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Vivek Ramaswamy and Hinduism
Vivek Ramaswamy Leans Into His Hindu Faith to Court Christian Voters: Swami Vivekananda, who represented Hinduism at the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1893, took pains to depict his faith as monotheistic, in contrast to the stereotypes of its followers as “heathen” polytheists. Although the faith has many deities, they are generally…
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Lyman Stone: God is dead, long live the Lord!
Listen now (67 min) | The fall, rise and fall of American religion
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Lyman Stone: God is dead, long live the Lord!
Listen now (67 min) | The fall, rise and fall of American religion
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RKUL: Time Well Spent 07/07/2023
Summer roadtrip edition
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RKUL: Time Well Spent 07/07/2023
Summer roadtrip edition
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Our explosive past: on cataclysms and demographics
The continuing quest to pinpoint what propelled modern humans to every corner of the earth
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Our explosive past: on cataclysms and demographics
The continuing quest to pinpoint what propelled modern humans to every corner of the earth
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Until our luck runs out
Happy 247th, America!
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Until our luck runs out
Happy 247th, America!
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Ren Mukherjee on affirmation action’s end
I recorded this interview a while back, but we just assumed the case would go down as it did, so it’s totally relevant… Also, episode #2 of the IBW: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+.
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Renu Mukherjee: affirmative action’s end
Listen now (78 min) | Discussing the implications of the overturning of university affirmative action by the Supreme Court
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Renu Mukherjee: affirmative action’s end
Listen now (78 min) | Discussing the implications of the overturning of university affirmative action by the Supreme Court
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Renu Mukherjee: Affirmative Action’s End
Mukherjee is a Paulson Policy Analyst at the Manhattan Institute and a Ph.D. student in American politics at Boston College, where her dissertation will focus on affirmative action. Razib asks Mukherjee to discuss the origin of affirmative action as it…
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IBW Episode #2: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+
Listen now (66 min) | Islamic social conservatism clashes with American progressivism?
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IBW Episode #2: Muslims vs. LGBTQIA+
Listen now (66 min) | Islamic social conservatism clashes with American progressivism?
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You’re so Turk and you don’t even know it
A 1,500-year empire hidden in plain sight
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You’re so Turk and you don’t even know it
A 1,500-year empire hidden in plain sight
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Elizabeth Jones: ancient DNA as “celebrity science”
In June 1991, The New York Times published a piece titled “Scientists Study Ancient DNA for Glimpses of Past Worlds.” Published a year after Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, on which the 1993 blockbuster would be based, the article opens “W…
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The out-of-Africa event in the light of ancient DNA and genomics
Listen now (76 min) | Moving beyond simple truths and understanding complex realities
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The out-of-Africa event in the light of ancient DNA and genomics
Listen now (76 min) | Moving beyond simple truths and understanding complex realities