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This is the second podcast series from author King Everett Medlin. It's called Twin Paradox and it's based on a SciFi trilogy he wrote four years ago under the pseudonym Purple Hazel. When he set out to write Twin Paradox, King wanted to create a realistic and believable world less than one hundred years in the future. Rather than devising (or assuming) technologies that would be barely conceivable given known scientific principles, he tried taking current developmental theories and applying ...
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Listen to David Zeller of the "Dave's I know" fame and Eric Grady wax nostalgic on the the MN local sports teams and then literally talk about anything from why lawns are terrible to Facists cartoons to the Fermi Paradox. These two idiots will give you their unsolicited or (hopefully solicited in the future) opinions. Please send us your questions!! From left to far left we represent well mostly left.... but hopefully our opinions aren't totally in left field. Play ball Hosted on Acast. See ...
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The Free To Choose Media Podcast takes some of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century and brings them right to your streaming device. Hear the ideas of Milton Friedman, along with several other Nobel Laureates, as they conduct speeches and hold conversations about the very freedoms we are still fighting for today. Come back each week to see why these truly are not just ideas for our time, but ideas for all time.
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Can a cat be both alive and dead? Can a computer think? How does a tortoise beat Achilles in a race? Voiced by comedian David Mitchell, these fast-paced animations explain six famous thought experiments, from the ancient Greeks to Albert Einstein, that have changed the way we see the world. Subjects as vast as time travel, infinity, quantum mechanics and artificial intelligence, are squeezed into 60-second clips that will tickle your funny bone and blow your mind.
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Political Correctness – American Style.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in economics and Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Allen Mandelstamm, Professor Emeritus, Virginia Tech, discuss current developments on collegiate campuses in America. Listen now, and don’t forget to subs…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Method and Practice of Economic Science.” Recorded in 1995, Dr. James M. Buchanan, 1986 Nobel Prize winner in economics and Professor at George Mason University and Dr. Robert D. Tollison, Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University discuss the question of whether economic methodology really matter…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The New Future.” Recorded in 2000, Michael R. Rose, Professor of Biological Science, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics, at the University of California, Irvine, discuss what they think the future holds. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Cultural Choices and Music with Tommy Vig.” In 1993 attorney and Beatles fan Manuel Klausner and Hungarian-born jazz musician Tommy Vig discuss cultural choices and music with Vig contending that most of the music broadcast in America is “junk” and that we are never given the opportunity to become familiar with the great…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Ed Feulner of The Heritage Foundation.” Recorded in 1987, Ed Feulner, as President of The Heritage Foundation, discusses the facts and fictions of government growth and services. He explains why advocates of ideas can’t stop fighting, even when the ideas are accepted. Listen now, and don’t forget to s…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Turkey’s New Geo-strategic Role.” Recorded in 1993, RAND members Graham Fuller, Senior Political Scientist, and Ian Lesser of the International Policy Department discuss how the collapse of the Soviet Union offers the opportunity for Turkey to redefine its role as a military presence and to expand its influence on world …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Conversation with Twins, Ed and Fred Farran.” Recorded in 1987, identical twin brothers, Ed and Fred Farran discuss “twin” feelings and how to make a career in music. They share degrees from the University of Michigan, membership in the university’s Glee Club, and The Arbors–a professional vocal quartet. Ed Farran is als…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “DNA, Protein, and Disease.” Recorded in 1999, Dr. Renato Dulbecco, President Emeritus, Salk Institute, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, and Dr. Joseph P. Noel, Assistant Professor, Salk Institute, discuss the relationship between DNA, proteins, and disease. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get upd…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Dark Matter.” Recorded in 1994, Dr. Marc Davis, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at UC Berkeley and Dr. Bernard Sadoulet, Director of the Center for Particle Astrophysics at UC Berkeley, explain how we know what we know about the nature of the universe, discuss theories that had yet to be proved, and predict the emphas…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Parenthood Paradox.” Recorded in 1992, Case Western Reserve University’s professors Roy Baumeister, Ph.D., Psychology, and Jetse Sprey, Ph.D., Sociology, contemplate the paradoxical question of parenthood – if having children reduces happiness and stresses marriages, why do people do it? Listen now, and don’t forget to s…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Another 40 or 50 Years.” From 1997, winners of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Dr. William F. Sharpe, Chairman, Financial Engines, Inc., and Dr. Harry Markowitz, President, Harry Markowitz Company, contemplate the next 40 or 50 years in modern portfolio management. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Global Warming.” Recorded in 1997, Professor S. Fred Singer, President, The Science & Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) and Independent Institute Fellow, and Professor Thomas C. Schelling, Economics, University of Maryland, discuss the numerous models, theories, and methods used to try and explain the notion of global …
