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Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates? Well, this is not about them! Philosophy Casting Call is where Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril, your friendly neighbourhood philosopher, interviews professors, grad students, and non-academics to find out what philosophy looks like now and try to shine a spotlight on thinkers, topics, and themes that are historically marginalised in academic philosophy. This includes women, LGBTQIA, disabled, and BIPOC people who are out there, getting their philosophy on, and who deserved to be cast as philosophers in our culture.Themes and summary (AI-generated based on podcaster-provided show and episode descriptions):
➤ Contemporary philosophy via interviews • interdisciplinarity across ethics, health, AI, social media • disability, trans, race, feminist thought • decolonial and anti-colonial theory • pedagogy, archives, epistemic injustice, global justiceThis podcast is an interview-based series hosted by philosopher Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril that spotlights what philosophy looks like in contemporary practice, especially work and perspectives that are often marginalised in academic philosophy. Conversations feature professors, graduate students, and non-academics, with an emphasis on thinkers and themes connected to women, LGBTQIA people, disabled and mad communities, and BIPOC scholarship. A recurring goal is to broaden who gets recognised as doing philosophy and to connect philosophical methods to lived experience, culture, and public life.
Across episodes, guests explore interdisciplinarity and how philosophy intersects with fields such as bioethics, global health, anthropology, history, medical humanities, design, and digital media studies. Ethical and political questions are central: how justice frameworks operate in healthcare and global health policy, how archival and research practices can become more accountable and less extractive, and how education and academic institutions shape who is able to participate in philosophy.
The show frequently engages applied ethics around technology and contemporary culture, including AI in medicine and broader questions about online platforms, algorithms, and influence. It also foregrounds embodiment and health through topics like disability, trans healthcare access, narrative medicine, and reproductive and birth-related experiences. Alongside these applied concerns, listeners can expect discussions of epistemology, aesthetics, decolonial thought, pedagogy, and anti-racist and feminist traditions—often framed through personal intellectual trajectories and suggested readings that map the wider conversations each guest is contributing to.
