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  • Episode 14: Rough

    Episode 14: Rough
    Jan 21 2026
    Paul Schofield (https://www.paulschofieldphilosophy.com/) is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Bates College. His areas of speciality are ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of film. He teaches a range of courses, including Capitalism and Its Critics; Wellbeing and the Good Life; and Human Natura, Morality & Politics. Much of his recent public-facing writing has focused on the problem of homelessness. OTHER LINKS --YouTube video of Rally for Housing and Services to End Homelessness (https://youtu.be/sV0SCOvEbdY?si=O5TpEZYnQalRxbXI) --Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women, by Elliot Liebow (1995) (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/324265/tell-them-who-i-am-by-elliot-liebow/) --"The necessity of guaranteed housing," by Paul Schofield (2022), Blog of the American Philosophical Association (https://blog.apaonline.org/2022/04/18/the-necessity-of-guaranteed-housing/) --Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion, by Paul Bloom (2018) (https://www.harpercollins.com/products/against-empathy-paul-bloom?variant=32122194853922) --Quixote Village website (https://hatc.org/collaborative-housing/quixote-village/) --"Trump says 'Housing First' failed the homeless. Here's what the evidence says," by Jason DeParle (2025), New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/us/trump-housing-first.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A1A.SBDQ.F739ttC3wXJM&smid=url-share) --Law professor Danieli Evans's website (https://www.law.uw.edu/directory/faculty/evans-danieli) --"The homelessness crisis is a crisis of democracy," by Paul Schofield (2025), Jacobin (https://jacobin.com/2025/07/homelessness-crisis-democracy-olympia-dehumanization) --King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (https://www.csuchico.edu/iege/_assets/documents/susi-letter-from-birmingham-jail.pdf) --"An inconvenient truth," by Paul Schofield (2023), Slate (https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/08/homelessness-homeless-shelter-sex.html) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Paul Schofield.
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    54 min
  • Episode 13: Exile

    Episode 13: Exile
    Dec 23 2025
    Danieli Evans (https://www.law.uw.edu/directory/faculty/evans-danieli) is Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law. She holds a J.D. from Yale Law School, and later earned a Ph.D. from Yale Law, completing a dissertation titled, “Belonging, Equality, and the Law.” Her work investigates how people's experiences with government institutions influence their sense of belonging, and how levels of belonging influence their wellbeing and social opportunities. OTHER LINKS --Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., "The Other America," 1967 speech at Stanford University (https://www.crmvet.org/docs/otheram.htm) --"The Fourteenth Amendment," at Constitution Annotated: Analysis and Interpretation of the U.S. Constitution (https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-14/) --Dred Scott v. Sandford Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford) --The Cyberball game (hosted at Purdue University) (https://www3.psych.purdue.edu/~willia55/Announce/cyberball.htm) --"Institutionalized ostracism," by Danieli Evans (2025), Michigan Journal of Race and Law (https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/1123/) --Plyler v. Doe Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plyler_v._Doe) --"The new Equal Protection," by Kenji Yoshino (2011), Harvard Law Review (https://harvardlawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/vol124_yoshino.pdf) --Democracy and distrust: A Theory of judicial review (1980), by John Hart Ely (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674196377) --"The id, the ego, and equal protection: Reckoning with unconscious racism," by Charles R. Lawrence III (1987), Stanford Law Review (https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/6215b235-022e-4e14-b39b-55b996cd0805/content) --"A quantitative meta-analysis of functional imaging studies of social rejection," by Stephanie Cacioppo et al. (2013), Nature: Scientific Reports (https://www.nature.com/articles/srep02027.pdf) --"Social pain and the brain: Controversies, questions, and where to go from here," by Naomi I. Eisenberger (2015) Annual Review of Psychology (https://escholarship.org/content/qt0k84g6vn/qt0k84g6vn_noSplash_efa40dbab7bfa18ea502f7f075ea8f03.pdf) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Imprecation," by Kevin Hartnell --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Danieli Evans.
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    1 h et 6 min
  • Episode 12: This Land Is Your Land

