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This is Unbound, the podcast that tries to nudge the boundaries of philosophy.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Contemporary philosophy interviews • Feminist and queer theory • Gender identity, pronouns, trans theory • Care ethics, social reproduction, transformative justice • Anti-racism, whiteness, Eurocentrism • Public philosophy, activism, BLM • Media studies, writing • Migration, islamophobiaThis podcast explores philosophy by pushing beyond familiar boundaries of the discipline and treating philosophical work as something embedded in social life, politics, and cultural practice. Across conversations with scholars and graduate students, it engages a mix of traditions and methods—phenomenology, feminist theory, queer and trans theory, media studies, and “low theory”—while also questioning what counts as philosophy and how canons are formed. A recurring theme is global and anti-Eurocentric approaches to the history of philosophy, including attention to how institutional structures (archives, libraries, academic disciplines) shape what gets recognized as authoritative knowledge.
Many discussions connect philosophical inquiry to contemporary struggles and lived experience: racism and whiteness, migration and Islamophobia, Black liberation politics, and the ethics and politics of care. The show often returns to questions of identity and embodiment—gender, sexuality, pronouns, and selfhood—alongside debates about epistemic authority and who gets to speak as a knower. It also examines how narratives and cultural forms inform political understanding, drawing on literature and art as resources for feminist and anti-racist critique, and considering how stories about violence, trauma, and justice interact with criminal legal systems and alternatives such as transformative justice.
The conversations also reflect on the practice of research and writing today, including digital methods, algorithms, media environments, and the sometimes messy interface between online discourse and scholarly work. Along the way, the podcast makes room for unexpected entry points—games, music, and other everyday practices—as ways to think philosophically about value, irrationality, and social worlds. Overall, it presents philosophy as a contested, plural activity oriented toward rethinking inherited frameworks and engaging the complexities of political and ethical life.
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Episode 10 - Kelly Gawel2021-Sep-27 78 minutes |
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Episode 9 - McKenzie Wark 2021-Jun-20 89 minutes |
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Episode 8 - Justin Smith 2021-Apr-26 79 minutes |
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Episode 7 - Austin Burke 2021-Apr-12 83 minutes |
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Bonus Episode - GSSI (w/ Chiara Bottici) 2021-Mar-28 44 minutes |
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Episode 6 - Adam Hosein 2021-Mar-14 57 minutes |
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Episode 5 - Miranda Young 2021-Feb-28 75 minutes |
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Episode 4 - Tamsin Kimoto 2021-Feb-15 68 minutes |
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Episode 3 - PJ Gorre 2021-Feb-01 79 minutes |
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Episode 2 - Gina Walker 2021-Jan-16 73 minutes |
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Episode 1 - Mariam Matar 2020-Dec-23 55 minutes |