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Work of Science Fiction Author Jack Williamson.” Jack Williamson has been publishing science fiction stories and novels since 1928. Over his long career, Williamson has written 52 novels. In this conversation from 1997, biographer and editor, Richard A. Hauptmann leads Williamson through a series of questions that tr…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “A Conversation with Author and Investor, John Train.” Meet philanthropist and humanitarian, John Train, graduate of Groton School and Harvard University, freelance writer for the New York Times and Washington Post, best-selling author of Money Masters of Our Time and The Midas Touch, and founder of Train, Smith Investmen…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Why Are Science Fiction Movies So Bad?” In this conversation from the year 2000, movie and television producer, David Goodman, and Gregory Benford, Professor of Physics at the University of California, Irvine, discuss why science fiction movies are so bad. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each wee…
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Quick tag up around the MN Sports landscape; host Eric has not been feeling well thus the mini-episode. Hopefully back with a full one next week. Super quick coverage of the MN Football 5A and 6A championships and then Eric gives his perspective of the Vikings Bears Monday Night Football mega flop. And I give some ideas of show topics for the futur…
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We recap the Vikes narrow loss to the Broncos and preview the Monday night Bears game. We talk a little Thanksgiving food items including big moves made by stuffing. We hit the other MN teams and then in variety we've got some mountain biking talk and reviews of the movies; Next Goal Wins and Napoleon and TV Shows: Killing it & Yellow Jackets Seaso…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Contributions of Chemistry.” Professor George Olah, 1994 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, and Mr. Donald Alstadt, Chairman Emeritus of the Lord Corporation, discuss the contributions of chemistry. Recorded in 1999. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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On this episode we talk about the highlights of the big Vikings victory over the Saints. We talk a little T-Wolves 7 game winning streak. For variety we talk about cool places / adventures we've done abroad and David gives a review of the new Marvel movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Physics at 2000: The Characteristics of Time.” Dr. Tomio Petrosky, Senior Research Scientist at the Prigogine Center for Statistical Mechanics, Dr. Dean Driebe, Research Associate at the Prigogine Center, and Dr. Ilya Prigogine, Director of the Prigogine Center and 1977 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, discuss physics an…
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Look back at the Vikings destruction of the rival Green Bay Packers in Lambeau and the path forward after a devastating season-ending injury to Kirk Cousins. Recap of the Gophers nice win over Michigan State and we check in on the Wild and Timberwolves start of their respective seasons. Quick recap of the 10-0 Chanhassen Storm Football Section fina…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Ethnic Questions Among Post-USSR Emerging Republics.” From 1991, Vladimir Socor, political analyst with the Jamestown Foundation, Dzintra Bungs, Senior Research Fellow, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, and Bohdan Nahaylo, writer with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, discuss the question of relations among the …
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We go almost 30 mins on the Vikings game, Gophers big upset of #24 Iowa, Loons miss playoffs, Wild and Wolves quick check-in, Daylight Savings Rant - why do we do this? Pod Recommendations; Ologies and The Big Dig Potty Training Speaker of the house watch - day 21... Movie Reviews: Escape from New York, Killers of the Flower Moon #SKOL #Gophers #Wi…
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Sports: EPHS Boys Varsity soccer season conclusion, Vikings vs. Bears, Twins sad ending, great Colorado Buffalo blow-up Variety: Should public Universities be included with our tax dollars or some portion at least? Local music recommendations, throwback movie review: Dirty Dancing; TV recommendation - Infamy on Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Origins of The International Rice Research Institute.” Dr. Norman Borlaug, 1970 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, and Dr. Robert Chandler, Founding Director Emeritus of the International Rice Research Institute, discuss the origins of the International Rice Research Institute and describe how the impetus for the Institute began …
