Point of Inquiry is the Center for Inquiry's flagship podcast, where the brightest minds of our time sound off on all the things you're not supposed to talk about at the dinner table: science, religion, and politics. Guests have included Brian Greene, Susan Jacoby, Richard Dawkins, Ann Druyan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Eugenie Scott, Adam Savage, Bill Nye, and Francis Collins. Point of Inquiry is produced at the Center for Inquiry in Amherst, N.Y.
Nature notes and inquiry from the Montana Natural History Center.
International yoga leader and creator of the LYT Method, Lara Heimann, investigates the modern evolution of yoga from her background as a Physical Therapist and neurodevelopmental treatment specialist. She passionately explores the core values of her groundbreaking yoga method: smarter movement patterns, kindness to ourselves and others, compassion for all beings, finding the best way through inquiry, the courage to change, discipline to grow, and taking a stand for what we believe in.
The primary objective of The Helix Center for Interdisciplinary Investigation is not to obtain knowledge, per se, but to aspire to an unhurried search for wisdom, emphasizing the centrality of a sense of wonder in this endeavor. Philosophically, we stand against the trivialization of thought and the balkanization within and between the sciences and the arts. Fundamental to our promotion of these views is our roundtable format of open, spontaneous discourse, one facilitating novel encounters ...
In 2016, Donald Trump conspired with a foreign government to become President of the United States. On July 25, 2019, with the 2020 election around the corner, he decided to do it again. The first time around, it was collusion, aiding and abetting Russia’s attack on American democracy. The second time, it was extortion, demanding the Ukrainian government manufacture dirt on Trump’s political opponents in exchange for help the country needs to fend off a Russian invasion and chart a democrati ...
In Session: Leading the Judiciary is an audio podcast designed to bring cutting-edge thinking about public- and private-sector leadership to the attention of judiciary executives. Each episode includes a conversation with one or more thought leaders whose research and expertise are relevant to the work of executives in the federal courts.
The mission of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Nursing Research Program is to inspire and engage with nurses to participate in and disseminate the three forms of inquiry: evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research. The Center for Nursing Inquiry’s purpose is to increase the competence, confidence and capacity of Hopkins nurses to engage in meaningful scholarly activities.
“The Careful Photograph” features the voices of photographers of color who are challenging, subverting, and highlighting some of the problems and paradoxes of the photographic medium in our current moment. In each episode we focus our conversation on a single photograph by the artist. From there, I try to let the artist shape the conversation, and what has emerged are nine episodes (so far) that can be used as a teaching tool, or a course in itself about how to look at photographs and look “ ...
Francesca Cervero is a full-time yoga teacher and yoga teacher's mentor. She has been teaching yoga in New York City and Washington, DC since 2005 and the foundation of her teaching practice comes from OM Yoga Center’s style of alignment-based vinyasa. Her teaching is also inspired by the years she spent in physical therapy, a constant curiosity about anatomy and biomechanics, and her love of Buddhist teachings. Francesca believes that introducing more people to the deeply healing benefits o ...
Live skeptical discussions run the gamut with @JustinVacula, @Karla_Porter, guests, and callers.
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The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) is a public interest technology law and policy program at Stanford Law School that brings together scholars, academics, legislators, students, programmers, security researchers, and scientists to study the interaction of new technologies and the law and to examine how the synergy between the two can either promote or harm public goods like free speech, privacy, public commons, diversity, and scientific inquiry. The CIS strives as well to improve both ...
Our food system isn't broken, it was designed this way. And if it was designed this way, then it’s time for a redesign. That’s why we created this podcast. We believe in dialogue, collaboration, and creative inquiry, and talking to the people who are building the food systems we’ll need in the future ... right now. Let's dig in. For more info, visit www.ideo.com/food
Podcasts, lectures and more from Pacific Lutheran University. Located in Tacoma, Wash., PLU seeks to educate students for lives of thoughtful inquiry, service, leadership and care—for other people, for their communities and for the Earth.
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Jim Jefferies tackles the latest news and issues with his trademark no-bulls**t candor, his piercing insight and his uniquely Aussie viewpoint.
The podcast where we visit with faculty, administrators, policymakers, researchers - really, anyone making a difference in the lives of students at community colleges. It's a partnership between the Texas Success Center and the Texas Community College Teachers Association.
