The Progressive Page Turner

By: The Progressive Page Turner
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  • Conversations about books with the people who wrote them. Hosted by Marianne Barisonek

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Episodes
  • Episode 24: David Jay Brown - Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity
    Nov 22 2024

    In his book Psychedelics and the Coming Singularity David Jay Brown interviews people who look at the world in some very non-traditional ways. I talked to him about how we experience the world and why psychedelics like DMT might be the door to a new understanding of our minds and consciousness.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 23: Robert Jensen - It's Debatable
    Nov 8 2024

    Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin. he taught graduate and undergraduate courses in media law, ethics, and politics. His latest book, It’s Debatable, defines his political and ethical positions and how he arrived at them.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 22: Rebecca Renner - Gator Country
    Oct 25 2024

    Rebecca Renner's book Gator Country takes readers into an undercover operation in the Florida Everglades. Alligator hides worth millions of dollars are harvested every year. Most of them come from alligator farms but alligators don't breed in captivity so eggs must taken from wild nests. Conservation efforts have brought alligators back from the brink of extinction but enforcing rules and regulations with people who face down angry alligator mamas has hazards of its own.

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    30 mins

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