, we have witnessed the many emotional reactions heavily covered in the media. Now is the time for the real debate.
http://www.downrange.tv/blog/down-range-radio-295-prepare-yourself-for-the-big-gun-debate/19449/
On this week’s Culturefest, our critics are joined by Slate senior editor Dan Kois to discuss his article on the 40th anniversary of Free To Be … You and Me and whether its advocation of gender equality remains relevant and its feminist ideals convincing to children today. The Gabfesters then consider the institution that is the Saturday Night Live debate send-up and how its origins as Dada event comedy translate to a television landscape saturated with political satire. Finally, they discuss the website HeTexted.com and crowdsourcing the deciphering of romantic ambiguity.
On this week’s Slate Political Gabfest, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the town hall brawl, the fight over what happened in Libya, and Mitt Romney’s efforts to win women voters. http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/gabfest/2012/10/the_second_presidential_debate_romney_s_binders_full_of_women_and_libya.html
Become a fan of DoubleX on Facebook. Leave us love letters and see what other listeners are saying about the Gabfest. Listen to the DoubleX Gabfest with this audio player, or by using one of the other options below: Subscribe in iTunes ∙ RSS feed ∙ Download ∙ Play in another tab In this week’s Gabfest, DoubleX…
The latest on the would be terrorist plot to bomb the Federal Reserve, and we look at the claims being made that a Cyber-9/11 could be around the corner.
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Rationally Speaking | Official Podcast of New York City Skeptics
Release date: January 16, 2011
In a recent article in the New York Times (13 Dec 2010 http://nyti.ms/gTiRK6), Nicholas Wade reported that the American Anthropological Association had decided “to strip the word ‘science’ from a statement of its long-range plan.” Is this just a reflection of the long standing division between physical and cultural anthropology or is there more here? The revised statement says that “the purposes of the association shall be to advance public understanding of humankind in all its aspects,” a wording that opens the possibility for cultural anthropologists to engage in public advocacy on behalf of cultures they are studying. So, what kind of discipline is anthropology, after all? And, more broadly, should scientists cross the line from research into public advocacy?
http://www.rationallyspeakingpodcast.org/show/rs26-is-anthropology-still-a-science.html
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Gananath Obeyesekere, Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus, Princeton University
March 18, 2003 Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Campus
Distinguished anthropologist Gananath Obeyesekere investigates and compares rebirth beliefs in an array of cultures and religions, including North American Indian, Ancient Greek and Buddhism.
ABOUT GANANATH OBEYESEKERE A distinguished anthropologist and highly recognized scholar, Gananath Obeyesekere has made fundamental contributions in the fields of philosophy of religion, social theory, psychological anthropology, and Buddhism. He is currently engaged in fieldwork in remote regions of Sri Lanka studying the manner in which hunting groups influenced Buddhist practices. Much of his research has focused on psychoanalysis and anthropology, and the ways in which personal symbolism is related to religious experience. Obeyesekere has published numerous articles and reviews. His recent books include, Buddhism Transformed (1990), The Apotheosis of Captain Cook: European Mythmaking in the Pacific (1993), and Imagining Karma: Ethical Transformation in Amerindian, Buddhist and Greek Rebirth (2002). Obeyesekere is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Princeton University where he has taught since 1980, and has previously chaired his department. In 1955 he received his B.A. with first class honors from the University of Ceylon. He earned his M.A. from the University of Washington 1955 and his Ph.D. in 1964. Obeyesekere has received many prestigious honors and awards and has been elected a fellow of several societies, including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and senior fellow of the Institute for Asian Studies.
http://grad.berkeley.edu/lectures/event.php?id=15&lecturer=13
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