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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 listeners to feminist philosophy through conversational episodes anchored in influential texts and contemporary debates. Hosted by Drs. Anna Mudde and Kristin Rodier, it uses a “doing it together” format that weaves in crowdsourced voice clips from philosophers and other contributors to animate key concepts and show how feminist philosophical work is developed in community. Episodes often return to canonical and widely taught pieces in feminist philosophy, explaining arguments in accessible terms while connecting them to present-day concerns.

Across the show, recurring themes include how social power shapes embodied experience, emotional expression, and credibility in interpersonal and institutional settings. The discussions examine how harm can occur through silencing, dismissal, and other forms of epistemic violence, and how norms of “purity,” separation, and trust structure moral and political life. The podcast also emphasizes phenomenological approaches to the body, showing how everyday movement and spatial experience can reflect gendered expectations.

A prominent strand focuses on trans philosophy and its intersections with feminist philosophy, including analysis of transphobic stereotypes, how gender is socially communicated, and the mechanisms through which violence is made to seem “intelligible” within dominant frameworks. The show also reflects on what philosophical gatherings and conferences can be like, what it means to create spaces that begin from the assumption that trans people exist, and how humor and community shape philosophical practice. Transcripts, show notes, and resources are referenced as part of supporting listener engagement.