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We start off with a Recap of the Twins Blue Jays series where the Twins won their first playoff game in 18 years! Then we preview the Astros series. We briefly talk Gophs and Vikes upcoming games and then the coup de gras; HEATH OUT FINALLY! For variety we have, XL Pitbull ban in England, Eric goes on a rant about the stupidity of HOT Yoga, and Eri…
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We cover a decent weekend in MN Sports, Vikes / Gophers win; Loons tie. Zeller recaps a bit of the Gopher women's soccer game. We talk vitamins; do they really do anything? A couple of Eric's Home Improvement disasters. What business would we open if we could choose anything? A couple of TV show recommendations and oh so much more. Hosted on Acast.…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “The Synthetic Interview: Tool for Advanced Learning.” Professor Don Marinelli, Co-Director of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University, and Dr. Scott Stevens, Senior Systems Scientist at Carnegie Mellon University, discuss a software tool in 1998 which allows authors to take written dialogue and …
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We talk about how all of our teams are losing, Vikings, Loons, Gophers and even my gd fantasy teams! We talk about my buddy Janio's Go Fund Me, David's heroic recapture of his stolen bicycle, Prime Time Well done, Universal Voting and a story out of North Carolina where a man followed Google Maps to his demise and what this means for future automat…
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Vikings recap loss to Eagles, Gopher UNC preview, Twins Playoff preview. Neon Deion Prime Time has got it going in Colorado. Where would the MLS All-stars finish in the EPL. Crazy Montreal Player goes moonlighting in a crazy story. Florida School Voucher for Home School Shenanigans, TOP BOY SEASON 3. Wagwan. And more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Dilemma of Forgiveness.” Julie Juola-Exline, Ph.D, Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, and Roy Baumeister, Ph.D, Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, attempt to define forgiveness and discuss the drawbacks and benefits of forgiving. Recorded in 1998. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updat…
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Okay, Episode 9 - TAKE 3!! First, we discuss the USA's loss to Germany in the FIBA World Cup, the brutal Vikings defeat at home vs. the Bucs and one of us enjoyed the Loons game. Try and guess who. Also, Eric has thoughts on Ren Fest, he discusses a recent trip to the Apple Orchard and then we draft the best movie soundtracks of all time. We defini…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Science Fiction in the Classroom.” Frederik Pohl, science fiction writer, and Elizabeth Anne Hull, Professor of English at W.R. Harper College, discuss the joys and difficulties of teaching science fiction. Listen now, and don’t forget to subscribe to get updates each week for the Free To Choose Media Podcast.…
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On this Episode Eric give a recap of Vikings Training camp and the last preseason game, we check in on Ant in FIBA Cup, a couple more Fantasy Football Receivers that are undervalued, Soccer Rule Changes that are dumb and a couple that I'd like. We tell what our Best/Worst Movies are and Eric and David discuss thoughts on Lifting Weights. Hosted on …
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On this Episode we talk about Messi Magic and what makes him great; David checks in from NYC and gives some information on away travel to MN United games, then Vikings updates, Fantasy Football value plays, Anthony Edwards great run of form in the FIBA World Cup, then we talk about movies that scared us the most, a few TV Show and local music recom…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Issues in Economics, Politics, and The Sciences.” Professor Sam Peltzman, Director of the George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business and Professor Stephen M. Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago Stat…
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Episode 5 in the books. A wide range of topics in this one. We kick off with some Vikings talk on the preseason opener [2:05] before getting into a Linebacker deep dive [7:10]. We wrap up sports with some Loons talk and a Leagues Cup post-mortem [11:30]. After that we get into the variety, starting with a hypothetical discussion about where we woul…
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On this week's episode of the MN Sports Variety Show, we lean sports heavily. We start with the beautiful game, specifically, Minnesota United (specifically Bongi), and a quick reaction to the USWNT bowing out of the World Cup. Then for the Variety portion of the show we discuss traveling, why Eric hates it and the FOMO we have for all of our frien…
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Today’s podcast is titled, “Vitamins and Medicine.” Richard A. Kunin, Past President of the Orthomolecular Medical Society and Gladys Block, Professor of Public Health, Nutrition, and Epidemiology at UC Berkeley, join Linus Pauling, 1954 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, in this exploration of the role of vitamins in the prevention of disease. Listen no…
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This week, we jump right into a hypothetical that gets us talking about our peak physical shape, which then evolves into a discussion of running and why it is simultaneously the worst thing and also kinda good for you. After that, we segue to the MLS/Messi and Eric has a crazy theory that because his soccer team sucks, the MLS is more fun than any …
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