Name: Is Sport Meaningless? - Philosophy
Uploaded: 2021-03-11T17:29:34.000+01:00
Duration: 1575 s
Description: Where does the cliché of the dumb athlete come from? Is cycling essentially futile? For this episode on intelligence and the meaning of sport, Raphaël Enthoven talks with Guillaume Martin, cyclist and philosopher, as well as Chantal Jouanno, former Minister of Sports.

Is Sport Meaningless?

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Where does the cliché of the dumb athlete come from? Is cycling essentially futile? For this episode on intelligence and the meaning of sport, Raphaël Enthoven talks with Guillaume Martin, cyclist and philosopher, as well as Chantal Jouanno, former Minister of Sports.

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How can democracies fight the fake and protect the truth?

How to Fight Fake News

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What is the difference between secularism and tolerance?

Secularism: Freedom or Constraint?

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Some feminist women refuse to read books written by men. Is that the right way forward?

Should We All Be Feminist?

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Is chess all about intellectual prowess and sheer brain computing power?

Chess: The Art of Deception

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What if addiction was, under certain conditions, a form of freedom? And who among us is not addicted to something?

Is All Addiction Bad?

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How humanity went from inventing philosophy to sharing cat memes

Brain Time: A Precious Commodity

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How can humans understand the point of view of the animal, without falling into anthropomorphism and imposing human feelings on them?

From an Animal's Perspective

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Raphaël Enthoven explores the psychological impact of socially distanced funerals on grief

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Raphaël Enthoven explores the notion of black identity

Offended Identities?

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Raphaël Enthoven talks with the philosopher Dominique Bourg and the journalist Ferghane Azihari about being green in the modern world

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The mask is both a symbol of altruism and civicism, but also of personal liberty curtailed

Behind the Mask

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Fifty Shades... of Love

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Why, in the era of twitter and other social media, do we get angry so often?

Outrage!

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What should we do when there is a shortage of hospital beds due to the COVID-19 health crisis? Should older patients, more at risk, be prioritised? Can we justify coronavirus lockdowns which save older citizens’ lives while ruining the economic prospects the younger generation? Raphaël Enthoven explores the moral dilemmas of today’s world.

How to Solve a Moral Dilemma

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Denying Death

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Man as Spectator

Philosophy - For People Who Think

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Should we let ourselves by guided by our emotions in life? 

Listen to Your Emotions!

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What if our lives were governed by the supernatural?

The Occult: is the Supernatural a Natural Part of Life?

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Live your Desires! But How?

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Ronja tries to find out what humour really is by attempting to be a stand-up comedian.

Find the Funny Side!

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Are fetishes in our nature? Or are they perversions that we should free ourselves from?

Find your Fetish!

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Being Seductive

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Ronja finds out what scares Berliners the most. Fear is often distressing but can it be a positive emotion?

Have No Fear!

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Amsterdam’s famous red-light district attracts hordes of noisy tourists making the neighbourhood unliveable for many of its residents.

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Second or third children born illegally during China’s One Child Policy are banned from marrying, having children or simply boarding a train. 

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Tortured, murdered, or kidnapped, migrants held in Libya go through hell

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Thousands of Asian workers toil in plantations in Portugal, in hopes of getting Portuguese nationality

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From an incredibly varied selection of 19th century postcards, the Paris of the Belle Epoque (1871 – 1914) comes to life.

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Wexford Festival Opera 2021

Wexford Opera Festival proudly presents a rediscovered, long forgotten work by Alfredo Catalani.

Alfredo Catalani: Edmea

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The Geopolitics of Social Media

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Patrick Messina and the Orchestre National de France conducted by Bernard Haitink perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto and Bruckner's Symphony No. 9, at the Auditorium de Radio France.

Bernard Haitink and Patrick Messina Perform Mozart and Bruckner

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Ayn Rand was a survivor of Communism, and as a result, her writings fiercely advocate uncompromising individualism

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Sting - 'Rushing Water'

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Kiddy Smile, Joe Goddard, گليثر ٥٥ GLITTER, Neue Grafik Ensemble and Mo Laudi

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The Keas of New Zealand

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