    Episode 12: This Land Is Your Land
    Dec 10 2025
    In this conversation, we discuss the history of birthright citizenship in the U.S., as well as the current controversy, including the role of the courts, especially the Supreme Court. My guest is Jacob Hamburger (https://jacob-hamburger.squarespace.com/). Hamburger is Assistant Professor of Law in the Marquette Law School. Previously, he taught at Cornell Law, and he earned his J.D. at the University of Chicago Law School. He teaches Immigration Law, Civil Procedure, and a seminar on Immigration Federalism. His research explores the legal processes at the federal, state, and local levels that shape the lives of noncitizens in the United States. OTHER LINKS --"Jeb Bush: Birthright citizenship is part of our global [sic] heritage," video clip from NBC News (https://www.nbcnews.com/video/jeb-bush-birthright-citizenship-is-part-of-our-global-heritage-509516867887) --President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship (https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/protecting-the-meaning-and-value-of-american-citizenship/) --United States v. Wong Kim Ark Wikipedia entry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Wong_Kim_Ark) --"The consequences of ending birthright citizenship," by Jacob Hamburger, in the Washington University Law Review (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5106022) --Jus soli (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_soli) vs. jus sanguinis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jus_sanguinis) (Wiki entries) --December 8, 2025 edition of Steve Vladeck's "One First" Substack ("On the docket" section) (https://www.stevevladeck.com/i/180843145/on-the-docket) --"Statewide injunctions," by Jacob Hamburger, work in progress (https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5463935) --"The rise of the 'immigrant-as-injury' theory of state standing," by Jennifer Lee Koh, in the American University Law Review (https://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/aulr72&div=26&g_sent=1&casa_token=2JnUWN8DHM4AAAAA:Q4P8lGHEjFEeEV2PQczt-Ry88LuAGYmRFHYDE9Jk9RXGSYA3Jl_SaW4QHdxf3UdPgsdIIgc&collection=journals) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Funky End," by Pawel Feszczuk --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Jacob Hamburger.
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    1 h et 11 min
  • Episode 11: Tatter Archives: "Slurred Speech"

    Episode 11: Tatter Archives: "Slurred Speech"
    Nov 25 2025
    ABOUT THIS EPISODE The utterance and writing of gendered and racial or ethnic slurs has often evoked controversy. My philosopher colleague Lauren Ashwell has taken up slurs as a subject of scholarly inquiry. In this episode, we sit for a 90-minute conversation about such issues as what makes a slur a slur, whether slurs can be reclaimed by members of the target group, and why the study of slurs matters. LINKS --Lauren Ashwell's personal website (https://sites.google.com/site/lashwell/) --"Gendered Slurs," by Lauren Ashwell (requies JSTOR access) (https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/24871341.pdf) --"CNN's Brooke Baldwin Chastises Trump Critic For Using N-Word On The Air," by Oliver Gettell, Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/article/2016/11/22/cnn-brooke-baldwin-guest-n-word/) --Myisha Cherry's interview with Luvell Anderson, about slurs, on The Unmute Podcast (http://www.unmutepodcast.co/season-2/4252016/episode-014-luvell-anderson-on-slurs) --Luvell Anderson's Syracuse profile (http://thecollege.syr.edu/people/faculty/pages/phi/anderson-luvell.html) --"Kreayshawn's White Girl Mob & The N-Word," by Brandon Soderberg, Spin (https://www.spin.com/2011/08/kreayshawns-white-girl-mob-n-word/) --"A History of Outrage Over the Word 'Pākehā'," by Branko Macetic, The Spinoff (https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/03-03-2018/a-history-of-outrage-over-the-word-pakeha/) --nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word, by Randall Kennedy (https://www.amazon.com/Nigger-Strange-Career-Troublesome-Word/dp/0375713719) --"SlutWalks Sweep The Nation," by Laura Stampler, HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/20/slutwalk-united-states-city_n_851725.html) --"An Open Letter from Black Women to SlutWalk Organizers," contributed by Susan Brison, HuffPost (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/susan-brison/slutwalk-black-women_b_980215.html) --"Is The Word 'Queer' Offensive? Here's A Look At Its History In The LGBTQA+ Community," by Marissa Higgins, Bustle (https://www.bustle.com/articles/139727-is-the-word-queer-offensive-heres-a-look-at-its-history-in-the-lgbtqa-community) --Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny, by Kate Manne (https://www.amazon.com/Down-Girl-Misogyny-Kate-Manne/dp/0190604980) Special Guest: Lauren Ashwell.
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    1 h et 27 min
  • Episode 10: The Cloth of Protection

    Episode 10: The Cloth of Protection
    Nov 11 2025
    This episode features a discussion of academic freedom with David Rabban (https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/david-m-rabban/), the Dahr Jamail, Randall Hage Jamail, and Robert Lee Jamail Regents Chair in Law, and Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Law. Previously, he served as counsel, and then general counsel, to the AAUP (American Association of University Professors), and he has chaired its committee on academic freedom and tenure. In his teaching and research, he focuses on free speech, academic freedom, higher education and the law, and American legal history. His most recent book (published in 2024) is Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right (https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674291058). OTHER LINKS --CBS News interview with MIT professor Alan Lightman (https://youtu.be/Z0O9abefZp8?si=0E_d2_OUbDn5CtLK) --Homepage for the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) website (https://www.aaup.org/) --AAUP's 1915 Declaration of Principles on Academic Freedom and Academic Tenure (https://www.aaup.org/NR/rdonlyres/A6520A9D-0A9A-47B3-B550-C006B5B224E7/0/1915Declaration.pdf) --AAUP's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure (https://www.aaup.org/sites/default/files/1940%20Statement.pdf) --Wikipedia entry on Brandenburg v. Ohio (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandenburg_v._Ohio) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: David Rabban.
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    58 min
  • Episode 9: Triggered