A lumen is the basic unit for measuring brightness. It is a measure of the total quantity of visible light emitted by a source. In biology, a lumen (plural lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine. It comes from Latin lumen, meaning ‘an opening.’ Kendra is dedicated to each individual’s personal process of living a life in service to their greatest Lumen. Her work is an experiential inquiry into limitation and freedom in our bodies and our lives. She ...
Come Through with Rebecca Carroll is a podcast that explores culture, race and identity against the backdrop of the 2020 election. The series will provide listeners with 15 essential conversations they can take with them during this pivotal time. Conversations with prominent thinkers, cultural critics, writers, artists, and politicians on topics like climate change, diversity and inclusion programs, immigration and more are prompted by our host’s lifelong personal inquiry into what it means ...
Ismahan Abdullahi of PANA (Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans) and Nicole Capretz of Climate Action Campaign (CAC) in conversation with cutting edge thought leaders and agents of change who will share their ideas for how we can make San Diego a region that is inclusive, progressive and equitable -- with more women in power in all corners of the community.
Want to develop more willpower and empathy? Positivity Podcast gives you exercises to develop your character traits. In this series, Positivity Dan will help you think about character development the way you think about professional development--with strategies, advice, best practices, and tools to help you grow. The series covers essential topics like Empathy (#2), Talent (#7), Honesty (#9), Meditation (#6), and Forgiveness (#5), from experts that range from academics to best-selling author ...
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Do you know Tori Lunden (she/her)? She is known as Bad At Yoga on social media and if you haven’t come across her work yet I’m SO excited I get to introduce you to her today. If you do know Tori’s work, you won’t be surprised at all to know that I jumped at the chance to connect with her, (and we had a blast!) because there are many similarities in…
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NJ Cannabis Regulators Meet for First Time, Centering Racial Justice
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New Jersey's new marijuana regulatory panel met for the first time on Monday, saying that social and racial justice would play a central role in the creation of a framework for marijuana legalization in state. Vice Chairman Sam Delgado said his work will be informed by the four nights he spent in jail 46 years ago after he was arrested for marijuan…
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Disciplinary Data Shows Some Correction Officers Keep Their Jobs Despite Repeat Misconduct Findings
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The misconduct findings included excessive force, false or inaccurate statements, and improper chemical deployments against incarcerated people. The records are now publicly available because of last year's repeal of a state law known as Civil Rights Law 50-a.By WNYC Radio
On this week's look ahead: our region is getting fewer doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. New Jersey starts work on regulating its cannabis marketplace. And: we have a conversation with Nassau County's poet laureate.By WNYC Radio
“Carpe Diem” or, “Seize the day,” was a phrase used by the Roman poet, Horace, to express the idea of enjoying life while you can. What has this last year taught you about seizing the day? To learn more, and for the complete show notes, visit: lytyoga.com/blog/category/podcasts/ Resources: Instagram: @lara.heimann Redefining Yoga is a production of…
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Despite Working In Hotspots, Correctional Officers Fall Behind In COVID-19 Vaccination Rate
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Staff at New York jails and prisons are taking the COVID-19 vaccines at a lower rate than similar front-line workers, raising concerns among health experts.By WNYC Radio
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NJ Marijuana Regulators Prepare to Meet For First Time
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New Jersey voters approved a legal marijuana referendum in November, and Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law creating a marijuana marketplace in February. On Monday, the state takes another step toward cannabis sales when the five-member Cannabis Regulatory Commission holds its first meeting at 2 pm. The commission must adopt regulations for growing, pro…
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NJ Undocumented Workers Cut Out of COVID Relief Continue Their Fast
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New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has said he wants to provide funds for undocumented New Jerseyans left out of COVID stimulus funding. But activists aren't letting up on the pressure. WNYC's Matt Katz reports that about three dozen undocumented workers and their allies are continuing to fast to highlight the fact that they're not eligible for unemployme…
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Working Families Party Sets Sights On Endorsing The Next NYC Mayor
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Rachel Hollis & The Latest Controversy | "Hard Work" Myth/Fallacy
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At Coney Island Reopening, Lieutenant Governor Dodges Questions About Cuomo
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Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was at the reopening of Coney Island amusements Friday. WNYC's Brigid Bergin reports she dodged questions about Governor Cuomo's scandals.By WNYC Radio
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Why Critics Say The NYPD's Tracking Of Hate Crimes Is Flawed
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked a rise in anti-Asian bias incidents across the country and in New York City. But the NYPD hasn't been consistently designating those attacks as racially-motivated. Instead, the department has categorized some of those incidents as anti-disability attacks because the suspects, they say, assumed their Asian victims h…
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An Oath Keeper Worked Security for the Capitol Rally on Jan. 6. Now, He’s a Republican Candidate for N.J. Assembly.
