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May 2, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 102: Mixed-Race Identity
In episode 102 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss diverse ideas of racial mixedness, from family-oriented models of mixed race to JosĂ© Vasconcelosâ and Gloria Anzalduaâs idea of the âmestizoâ heritage of Mexican people. They work through phenomenological accounts of cultural hybridity and selfhood, wondering how being multiracial pushes beyond the traditional Cartesian philosophical subject. Is mestizaje or mixed-race an identity in its own right? What are its connections to the history of colonialism and contemporary demographic trends? And, how can different relations to a mixed heritage lead to flourishing outside of white supremacist categories?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Works Discussed
Linda MartĂn Alcoff, Visible Identities: Race, Gender, and the Self
Gloria AnzaldĂșa, Borderlands/La Frontera
Rosie Braidotti, Nomadic Subjects: Embodiment and Sexual Difference in Contemporary Feminist Theory
Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, âNaomi Osaka on Fighting for No. 1 at the U.S. Openâ
Mariana Ortega, In-Between: Latina Feminist Phenomenology, Multiplicity, and the Self
Naomi Osaka, âNaomi Osaka reflects on challenges of being black and Japaneseâ
Octavio Paz, The Labyrinth of Solitude
Adrian Piper, âPassing for White, Passing for Blackâ
Carlin Romano, âA Challenge for Philosophyâ
José Vasconcelos, La Raza Cósmica
Naomi Zack, Race and Mixed Race
Apr 30, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1882
A documentary film recalls the Nazisâ gay purge; a Nebraska state Senator-father knows best on a trans sports ban; Englandâs National Health Service slams pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, Ugandan activists appeal to the Supreme Court over the âKill the Gaysâ law, U.S. Supremes allow Idaho to implement its trans youth care ban, West Virginiaâs trans sports ban loses on appeal, Kansas and Arizona governors veto anti-trans bills, and âBlueyâsâ chihuahua pal has 2 mums.
Those stories and more this week when you find âThis Way Outâ, the worldâs audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
FEATURING: Nebraska State Senator Kathleen Kauth, Governor Jim Pillen, State Senator Machaela Cavanaugh,
State Senator Merv Reipe, State Senator John Fredrickson; Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman with Rupert Everett and audio clips from âParagraph 175â; âBlueyâsâ âPretzelâ.
Apr 25, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 101: AI Safety with Shazeda Ahmed
Welcome your robot overlords! In episode 101 of Overthink, Ellie and David speak with Dr. Shazeda Ahmed, specialist in AI Safety, to dive into the philosophy guiding artificial intelligence. With the rise of LLMs like ChatGPT, the lofty utilitarian principles of Effective Altruism have taken the tech-world spotlight by storm. Many who work on AI safety and ethics worry about the dangers of AI, from how automation might put entire categories of workers out of a job to how future forms of AI might pose a catastrophic âexistential riskâ for humanity as a whole. And yet, optimistic CEOs portray AI as the beginning of an easy, technology-assisted utopia. Who is right about AI: the doomers or the utopians? And whose voices are part of the conversation in the first place? Is AI risk talk spearheaded by well-meaning experts or investor billionaires? And, can philosophy guide discussions about AI toward the right thing to do?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence
Adrian Daub, What Tech Calls Thinking
Virginia Eubanks, Automating Inequality
Mollie Gleiberman, âEffective Altruism and the strategic ambiguity of âdoing goodââ
Matthew Jones and Chris Wiggins, How Data Happened
William MacAskill, What We Owe the Future
Toby Ord, The Precipice
Inioluwa Deborah Raji et al., âThe Fallacy of AI Functionalityâ
Inioluwa Deborah Raji and Roel Dobbe, âConcrete Problems in AI Safety, Revistedâ
Peter Singer, Animal Liberation
Amia Srinivisan, âStop The Robot Apocalypseâ
Apr 23, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1881
Ann Bannonâs Beebo turns pulp into Pride; Germany simplifies its legal gender change process, while the Vatican claims that gender affirmation violates âhuman dignityâ, a small U.S. college association bans trans female sports competitors, 3 new Idaho bills add to the stateâs trans oppression, a Florida teacher beats âDonât Say Gayâ and wins her preferred pronouns case, and The North Face turns the other cheek to a new far-right boycott.
