Episode 7: Freedom of Conscience and the Issue of Autonomy and Equality Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses how autonomy and equality affect the concept of freedom of conscience.

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Episode 6: Freedom of Religion and Free Exercise Exemptions Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses conflicts surrounding secular laws, freedom of religion, and free exercise exemptions.

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Episode 5: Understanding the Historical Roots of Freedom of Conscience Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses three historical rationales for religious tolerance and the progression from medieval enforced religious uniformity to religious tolerance and freedom of conscience.

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Episode 4: The Scourge of Islamophobia Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses the issue of Islamophobia in the United States and France: threats against U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar; her recent proposed legislation to combat Islamophobia; cartoons in France that disrespect religious beliefs; the French double standards regarding “freedom of expression;” and the use of labels to...

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Episode 3: Where’s Your Apology? Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses the refusal of French leaders to apologize for nuclear testing and its tragic consequences in Polynesia.

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Episode Two U.S. – NATO Nuclear Testing: Human Guinea Pigs Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. discusses U.S., French, and British nuclear colonization, the Marshall Islands, “French” Polynesia, and the western power structure’s attitude toward people of color, the vulnerable, and the weak.

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Episode One Nuclear Insanity: Paul F.J. Arañas Ph.D. introduces climate change and nuclear weapons warning time, the dropping of the atomic bombs on Japan and its mythology, nuclear accidents, the New Start Treaty, and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

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