Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 12 days 22 hours 36 minutes
Today we are lucky to have Dr. Rachel McKinnon to talk about the term TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) and Trans Athletes. Rachel, herself, is a philosopher who's very qualified to speak about TERF, and is a world class cyclist who knows an immense amount about Biology as it relates to non-cis athletes.
Trans Athletes Lecture
QueerMeals
Opening Invocation:
Angel
Today episode we dive into Mary Wollstonecraft, a philosopher from the enlightenment period. We look at her writings and take a macro look at how her work set the pace for later feminist writings leading up to the suffrage movement.
Opening Invocation:
Fallout
Hero of the Week:
Stacy Abrams (Running for Georgia's Governor)
he wonderful world of pedagogy. In this episode we discuss different teaching philosophies, class models, grading, and education systems. Both Aaron and GW dive into their personal teaching techniques.
Opening Invocation:
Underoath - The Created Void
Hero of the Week:
Brian Banks
Today we're joined by Felicia Entwistle where Aaron struggle to pronounce her name. If that isn't enough reason to listen to this episode, well we also talk about her work with Utah Outcasts.
Opening Invocation:
Torsten Pihl
Hero of the Week:
Renia
In our latest installment of Better Know a Philosopher we talk about Simone de Beauvoir. A French philosopher who lived during the Suffrage movement and had interesting ideas about Feminism.
Opening Invocation:
Source: Thomas Smith's Question
Hero of the Week:
The Philosopher Queens
Today we bring on the host of Habeas Humor Podcast, Charone Frankel. We discuss the philosophy of "beyond a reasonable doubt". Is it appropriate? What does it actually mean?
References:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/trump-says-it-s-a-very-scary-time-in-america-for-men
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google...
Presumption of innocence in the law vs. society. He said, she said, but apparently only "he" is telling the truth?
In this episode we go to where the rubber of philosophy meets the road of our daily lives. We discuss the Judge Kavanaugh hearings from a philosophical angle, and of course, more about octopi.
Opening Invocation:
Aaron
Hero of the Week:
Octopuses on MDMA
We are once again fortunate enough to bring on Jesse Rabinowitz for this discussion on Mind Body Dualism. This time we jump right into the weeds so think you can't see the tails from the Velociraptors.
Opening Invocation:
Jesse
For this months segment of Better Know A Philosopher, we talk about Angela Davis. A highly dynamic figure who's still making speeches and continuing her activist path from the Black Panthers, to Occupy Wall Street.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSIm2RXN4o
Opening Invocation:
"The Book of Disquiet" by Pessoa
Hero of the Week:
This thing: https://www.vice...
For this weeks episode we welcome on Alonzo Fyfe, a philosopher and proponent of Desirism. We discuss this ethical model and how it relates to morality.
References:
Desirism Facebook
Atheist Ethicist
Desirism
Opening Invocation:
Ben Thompson
Hero of the Week:
John McCain