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Podcast Profile: thinking bodies: a feminist philosophy podcast

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10 episodes
2024 to 2026
Median: 65 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast introduces feminist philosophy through conversational episodes designed for both newcomers and experienced listeners. Hosted by philosophers Anna Mudde and Kristin Rodier, it combines their discussion with crowdsourced voice clips from other scholars to “bring concepts to life,” often centering canonical and influential texts from feminist philosophy.

Across the episodes, listeners encounter close, accessible engagements with major themes in feminist thought: how bodies are socially shaped and interpreted; how emotion, trust, and interpersonal life carry political significance; and how power can operate through knowledge practices that dismiss, silence, or render certain experiences unintelligible. The show frequently uses specific philosophical arguments to illuminate real-world patterns such as epistemic violence, norms of purity and separation, and the ways dominant social frameworks can make harm appear reasonable or inevitable.

A recurring focus is trans philosophy and its relationship to feminist philosophy. Conversations address how gender is communicated, how stereotypes can be mobilized to justify transphobic violence, and what it means to build philosophical spaces that begin from the assumption that trans people and their lives matter as starting points for theory. The podcast also reflects on academic and community practices—how people gather, what conferences can be like, and what kinds of philosophy feel most urgent—while maintaining an emphasis on shared inquiry and collaborative learning.