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On January 6th, Edward Durfee donned a radio earpiece and an “Oath Keepers New Jersey” cap as he worked a security detail outside the U.S. Capitol for the far-right Oath Keepers, whose members are fingered by the feds for conspiring to violently stop the Electoral College vote count that would certify Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. Three…
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378. Heart-Centered Law for Yoga Instructors, with Cory Sterling
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Cory Sterling is a lawyer and — as he likes to say — a real person. He’s the founder of Conscious Counsel, which provides heart-leading law counsel for creative and ambitious business owners. If that sentence has you scratching your head, you have to hear him talk, because you will get it. What he has to say is so impactful for yoga teachers, perso…
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The Cause Of Roberto Grant’s Death In Notorious NYC Detention Center Was Deemed “Undetermined.”
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In May 2015, Roberto Grant had pleaded guilty to taking part in a series of luxury watch store heists. He was awaiting sentencing at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the federal jail in Lower Manhattan, when he died a violent death. An autopsy released a year and a half later listed his cause of death as “undetermined.” But experts say it was …
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Federal Monitors Likely To Oversee NJ Women's Prison After Latest Inmate Attack
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Federal monitors will likely begin overseeing New Jersey's only women's prison following years of allegations by inmates that they were sexually abused by corrections officers. It comes after several inmates at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility were brutally beaten and pepper sprayed by guards in a Jan. 11 incident that remains under investigati…
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NYC Raises The Threshold For Public School Closure
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Under the new rules, schools have to close when there are four or more cases, if any of those cases can be traced to exposure inside school. They don’t have to close for suspected cases, though classrooms with at least one confirmed case still have to quarantine. For more, go to Gothamist.com.By WNYC Radio
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Wall Street Has Chosen Its Candidate In The Heated Race for District Attorney: Tali Farhadian Weinstein
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New York City’s ultra-rich are lining up behind a candidate for Manhattan District Attorney, dumping piles of cash into the crowded race for one of the nation’s top law enforcement jobs. With the Democratic primary less than three months away, Tali Farhadian Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor, has amassed a $2.2 million war chest—more than twic…
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America Are We Ready for the First 100 Days?: Infrastructure
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Airing LIVE Thursday, April 8th, 8-9pm ET. Join the national conversation with host Brian Lehrer as the Biden/Harris administration starts its work. This week: With his 2-trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal, is President Biden aiming to be this generation’s FDR or LBJ -- using government to tackle systemic poverty, inequality, and environmental…
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Singing Telegrams For Those Who Just Need a Song
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Mylinda Hull is one of thousands of musical theater professionals who have seen their careers come to a halt for the last year. However, when she was introduced to a new initiative, A Generous Act, that pays people like her to perform singing telegrams over the phone, she was initially wary. “You know, when you think of a traditional singing telegr…
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NJ Immigrants Launch Hunger Strike To Demand COVID Relief Funds
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York lawmakers plan to give undocumented workers direct cash assistance in their latest budget deal. And now advocates in New Jersey are pressuring their leaders to do the same. "We are the backbone of this pandemic and have seen zero dollars and zero cents," said Deya Aldana, a lead organizer with Make the Road New Jersey…
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New York State Budget Comes With Major Funding Boost For Education
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The New York State budget will dramatically increase funding for schools and finally meet a court requirement from 15 years ago.By WNYC Radio
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NY Budget Will Freeze CUNY & SUNY Tuition For Three Years
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CUNY and SUNY students can expect a three-year tuition freeze, thanks to this year's New York State budget, which also aims to reimburse the schools fully for the popular Tuition Assistance Program, closing what's known as the TAP gap within four years.By WNYC Radio
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New York State Budget Includes “Huge” COVID-19 Relief Package For Small Businesses
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Restaurants and shops that fell behind on their rent and other expenses during the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be able to apply for additional grants.By WNYC Radio
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Families That Received MTA’s $500K COVID Death Benefit Get Tax Shocker
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Nearly 160 MTA employees have died of COVID -- more than workers at any other agency in the city. Early in the pandemic, the MTA agreed to a generous death benefit for their families -- a one-time payment of $500,000. But now that it’s tax season, the beneficiaries are getting an unwelcome surprise. For more, go to Gothamist.com.…
