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The UnMute Podcast

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A Podcast where philosophy and real-world issues collide
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Episodes

Episode 041: Yolonda Wilson on Health Justice

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Yolonda Wilson about health disparities, factors that contribute to it, race, class, and medical treatment, health justice, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201945 minEp. 34

Episode 040: Erin Tarver on Sports and Identity

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Erin Tarver about sports fandom, hero worship vs mascotting, the logics of white supremacy and misogyny in sports, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201948 minEp. 33

Episode 039: Kris Sealey on Bad Faith

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kris Sealey about decolonialism, the role of the stereotype, Bad Faith's subversive potential, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201941 minEp. 32

Episode 038: Carrie Jenkins on Love & Happiness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Carrie Jenkins about the nature of love and happiness, can you have one without the other, what is love-crafting in private and public, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201934 minEp. 31

Episode 036: Colleen Murphy on Reconciliation

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Colleen Murphy about reconciliation, its connection with forgiveness, its role in transitional justice, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201938 minEp. 29

Episode 035: Kate Manne on HIMpathy

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kate Manne about over-sympathy for men, its connection to misogyny, why women are prone to it, some strategies to resist it, and so much more.

Feb 11, 201948 minEp. 28

Episode 033: Adrienne Martin on Hope

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Adrienne Martin about the nature of hope, why we should hope in humanity, differences and connections between hope, faith, and motivation, and much more.

Mar 12, 201827 minEp. 26

Episode 027: Lori Gruen on Prisons

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Lori Gruen about carceral spaces, teaching philosophy in prisons, the animal, prisoner, and blacks analogy, is animal rights for white people, and much more.

Jun 14, 201742 min

Episode 025: Cassie Herbert on Risky Speech

Myisha Cherry chats with philosoher Cassie Herbert about risky speech, the difference between accusations and reports, how to respond to accounts of racism, sexism, etc, and much more.

Apr 05, 201730 min

Episode 024: Larry Blum on Teaching Race

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Larry blum about teaching race, dealing with guilt and resentment in the classroom, teaching race in a Trump era, and much more.

Apr 04, 201748 min

Episode 023: Tommie Shelby on Dark Ghettos

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Tommie Shelby about dark ghettos, integration, single black mothers, the moral permissibility of crime, hip-hop, and much more.

Feb 01, 201737 min

Episode 022: John Corvino on Homosexuality

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher John Corvino about homosexuality, traditional marriage, religious liberty and discrimination, being out in academia, and so much more.

Dec 27, 201627 min

Episode 020: Post-Election Panel on Trump and the Age of Ignorance

Myisha Cherry chats with Meena Krishnamurthy and Rachel McKinnon about their reactions to the election, ignorance during the election season, how to overcome and survive ignornace, the future role of the media as vehicles of knowledge, and so much more.

Nov 16, 201639 min

Episode 019: Paul C. Taylor on Black Aesthetics

Myisha Cherry chats with Philosopher Paul C. Taylor about black invisibility, art and politics, authenticity and cultural appropriation, beauty and race, and much more.

Sep 02, 201641 min

Episode 018: Linda Alcoff on Whiteness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher, Linda Alcoff, about white exceptionalism, white double consciousness, the future of whiteness, and much more.

Jul 15, 201637 min

Episode 017: Tom Digby on Masculinity

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Tom Digby about masculinity and militarism, rape culture, the gender war, cultural programming, and more.

Jun 10, 201630 min

Episode 016: Nancy Bauer on Pornography

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher, Nancy Bauer, about pornography, the sexiness of taboos, feminism and porn, hookup culture, and more.

May 15, 201645 min

Episode 015: Jose´ Mendoza on Immigration

Myisha Cherry chats with José Mendoza about whiteness and immigration, open borders, the myth surrounding Mexican immigration, 'alien' and 'illegals' discourse, and so much more.

Apr 11, 201645 min

Episode 014: Luvell Anderson on Slurs

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Luvell Anderson about slurs, swearing, the N-Word, appropriating language, and racial humor.

Mar 01, 201631 min

Episode 013: Meena Krishnamurthy on Distrust

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Meena Krishnamurthy about Martin Luther King jr. and political distrust, the global poor, and a phenomena known as "misidentification".

Feb 01, 201639 min

Episode 012: Chike Jeffers on W.E.B. Dubois

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Chike Jeffers about double consciousness, Dubois' predictions, Black art, Dubois and Booker T. Debate, race, and more.

Dec 29, 201526 min
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