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My Father Stood For The Anthem, For The Same Reason That Colin Kaepernick Sits

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My Father Stood For The Anthem, For The Same Reason That Colin Kaepernick Sits

August 31, 2016 • As a child, I found my father's love of the national anthem utterly bewildering. His was the generation of men born free but shackled by bigotry. So why did he sound so proud, singing that song?

My Father Stood For The Anthem, For The Same Reason That Colin Kaepernick Sits

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Tracking Election Coverage: August 7-27

August 31, 2016 • Listeners want to hear more Clinton coverage.

Can Science Crack The 'Hardest' Question?

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Can Science Crack The 'Hardest' Question?

August 31, 2016 • Where did the world come from? Unless future physicists make new observations from the Big Bang, it's hard to contemplate any science coming from the first originating event, says Marcelo Gleiser.

Evolution In Art And Science: From 'The Get Down' To 'Hamilton'

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Evolution In Art And Science: From 'The Get Down' To 'Hamilton'

August 30, 2016 • Always new but always building on ground that's already been covered, science and art evolve in similar ways because they are the foundation of culture's imaginative landscape, says Adam Frank.

Is There Such A Thing As Scientific Luck?

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Is There Such A Thing As Scientific Luck?

August 29, 2016 • We should be wary of declaring some people better or more brilliant scientists when our basis for doing so is, to a large extent, grounded in factors outside their control, says Tania Lombrozo.

Ancient Zen Advice On How Not To 'Be A Jerk'

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Ancient Zen Advice On How Not To 'Be A Jerk'

August 28, 2016 • While author Brad Warner's approach to 13th-century Japanese Zen master Eihei Dogen may be unorthodox, its freshness might be exactly what the doctor ordered, says Adam Frank.

AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

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AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

August 28, 2016 • This year's AfroPunk Festival in Brooklyn features artists who are expanding the universe of punk and ideas about who belongs there.

AfroPunk Acts To Free Your Mind And Your ... Ears

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Help! I'm Falling For My Ex-Husband

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August 27, 2016 • Dear Sugar Radio is a podcast offering "radical empathy" and advice for the lost, lonely and heartsick. This time the hosts hear from a happily divorced woman falling for her ex-husband.

Fear Not, White Sox Fans: You'll Get Used To 'Guaranteed' Field

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Fear Not, White Sox Fans: You'll Get Used To 'Guaranteed' Field

August 27, 2016 • The Chicago White Sox announced this week that their 25-year-old ballpark, U.S. Cellular Field, would be renamed Guaranteed Rate Field. Scott Simon ponders where such a name might lead.

Fear Not, White Sox Fans: You'll Get Used To 'Guaranteed' Field

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Why Do We Love Some Animals But Eat Others?

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Why Do We Love Some Animals But Eat Others?

August 26, 2016 • Alva Noë explores a new book that considers the complicated relationship between humans and animals by looking at attitudes toward road kill, taxidermy, dead pets and art by animals.

A Generous Dog: Canine Cognition Caught On Video

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A Generous Dog: Canine Cognition Caught On Video

August 25, 2016 • Dog videos on the Internet are fun to discuss and debate — and sometimes, notes anthropologist Barbara J. King, they clue us in to what might be happening in canine minds.

Are We The Earliest Intelligent Life In The Universe?

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Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future of 'Birth Of A Nation': Episode 14

August 24, 2016 • News of a 1999 rape case against Nate Parker raises some age-old questions about culture: Can art be separated from its creator? What moral obligations, if any, do the consumers of culture bear?

Nate Parker's Past, His Present, And The Future of 'Birth Of A Nation': Episode 14

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