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Dilemma Podcast

Solving the problems of what to do next with some of today's top thinkers and writers.Hosted by Jay Shapiro.

Ranked #1

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S01E12: Medically Assisted Death - Steven Pinker

S01E12: Medically Assisted Death - Steven Pinker

"If I lose my mind, just kill me." Co-Hosts Jay Shapiro and Coleman Hughes discuss the philosophical borders and ethical... Read more

18 Dec 2019

1hr 33mins

Ranked #2

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S01E03: Do I Smell Donuts? - David Pizarro

S01E03: Do I Smell Donuts? - David Pizarro

Is there a point where advertising is too effective? Join us as we discuss the morality behind Dunkin' Donuts' advertisi... Read more

29 Jul 2019

1hr 43mins

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S01E06: Conscious Robots - Erik Hoel

S01E06: Conscious Robots - Erik Hoel

As your finger hovers over the power button on your computer it says, "Please don't turn me off. That will hurt and kill... Read more

9 Sep 2019

1hr 56mins

Ranked #4

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S01E02: Star Trek's Prime Directive - Eric Linus Kaplan

S01E02: Star Trek's Prime Directive - Eric Linus Kaplan

In the long running science fiction show Star Trek, the Federation has a guiding principle referred to as the Prime Dire... Read more

15 Jul 2019

1hr 46mins

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S01E05: GMO Warning Labels - Robin Hanson

S01E05: GMO Warning Labels - Robin Hanson

Hosts Jay Shapiro and Coleman Hughes discuss the ethics of and hidden motivations behind the choices around food and the... Read more

26 Aug 2019

1hr 38mins

Ranked #6

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S01E07: Religion at the Hospital - Sean Carroll

S01E07: Religion at the Hospital - Sean Carroll

Betsy is a nurse who believes that one must accept Jesus to earn entry into heaven. Steve is an atheist who also happens... Read more

23 Sep 2019

44mins

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S01E09: A Hospital in a Hurricane - Lisa Tessman

S01E09: A Hospital in a Hurricane - Lisa Tessman

When the power went out, the flood waters rose, and supplies dwindled in Memorial Hospital in New Orleans after Hurrican... Read more

22 Oct 2019

2hr 55mins

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S01E04: Listen to the Music - Nina Strohminger

S01E04: Listen to the Music - Nina Strohminger

Is it wrong to listen to the music after the musician is revealed to be a terrible person? Join us as we discuss the mor... Read more

12 Aug 2019

1hr 50mins

Ranked #9

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S01E11: A Camera, A Child, and A Vulture - Larissa MacFarquhar

S01E11: A Camera, A Child, and A Vulture - Larissa MacFarquhar

In the depths of a brutal famine in Sudan in 1993, Kevin Carter took a photo of a starving child and a perched vulture w... Read more

22 Nov 2019

1hr 51mins

Ranked #10

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S01E08: Friendbot - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

S01E08: Friendbot - Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

When her best friend suddenly died she collected all his texts and digital communication and created a chat bot in his i... Read more

8 Oct 2019

2hr 1min

Ranked #11

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S01E10: Clara Barton's Placebo - Stephen Finlay

S01E10: Clara Barton's Placebo - Stephen Finlay

A battlefield of wounded and dying soldiers in front of you. You hover over a mortally wounded man. You have medicine in... Read more

11 Nov 2019

1hr 4mins

Ranked #12

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Ep 6: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 6: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Jay Shapiro looks back at Episode 6 with Erik Hoel and speaks about a central question about the mind/body problem. What... Read more

17 Sep 2019

30mins

Ranked #13

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Ep 9: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 9: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Do you have hill worth dying on? Jay Shapiro reflects on Dilemma Episode 9: Hurricane at a Hospital with Lisa Tessman

29 Oct 2019

15mins

Ranked #14

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Ep 2: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 2: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

 Host Jay Shapiro reflects on Episode 2 of Dilemma - Star Trek's Prime Directive with Eric Linus Kaplan 

22 Jul 2019

31mins

Ranked #15

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Ep 4: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 4: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

 Host Jay Shapiro reflects on Episode 4 of Dilemma - Listen to the Music with Nina Strohminger. 

19 Aug 2019

28mins

Ranked #16

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Ep 3: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 3: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Host Jay Shapiro reflects on Episode 3 of Dilemma - Do I Smell Donuts? with David Pizarro.

5 Aug 2019

23mins

Ranked #17

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Ep7: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep7: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Jay Shapiro looks back at Episode 7 with Sean Carroll and speaks about naturalism and the optimistic search for "god" an... Read more

30 Sep 2019

21mins

Ranked #18

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Ep 5: in Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 5: in Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Jay Shapiro looks back at Episode 5 with Robin Hanson and the GMO label battles and looks forward to the looming future ... Read more

3 Sep 2019

22mins

Ranked #19

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Ep 8: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Ep 8: In Hindsight with Jay Shapiro

Suffering is the price of engagement with life. The difference between pain, suffering, grief, and missing. And Wilfred ... Read more

14 Oct 2019

20mins

Ranked #20

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Thanksgiving Hindsight

Thanksgiving Hindsight

Jay Shapiro is joined by a very special guest... his mother, Sally. They speak about Jay's moral upbringing, Judaism, At... Read more

27 Nov 2019

43mins

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