TrueSciPhi

Podcast Profile: New Voices in the History of Philosophy

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30 episodes
2021 to 2026
Median: 40 minutes
Collection: Philosophy

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This podcast features interview-based conversations that broaden standard histories of philosophy by foregrounding thinkers and traditions that have often been excluded or underrepresented in Western and European canons. Across the episodes, hosts speak with scholars about how to interpret and teach the work of women philosophers, Black and Africana philosophers, abolitionist thinkers, and philosophers working outside dominant institutional and genre conventions, including mysticism, political essays, autobiography, and literature.

A recurring focus is early modern and nineteenth-century intellectual life, with attention to how philosophical debates about human nature, moral motivation, education, sympathy, rights, and freedom developed alongside social and political struggles. Several conversations examine slavery, abolitionism, colonialism, race, and racism—both through the arguments of abolitionist philosophers and through critical engagement with canonical figures and the formation of the modern philosophical canon. Other episodes explore feminist philosophy and the history of women’s education, as well as how gendered assumptions shaped who was seen as capable of philosophical work.

The podcast also highlights methodological questions involved in recovering overlooked figures: how to locate philosophical content in unconventional texts, how to work with limited archives or untranslated material, and how disciplinary norms can exclude certain traditions (including Indigenous and non-European philosophies). Alongside historical interpretation, guests often discuss the practical realities of doing this scholarship today—research strategies, pedagogical approaches, and the institutional challenges and benefits of expanding philosophical curricula.