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Here are the second annual Ear Worthy Award winners. Each winner will have a link to their podcast, and I encourage anyone reading or listening to check out these excellent podcasts and support these indie podcasters.…
As a lifelong Roman Catholic, I have a strong opinion on this topic. I attended Catholic elementary and high school. Back then, school was taught by nuns and Franciscan Brothers. In recent years, and like…
Here are the second annual Ear Worthy Award nominees. After our first annual nomination and awards process in July 2024, we’ve learned from the lessons of that inaugural nomination and award process. First, we’ve shortened the…
As our lives grow increasingly digital and we spend more time interacting with eerily humanlike chatbots, the line between human connection and machine simulation is starting to blur. Today, more than 20% of daters report…
The former justice aims to elevate the conversation. It should be pounded into the Earth. Justice Stephen Breyer may no longer sit on the Supreme Court, but he still has thoughts about his old workplace.…
Key Takeaways At an Open to Debate event, Professor Thao Ha explained why she argued “yes” to the question “Could dating an AI be better than dating a human?” Ha emphasized the healing potential…
Elizabeth Shackelford, Senior Policy Director at The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding at Dartmouth College, was a panelist at the recent Oslo Freedom Forum, organized by Open to Debate in collaboration with the Human Rights Foundation (HRF).…
In a live taping of the ‘Open to Debate’ podcast, commentator Brandi Kruse and legal scholar Nadine Strossen examine the state of the First Amendment. From funding cuts at universities to restrictions on the press,…
In today’s article, we have a second season that exposes a medical issue, specifically C-sections, and adequately treating the pain of women. That’s the theme of The Retrievals in its second season. Then we have the…
Some want to claim that an AI boyfriend or girlfriend is just as good — maybe even preferable preferable — to the real thing. Is that even worth entertaining? Porn is best interpreted as a…
President Donald Trump’s tariffs have evoked a debate on decoupling’s repercussions, amid concerns over declining growth, high inflation and rising unemployment in the US. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) recently held…
Courtesy of Open to Debate/Photo by Ryan Rose This week I attended a debate about whether humans should be dating AI chatbots, held by nonprofit Open to Debate. Developmental psychologist Thao Ha was for the cause,…
