Intelligence Squared Debates: Islam is a peaceful religion
[1:46:35] Is the rise of terrorism and violence justifiably traced to the teachings of Islam, or is this call to war a twi…
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Reza Aslan Cannot Be Trusted?
[25:45] A critique of Reza Aslan’s religion apologetics. Editing and production: Louis Motamedi Segment prod…
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Hans Rosling: 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
[4:47] Hans Rosling’s famous lectures combine enormous quantities of public data with a sport’s commen…
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The link between religion and territory over the ages
[3:15] A cartoon that sums up the link between territory and religion over he ages. This short, thought provoking carto…
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Steven Pinker on The Decline of Violence & “The Better Angels of Our Nature”
[9:48] You are less likely to die a violent death today than at any other time in human history. In fact, violence has been …
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Yes, the World is Getting Better. Here’s Why.
[7:56] Reason TV sets out to cheer up doomsayers in Venice Beach, armed with evidence of positive trends across the glob…
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Carl Sagan: Man in his arrogance
[3:55] Sagan’s ability to convey his ideas allowed many people to understand the cosmos better—simultaneou…
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Mahzarin Banaji: Group Love: How the Mind Creates ‘Us’ and ‘Them’
[56:12] Mahzarin R. Banaji, Harvard University, explains how our tendency to divide ourselves into groups operates b…
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The Worst Nuclear Testing You’ve Never Heard Of
[3:57] From 1949 to 1989, the USSR secretly conducted over 400 nuclear tests in Kazakhstan, exposing hundreds of thous…
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Charlie Chaplin: A Message For All Of Humanity
[3:56] Charlie Chaplin’s inspirational final speech in “The Great Dictator” One of the most insp…
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