Podcasts by Pax Orbis
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C++ from 2019-11-12T21:31:16
I just saw on YouTube an interview to Bjarne Stroustrup. Stroustrup began developing C++ in 1979 (then called “C with Classes”), and, in his own ...
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Crime rates among senior citizens around the world. from 2019-10-25T04:13:15
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Bulletproof backpacks from 2019-09-20T06:31:08
Every day, 100 Americans are killed by gun violence, and hundreds more are injured. While most of these shootings are not in public schools, children safety at school is a major conc...
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Pay it forward from 2019-09-03T01:00
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Justino from 2019-08-31T04:00
My grandfather Justino was the Benjamin of a long list of siblings. The older ones were more surrogate parents than brothers...
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Settler-colonial societies from 2019-08-29T22:00
Settler-colonial societies eliminate the indigenous population. Thomas Jefferson said, well, ...
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Down the rabbit hole from 2019-08-28T22:00
Going “down the rabbit hole” has become a common metaphor in popular culture, symbolizing everything from exploring a new ...
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Humans are instinctively tribal and violent from 2019-08-27T22:00
Humans are instinctively tribal and violent. However instinctive, the tribalism ...
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Gun ownership is a divine right from 2019-08-26T22:00
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Christmas truce from 2019-08-25T09:09:51
During the miserable trench warfare of WWI, a night of humanity offered some hope of peace. Arthur Conan Doyle called it...
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General Smedley Butler from 2019-08-25T02:21:54
Speaking of brutal Nicaraguan dictator Somoza, Harry Truman is supposed to have said “He’s a bastard, but h...
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Lord of the flies from 2019-08-23T22:00
The title “Lord of the flies” is a translation of the Hebrew Ba´alzevuv, a devil whose name suggests decay, destruction,...
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Alan Watts from 2019-08-22T21:07:48
“What I think an awakening really involves is a re-examination of our common sense. We’ve got all sorts of ideas built into us which seem unquestioned, obvious. And our speech reflects them; its...
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