Those stories and more this week when you discover âThis Way Outâ, the worldâs audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
FEATURING: Ann Bannon.
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Apr 16, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1880
Queer kitch comes out âStranger Than Straightâ; a 4-years-ago-this-month musical reminder from Emmaâs Revolution; Ugandaâs âKill the Gays Actâ withstands a court challenge, a Russian drag show club owner is arrested for âextremismâ at a Moscow airport, the U.N. Human Rights Council addresses intersex discrimination for the first time, Wisconsin trans student athletes win their governorâs vote, and a Florida Republican claims Pride in his anti-LGBTQ voting record.
All that and more this week when you choose âThis Way Outâ, the worldâs audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
FEATURING: Carroll OâConnor, Jack Lemon & Joe E. Brown, Groucho Marx, Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy, Noel Coward, Sandy Dennis & George Segal, Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks, with music by Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Perry Como, Edie Gorme, Tommy Smothers, Martin Mull; Bette Midler, and Emmaâs Revolution
Apr 15, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Pomona College Sagecast
unset
A Brief History of Antisemitism with Prof. Oona Eisenstadt
This episode was recorded in September 2023.
Oona Eisenstadt is a professor of Religious Studies specializing in Judaism at Pomona College. She discusses on Sagecast her research on the history of antisemitism and how it manifests in present-day society.
Apr 11, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 98: Reputation
They say this one is the real deal. In Episode 98 of Overthink, Ellie and David untangle the philosophy behind the way we compare, judge, and defend our reputations. From Machiavelliâs advice to despots looking to stay popular, to disgruntled students venting on their professors online, reputation can glide you to victory or trigger your fall from grace. Exploring concepts like the Matthew effect, the homo comparativus, and informational asymmetry, your hosts ask: Why do both Joan Jett and Jean-Jacques Rousseau refuse reputationâs fickle pleasures? Does David actually have a good work-life balance, or is everyone else hoodwinked? And, what is the place of quantified reputation in an increasingly digital world?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
Works Discussed
Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Honor Code
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Bad Reputation
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Louise Matsakis, âHow the West Got Chinaâs Social Credit System Wrong,â Wired Magazine
Gloria Origgi, Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
Gloria Origgi, âReputation in Moral Philosophy and Epistemologyâ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Jean-Paul Sartre, The Transcendence of the Ego
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Jordi Xifra, âRecognition, symbolic capital and reputation in the seventeenth centuryâ
Apr 9, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1879
Happy Birthday to âThis Way Outâ! Thailandâs marriage equality bill passes the lower house in a landslide, Houthis to crucify nine for âimmoral actsâ in Yemen, Wyoming cancels pediatric gender-affirming healthcare,
A Texas judge extends her block of A.G. Ken Paxtonâs P-FLAG probe, a trans darts champâs twin wins get protested, and a bomb threat in Pennsylvania closes a drag queenâs story book.
Apr 8, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Pomona College Sagecast
Public Affairs
Equitable AI Development in the Global South with Chinasa Okolo â18
Chinasa Okolo â18 is a fellow at the Brookings Institution in the Center for Technology Innovation. She discusses on Sagecast her work towards creating a more equitable global landscape of artificial intelligence development, and AI governance issues arising in the wake of rapid technological advancement.
