Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchCordelia Fine, "Testosterone Rex: Myths of Sex, Science, and Society" (Norton, 2018)
Episode 248
Many people believe that, at its core, biological sex is a fundamental, diverging force in human development. According to this overly familiar story…
1 year, 2 months ago
Jennifer Greenburg, "At War with Women: Military Humanitarianism and Imperial Feminism in an Era of Permanent War" (Cornell UP, 2023)
Episode 3
At War with Women: Military Humanitarianism and Imperial Feminism in an Era of Permanent War (Cornell University Press, 2023) by Jennifer Greenburg r…
1 year, 2 months ago
Matthew McManus, "The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism" (Routledge, 2024)
Episode 506
In The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism (Routledge, 2024), McManus presents a comprehensive guide to the liberal socialist tradition, stretching…
1 year, 2 months ago
Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti, "Politicizing Political Liberalism: On the Containment of Illiberal and Antidemocratic Views" (Oxford UP, 2024)
How should broadly liberal democratic societies stop illiberal and antidemocratic views from gaining influence while honouring liberal democratic val…
1 year, 2 months ago
In Conversation: Epistemology, Critical Race Theory and Critical Muslim Studies
Season 3 Episode 31
In this episode, Uzma Jamil is speaking to Stephen Sheehi on epistemology, critical race theory and critical Muslim studies.
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1 year, 2 months ago
Negative Life
Steven Swarbrick and Jean-Thomas Tremblay talk about negative life, which names the misalignment of individual and species survival, as a condition o…
1 year, 2 months ago
Joel Whitebook, "Freud: An Intellectual Biography" (Cambridge UP, 2017)
Episode 176
We interview Dr. Joel Whitebook, philosopher and psychoanalyst about his book Freud: An Intellectual Biography (Cambridge UP, 2017). Dr. Whitebook wo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Adam Elliott-Cooper, "Black Resistance to British Policing" (Manchester UP, 2021)
Episode 9
As police racism unsettles Britain's tolerant self-image, Black Resistance to British Policing (Manchester UP, 2021) details the activism that made m…
1 year, 2 months ago
Christopher Phelps and Robin Vandome, "Marxism and America: New Appraisals" (Manchester UP, 2021)
Episode 122
If the United States has been so hostile to Marxism, what accounts for Marxism's recurrent attractiveness to certain Americans? Marxism and America: …
1 year, 2 months ago
Peter Mandler, "The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain's Transition to Mass Education Since the Second World War" (Oxford UP, 2020)
Episode 194
How did public demand shape education in the 20th century? In The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Education since the Second …
1 year, 2 months ago