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Researchers Work To Protect New York's Spotted Salamanders
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All around our area, amphibians are taking part in what’s known as "Big Nights." Every spring on a warm rainy night, salamanders and frogs move from their winter woodland homes towards the vernal wetlands for breeding. This mass migration can happen on a single evening — or it can take several nights depending on the weather conditions, which need …
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Nine-year-old Poet Ayden Amedee for Poetry Month on WNYC's Morning Edition
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April is poetry month, and we're marking the occasion with a poetry challenge. We are asking you to send us your poems on the theme "EMERGENCE," and we'll read some of them on our air. Nine-year-old Ayden Amedee is a 5th grader at Brooklyn's Seventh Day Adventist School. She wants to become a lawyer and a judge and the president when she grows up, …
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Welcome to Wednesday Q&A, where you ask questions and we answer them! Your questions: How can a non-PT learn intimately about the body and its system? A class or training besides YTT? What’s the best way to improve hamstring strength at home? What could be going on with an achy knee during cold weather? How can you keep your core engaged while sitt…
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Former HUD Official Admits To Violating Hatch Act With RNC Video
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A former Trump appointee has admitted to violating a federal law by producing a video that aired during the Republican National Convention last year, which boasted that conditions at the New York City Housing Authority had improved under the former president. Read the full story at Gothamist.By WNYC Radio
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NJ Launches Online Portal To Track All Police Use Of Force
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Every time one of the state's 38,000 officers has tackled, shot at, or used any type of force against someone since October of 2020 is now searchable on a new dashboard being maintained by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. The online portal lists the name of the officer, the type of force used, any injuries, and the race and gender of the p…
If anything good came out of the pandemic, it might be the expansion of outdoor dining. Everything tastes better in the fresh air. But what if you want to eat even further afield? WNYC’s Amy Pearl headed into the Connecticut woods with her cousin and a couple of weenies.By WNYC Radio
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Reporter's Notebook: Seeing the Vaccine as a Monument to Human Achievement
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When I arrived at the Javits Center for my appointment, the scene resembled an airport. Here we were, hundreds of people standing in orderly lines in this gigantic, bright space, waiting for someone to check our documents. But this was no ordinary journey. The line to have documents checked at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, a state-run COVID-1…
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This Man Spent Two Decades In Prison Because of Prosecutorial Misconduct In Queens (Part 2)
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Last month, a Queens judge vacated three men's convictions, citing numerous acts of prosecutorial misconduct. Part two of this story explores how one of those men, George Bell, returned home to his family.By WNYC Radio
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Andrew Yang Wants NYC To Ride The Bitcoin Wave. That’d Be Terrible For Climate Change
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Mayoral contender Andrew Yang wants New York City to capitalize on the Bitcoin boom. The cryptocurrency has seen a 963% increase over the past year, setting a record valuation near $61,000 in March. Tesla’s 1.5 billion dollar investment helped spur the rise at the beginning of 2021. The former presidential candidate tweeted on February 11th, “As ma…
Nydia Blas joins us to talk about an untitled photograph from her upcoming book "Revival" -- available for preorder at https://www.krisgravesprojects.com/book/revival. In this episode, we talk about creating intimate photographs with strangers, bell hooks' essay "The Oppositional Gaze," and working through a Black feminine lens. You can see more of…
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UPDATE | 4/5/2021 | Medical Referral | OIG | VA | Congress
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NYC Mayor Promises To Replace 'Two Case Closure' Rule For Public Schools
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Mayor de Blasio says he'll replace the rule that requires public school buildings to shutter when at least two unrelated COVID cases are found, but he hasn't said what new rules will be put in place.By WNYC Radio
In this week's look ahead: New Yorkers over 16 become eligible for a vaccine on Tuesday. We look at what President Biden's offshore wind plan might mean for our area. The New York State budget is late. And speaking of late: the Mets open their season today, after a COVID-related postponement. Meanwhile, local lawmakers are hoping Major League Baseb…
It’s so important we pay attention to our alignment. But how do we learn to pay attention without micromanaging? There is a big difference between the two: paying attention is an art, while micromanaging can mean getting so caught up in minutiae that growth is impaired. Don’t confuse the two. Learn to pay attention instead of micromanage for better…
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NJ Vaccine Eligibility Widens To 55+, Other Workers
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Starting Monday, New Jersey will expand vaccine eligibility to additional groups of workers and to anyone 55 years or older. Those working in laundromats, construction, real estate, banks, sanitation, libraries or higher education will now be able to get in line for their COVID shots. People 16 and over with developmental disabilities are also allo…