Does money buy happiness? Our guests, Wharton economists BETSEY STEVENSON and JUSTIN WOLFERS argue that money does tend to buy happiness. In their newly published paper on economic happiness they found that rich people are happier than poor people, richer countries are happier than poor countries and as countries get richer, their citizens tend to get happier.
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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, 9/1-9/5/2008
The second hour on 9/2/2008, with Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers (two Wharton economists), on the subject of the economics of happiness, is something I'm very curious about.
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Sound Opinions (American Public Media): August 2008 Archive -- see esp. the "history of heavy metal" show (#144, 8/29/2008)
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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, 9/1-9/5/2008
The second hour on 9/2/2008, with Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers (two Wharton economists), on the subject of the economics of happiness, is something I'm very curious about.
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Goebbels on Radio (1933)
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Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, Feb. 28, 2008, "Trends in religion" with Greg Smith of the Pew Forum
Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane, Feb. 28, 2008, "Trends in religion" with Greg Smith of the Pew Forum
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RadioTime: Find and listen to Talk, Music, and Local Radio Online
Discovery site for online audio content. You have to pay to use some of their features.
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PublicRadioFan.com: find & download public radio programs
Great database of downloadable, archived public radio shows.
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BBC religion podcast: "Beyond Belief"
Something I'm going to have to investigate. It sounds like a great program.
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BBC World Service's Lyse Doucet interviews former US SSG David Bellavia on Fallujah
Author of "House to House," reviewed as an extraordinarily brutal look at the 2004 Fallujah battle by a soldier committed to the cause.
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Jango: social web radio (like Pandora, Last.fm?)
Currently in private beta. I have three invites, leave your email address in the comments if you want one. Seems to be more likely to play songs from the artist you want than Pandora or Last.fm.
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Finetune: music discovery engine (like Last.fm, Pandora)
Recommended for people who like Last.fm. I haven't tried it out yet. Looks promising, though. Anyone know anything about it?
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What NPR is really about
This American Life's mission is nearly complete: "There is not a single
existential crisis or self-congratulatory epiphany that has been or
could be experienced by a left-leaning agnostic that we have not
exhaustively documented and grouped by theme."
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Interview with Maj. John Morris, chaplain and Iraq vet (audio link)
Direct link to the audio of the Speaking of Faith interview with Major John Morris.
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Interview with Maj. John Morris, chaplain and Iraq vet
Great interview with Maj. John Morris, a chaplain with the Minnesota National Guard, done by Speaking of Faith host Krista Tippett. The program is definitely worth a listen.
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Science and Hinduism | Interview with physicist V.V. Raman on "Speaking of Faith"
A weekly podcast on religion. Always very good. Call ++1 (510) 495-6326 to listen to the most recent episode (thanks [url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/12/listen-to-podcasts-on-any-phone/]Socratoad[/url]!).
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KQED Forum Interview with Louise Richardson (Radcliffe terrorism expert), 9/8/2006
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Corporate control over water supplies
A 2003 investigative report from the CBC on "water as business opportunity": in the last 10 years, three corporate giants have attained control over much of the developing world's water resources and are beginning to do the same in the developed world. Co
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NPR : From Agnostic to Atheist
Marion Winik reflects on why she switched from calling herself an "agnostic" to calling herself an "atheist," and what she dislikes about religion.
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Terri Gross interviews Judea Pearl and Akbar Ahmed (10/10/2006)
Terri Gross of WHYY (Philadelphia) interviews Judea Pearl (Daniel Pearl's father) and Akbar Ahmed about their ongoing interfaith dialogue project. Both men are highly articulate and opinionated, and they don't agree on everything. Interesting.
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Open Source
Christopher Lydon's podcast on politics and culture.
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