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Podcast Profile: thinking bodies: a feminist philosophy podcast

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8 episodes
2024 to 2026
Median: 62 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast introduces and explores feminist philosophy for both newcomers and experienced readers through conversational, collaboratively produced episodes. Hosted by Drs. Anna Mudde and Kristin Rodier, it draws on crowdsourced voice clips from a range of feminist philosophers and related thinkers to animate key texts and concepts, often pairing the hosts’ discussion with multiple perspectives from contributors.

Across the episodes, the show engages influential works in feminist philosophy that address how social power shapes embodied experience, emotional life, and knowledge practices. Recurring topics include phenomenological approaches to gendered embodiment and movement, the politics of emotional expression and being taken seriously, and the ways silencing and “epistemic violence” operate in everyday and institutional contexts. The podcast also examines ethical and relational themes such as trust and distrust, alongside analyses of purity, impurity, and separation as they relate to social categorization and exclusion.

In addition to text-based discussions, the podcast includes “field notes” style conversations recorded in the context of an academic conference focused on trans philosophy. These episodes emphasize connections between trans and feminist philosophy, reflections on what philosophical work is most needed now, and meta-level questions about what philosophy gatherings and teaching can look like. Overall, the content centers feminist and trans-informed philosophical tools for understanding lived experience, social norms, and the conditions under which people are heard, recognized, and able to participate in shared meaning-making.