web02.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 23:02:16 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Circumscription - Episodes Tagged with “Science” https://circumscription.fireside.fm/tags/science Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. en-us episodic Where We Set The Limits Michael Sargent Much of what gives life meaning, continuity, and order is the act of setting boundaries. Much of what gives you a clear sense of who and what you are is a clear sense of who and what you're not. This is a podcast about drawing such lines. It's about the processes involved in setting and maintaining boundaries, but also stretching and crossing them. We explore questions about boundaries and identity in three areas: religion, foreign policy, and constitutional law. no self, identity, religion, faith, constitutions, constitutional law, foreign policy Michael Sargent profsargent@gmail.com Episode 4: Here Be Dragons https://circumscription.fireside.fm/4 95c1648b-7e0c-438a-b397-4ad630de0821 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 Michael Sargent full Michael Sargent A conversation with Kim Rios, about intergroup threat, and more. 46:53 no <p><a href="https://psychology.illinois.edu/directory/profile/kmrios" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kimberly Rios</a> is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies intergroup threat and also psychological issues at the intersection of religion and STEM. In this episode, we discuss the psychology of intergroup threat, applications to a salient contemporary case, and also issues involving religion and STEM.</p> <p><strong>OTHER LINKS</strong><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/iWG6rSVeETA?si=rqCeLG2iWScuVxXC" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Informational video on EPIC City</a><br> <a href="https://youtu.be/tXllDIZaRbs?si=Cr0uhJeSWiXFONLk" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--WFAA story on EPIC City</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drinking_Liberally" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--Drinking Liberally, Wikipedia page</a><br> <a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/fairness-is-overrated" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"Fairness is Overrated," by Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark</a><br> <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2013/04/30/the-worlds-muslims-religion-politics-society-science-and-popular-culture/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">--"The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society," by the Pew Research Center</a></p> <p><strong>MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)</strong><br> --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts<br> --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo<br> --"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk<br> --"Post Drone," by Uuriter<br> --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Kimberly Rios.</p> intergroup relations, Islam, religion, science, STEM, politics Kimberly Rios is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies intergroup threat and also psychological issues at the intersection of religion and STEM. In this episode, we discuss the psychology of intergroup threat, applications to a salient contemporary case, and also issues involving religion and STEM.

OTHER LINKS
--Informational video on EPIC City
--WFAA story on EPIC City
--Drinking Liberally, Wikipedia page
--"Fairness is Overrated," by Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark
--"The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society," by the Pew Research Center

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: Kimberly Rios.

]]> Kimberly Rios is Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She studies intergroup threat and also psychological issues at the intersection of religion and STEM. In this episode, we discuss the psychology of intergroup threat, applications to a salient contemporary case, and also issues involving religion and STEM.

OTHER LINKS
--Informational video on EPIC City
--WFAA story on EPIC City
--Drinking Liberally, Wikipedia page
--"Fairness is Overrated," by Jonathan V. Last, at The Bulwark
--"The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics, and Society," by the Pew Research Center

MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license)
--"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts
--"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo
--"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk
--"Post Drone," by Uuriter
--"Caress me to sleep," by rui

Special Guest: Kimberly Rios.

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