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Jazz vocalist Laurie Antonioli on The Hear and Now – November 12, 2015

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Host Derk Richardson welcomes jazz singer Laurie Antonioli to the studio. Laurie’s new album is “Varuna,” her second with the brilliant pianist Richie Beirach, recorded in Leipzig and California. Last year’s, “Songs of Shadow, Songs of Light” landed on several year-end best-of lists. Laurie will talk about her work–she also heads the Vocal Jazz Studies program at the California Jazz Conservatory in … Continued

UpFront

Even Marijuana Legalization Advocates Have Their Differences

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Philip Maldari speaks to journalist Reese Erlich who has been on the ground in Syria where the United States, Russia, Turkey and many others are operating in the multitude of overlapping conflicts. We focus on Turkey’s role. Who are they targeting and with what intent? In the second half, we talk to East Bay Express journalist David Downs. He’ll tells … Continued

Democracy Now!

Our Economy Is Not Working: Joseph Stiglitz on Widening Income Inequality & the Fight for $15

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Against the Grain

Buddhist Thought, Robot Ethics

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If it’s just a matter of time before humans create self-aware, artificially intelligent machines and robots, then what can Buddhist thought offer to that enterprise? James Hughes thinks Buddhist psychology and cosmology can and should inform the creation and design of AI beings. For one thing, Hughes doesn’t believe it’s ethical to create self-aware machine minds … Continued