    Episode 9: Triggered
    Oct 28 2025
    Gerald Higginbotham (https://batten.virginia.edu/people/gerald-higginbotham) is an assistant professor in the Frank Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy at the University of Virginia. He holds a Ph.D. in social psychology from UCLA, and also a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University. He studies (in his words) “the imprint of history on people’s modern social perceptions and policy attitudes, and the psychological underpinnings of how people perceive history and its consequences.” OTHER LINKS --Ronald Reagan's 1983 address before the National Rifle Association (https://youtu.be/5-JoMVf_f4w?si=6FF_B6b_GxiJTuEX) --"The lasting legacy of 1967 Black Panther gun control protest at California Capitol" (article at CBS News, by Steve Large) (https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/lasting-legacy-black-panther-protest-california-capitol/) --Wikipedia entry on Ida B. Wells-Barnett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_B._Wells) --"Historian uncovers the racist roots of the 2nd Amendment" (interview at National Public Radio) (https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1002107670) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo --"Cello," by Ketsa --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Gerald Higginbotham.
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    53 min
  • Episode 8: Unreconstructed

    Episode 8: Unreconstructed
    Oct 14 2025
    Julia Azari (https://www.marquette.edu/political-science/directory/julia-azari.php) is Professor of Political Science at Marquette University. She holds a Ph.D. in political science from Yale University, and she studies the American presidency, American political parties, political communication and American political development. She's the author of the 2014 book, Delivering the People’s Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate. Her newest book (and the focus of this podast episode) is Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History (https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246956/backlash-presidents)published in 2025. OTHER LINKS --President Johnson's remarks on the signing of the Civil Rights Bill of 1964 (July 2, 1964) (https://www.lbjlibrary.org/object/video/signing-civil-rights-act-1964) --Bright Line Watch (https://brightlinewatch.org/) --"Bill Clinton on being called 'first Black president': 'I took it as a great compliment'" (article at The Hill, by Cheyanne M. Daniels) (https://thehill.com/homenews/race-politics/5004618-bill-clinton-first-black-president/) --"'George Bush doesn't care about Black people' 20 years later" (NPR interview with Rodney Carmichael and Leah Donnella) (https://www.npr.org/2025/08/27/nx-s1-5517328/george-bush-doesnt-care-about-black-people-20-years-later) --Wikipedia entry on fainting goats (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat) --The Bulwark (https://www.thebulwark.com/) --"Weak parties and strong partisanship are a bad combination" (article at Vox, by Julia Azari) (https://www.vox.com/mischiefs-of-faction/2016/11/3/13512362/weak-parties-strong-partisanship-bad-combination) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Breath," by Kirk Osamayo --"Monsters of the past," by Pawel Feszczuk --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Julia Azari.
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    54 min
  • Episode 7: But What About Us?

    Episode 7: But What About Us?
    Sep 30 2025
    Clara Wilkins (http://depts.washington.edu/spia/) is Associate Professor and Earl R. Carlson Professor of Psychology at the University of Washington. Trained as a social psychologist, she leads the Social Perceptions and Intergroup Attiudes Lab (SPIA Lab). Along with her collaborators, she studies such topics as (a) the causes and consequences of dominant group members' perceptions of group-based victimization, and (b) how variation in racial and ethnic minorities’ physical appearance shapes the perceptions and experiences of disadvantaged group members. OTHER LINKS --Catherine Herridge 2020 interview of Donald Trump (https://www.cbs.com/shows/video/bynkBl3ZDBB5aaDNgBhYshh8evD0GQz7/) --"Exclusive: Trump says "anti-White feeling" is a problem in the U.S." (article at Time Magazine, by Nik Popli & Eric Coretellessa) (https://time.com/6972270/donald-trump-anti-white-bias-exclusive/) --"Religious 'Nones' are now the largest single group in the U.S." (report at National Public Radio, by Jason DeRose) (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/24/1226371734/religious-nones-are-now-the-largest-single-group-in-the-u-s) --Wikipedia entry on the "tradwife" phenomenon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tradwife) --"Just Theory" (podcast interview from Tatter, featuring John Jost and the late Jim Sidanius, interviewed by Michael Sargent) (https://tatter.fireside.fm/38) MUSIC CREDITS (all songs from Free Music Archive, and each song carries the "cc by" license) --"The Trail," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Electric Silence," by Unheard Music Concepts --"Pleasure," by Haunted Me --"Post Drone," by Uuriter --"Caress me to sleep," by rui Special Guest: Clara Wilkins.
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    50 min