So much going on these days, and I'm sure I'll post about it sooner or later, but in the meantime I wanted to share a couple of great podcasts with you.
Radio Lab - Coming out of WNYC, I've only listened to a couple of shows, but the Morality show was incredible. There is interesting research being done on where and when humans find morality. There's some evidence that at least some part of our morality is biological. A huge portion of the show is dedicated to these 2 scenarios in which people must choose to kill one person to save five others. Answers are almost universally the same and yet no one can explain why. Download the show, take an hour and listen to it. It's really interesting.
Anything You Ever Wanted to Know - This is probably one of my favorite podcasts. One, because it's done in Dallas by KERA, and I remember listening to Glenn Mitchell do the show before he passed away and two, because it uses the collective wisdom of all the listeners to come up with answers to everday questions. It melds the curious nature of humanity with the generosity of strangers. Subscribe, it's good stuff.
Think - Also done by KERA, this show is not unlike any other show on public radio, except that the interviewer has a knack for asking the question that I'm wondering at the time. I just listened to a show where she interviewed the author of a new book about William Shakespeare.
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