Morning Drive – October 29, 2025
For the first half of today’s program, host Bill Sturgeon finishes his discussions with candidates for office by talking with James Conant, candidate for Ward 4. During the second half of the show, Bill talks with Lisa Torrey, director of the RSVP program in Pittsfield.
#72 – The Manhattan Project
* President Roosevelt responded to Einstein’s letter by setting up the Advisory Committee on Uranium under Lyman J. Briggs, director of the National Bureau of Standards.* Side note: his daughter Isabel would eventually marry Clarence Myers and go on to generate the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator with …
President Eisenhower meeting ETs, Pres. Nixon dead gray ETs, by Paul B Smith
My guest on this segment of "The Strange Reality with Dave Emmons" is Paul Blake Smith. The show was recorded on 7-22-26. Paul discusses some past historical UFO/ET encounters and the backstories behind them. Paul shares his research into these important events. He tells us about a lunch with guest…
Pragmatism and Truth - Rorty, Putnam, and Conant (2002)
Audio recording of a discussion between Richard Rorty, Hilary Putnam, and James Conant on pragmatism and truth. This comes from an episode of Odyssey on WBEZ Chicago from back in 2002 with host Gretchen Helfrich. Note, this is a reupload. Uploaded 06-06-21#philosophy #epistemology #rorty #pragmatis…
2 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Cartesian and Kantian Skepticism
In this second lecture (note, it's actually the third because the second wasn't recorded), James Conant continues to give examples of Cartesian skepticism in various other areas of philosophy and discusses some of the differences with Kantian skepticism. Note, because Kantian skepticism was introdu…
4 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Kantian Skepticism
In this fourth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss and contrast Cartesian skepticism with Kantian skepticism, but particularly focuses on Kantian issues of perception and knowledge, and continues to discuss such via the work of C. I. Lewis. Unfortunately the audio isn't that good in this ses…
5 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - Hilary Putnam
In this fifth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss and contrast Cartesian skepticism with Kantian skepticism, and does so by discussing the work of Hilary Putnam and John McDowell.Uploaded 02-07-21In this series of lectures on varieties of philosophical skepticism, James Conant distinguishes …
Thomas Kuhn Speaking (1995)
Audio recording of a short clip of Thomas Kuhn talking about his famous book 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions'. This is an excerpt from: "an intellectual autobiography in the form of an interview, conducted by Aristides Baltas, Kostas Gavroglu, and Vassiliki Kindi in Athens in the fall of 1…
6 Varieties of Philosophical Skepticism - John McDowell's Mind and World
In this sixth lecture, James Conant continues to discuss the Kantian problematic, and does so by discussing the work of John McDowell. He particularly focuses on the case of perception and then of action and intentions. In the case of perception, the problem involves avoiding the myth of the Given …
#143 Alfred Lee Loomis (the most interesting man you've never heard of)
What I learned from reading Tuxedo Park : A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II by James Conant. ---- [0:01] Few men of Loomis’ prominence and achievement have gone to greater lengths to foil history. [0:17] Independently wealthy, iconoclast…
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