Showing posts with label discourse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discourse. Show all posts

Sunday, September 26, 2010

QandA May 25th - Response to Question on Ryan Commission Report

A question is asked about the Ryan Commission report on child abuse within institutions run by the religious orders in Ireland. After the panel had spoken the questioner responded and his response.



Full Show HERE

Sunday, August 29, 2010

Awesome Scene in Boiler Room

Thanksgiving Prayer William S. Burroughs

Shirin Ebadi - Separate Human Rights for Muslims?

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi rejects cultural relativism and the proposal of an Islamic Declaration of Human Rights. Ebadi says that, without a universal standard, basic human rights cannot be protected.

Monday, August 23, 2010

Bishop John Shelby Spong on Biblical Literalism

Bishop John Shelby Spong rebukes the literal interpretation of the Bible's three-tiered, Earth-centered universe. Spong cites numerous biblical references that position an all-seeing God just above the sky, and then recalls a witty remark by late astrophysicist Carl Sagan about the ascension of Jesus into Heaven.



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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Carl Sagan - Wanderers



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RSA Animate: Matthew Taylor - 21st Century Enlightenment

Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today, and the role that can be played by organisations such as the RSA.



Full Lecture HERE

Monday, July 26, 2010

Carl Sagan - We Are Here, The Pale Blue Dot



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Ethan McCord Recounts Aftermath of Iraqi Civilian Massacre

Ethan McCord, an Iraq war veteran and whistleblower on war crimes committed by US forces, talks about his experience as part of the first platoon to arrive on the scene of fresh carnage, as seen by millions in the classified video leaked by the website Wikileaks in April 2010.

Recorded live at the United National Peace Conference in Albany, New York, July 24, 2010. The 17-minute video McCord refers to, shown at the conference just before he made these remarks, can be found at http://youtu.be/5rXPrfnU3G0