Apr 4, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 100: Overthinking
Overthink goes meta! In the 100th episode Ellie and David reflect on the podcastâs journey and the origins of its (flawless!) title. They take up the question, âWhat is overthinking?â Is it a kind of fixation on details or an unwanted split in the normal flow of ideas? Then, they turn to psychology to make sense of overthinkingâs highs and lows, as the distracting voice inside your head and a welcome relief from traumatic memories. Through the philosophies of John Dewey and the Frankfurt School, they look at different ways to understand the role of overthinking in philosophy and the humanities. Is overthinking a damper on good decisions, or perhaps the path to preserving the possibility of social critique?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
John Dewey, How We Think
Max Horkheimer, âThe Social Function of Philosophyâ
Herbert Marcuse, âRemarks on a Redefinition of Cultureâ
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, âResponses to depression and their effects on the duration of depressive episodesâ
Charles Orbendorf, âCo-Conscious Mentationâ
Suzanne Segerstrom et al., âA multidimensional structure for repetitive thoughtâ
Stephanie Wong et al., âRumination as a Transdiagnostic Phenomenon in the 21st Centuryâ
Apr 2, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1878
A Methodist prophet foretells coming inclusion;
When San Francisco weddings were coming up âRosieâ;
Irelandâs gay P.M. Leo Varadkar calls it quits;
Israeli co-moms win birth certificate recognition, Russia charges queer club workers
with âextremismâ, Alabama excludes inclusion & trans toilet rights, New South Wales bans conversion therapy, Aussie Senator Wong weds, footballer Cavallo proposes, more news!
Apr 1, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Pomona College Sagecast
unset
Pomona College Sagecast - Mietek Boduszynski
Mar 26, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1878
A Methodist prophet foretells coming inclusion;
When San Francisco weddings were coming up âRosieâ;
Irelandâs gay P.M. Leo Varadkar calls it quits;
Israeli co-moms win birth certificate recognition, Russia charges queer club workers
with âextremismâ, Alabama excludes inclusion & trans toilet rights, New South Wales bans conversion therapy, Aussie Senator Wong weds, footballer Cavallo proposes, more news!
Mar 25, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Pomona College Sagecast
unset
Healthcare Leadership in the Time of COVID-19 and Fentanyl with Dr. Michael Sequeira '73
Dr. Michael Sequeira â73 is the public health officer for San Bernardino County. He discusses on Sagecast his trailblazing career in emergency medicine, decision-making as a health leader during the COVID-19 pandemic and the deadly impacts of the growing fentanyl crisis.
Mar 19, 2024 10:00 AM â 11:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1876
Sydneyâs Qtopia Museum Opening (Part 2) + global LGBTQ news!
Sydneyâs Qtopia museum puts queer history on display; international pressure stalls Ghanaâs horrific anti-LGBTQ bill, queer Serbs protest police brutality, Biden defends diversity in his State of the Union address, a U.S. federal judge backs North Dakota religious belief versus trans healthcare, another federal judge blocks Texas from seeing P-FLAGâs trans/family files, and a Republican-sponsored bill would make pro-trans teachers in Missouri sex offenders.
All that and more this week when you choose âThis Way Outâ, the worldâs audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
FEATURING: Joe Biden; Nadeena Dixon; Dr. Liz Bradshaw; Greg Fisher; Ian Roberts; Elaine Czulkowski.
Mar 18, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Pomona College Sagecast
unset
Pomona College Sagecast - Leah Donnella
Leah Donnella â13 is an editor for NPRâs Code Switch, a podcast focusing on difficult conversations about race. She discusses on Sagecast how her reporting around the country has shaped her perception of the role of journalists and how her Africana studies degree at Pomona College helped pave the way for her career in radio journalism.
Mar 14, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 96: Fatphobia with Kate Manne
âThey find our bodies repulsive.â On episode 96 of Overthink, Ellie and David bring on Dr. Kate Manne, philosopher and author of Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia. She explains the moral failures and biomedical perils of our fatphobic culture and its misleading imperative to diet. This look at the politics of fat, fatness, and fatphobia in the philosophical canon and beyond to reveal rich links to questions of accessibility, justice, and intimacy. Should we trust the BMI (Body Mass Index) as a measure of health? Is the future in Ozempic? Why are we encouraged to see our bodyâs biological need for nutrition as âfood noiseâ? And what might it take to hear the music of our human bodily diversity?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
Paul Campos, The Obesity Myth
Ancel Keys, et al., âIndices of relative weight and obesityâ
Adolphe Quetelet, On Man and the Development of His Faculties
Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body
Audre Lorde, A Piece of Light
Thomas Nagel, âFree Willâ
Kate Manne, Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
Overthink ep 27. From Body Positivity to Fat Feminism (feat. Amelia Hruby)
Follow Dr. Kate Manne on Substack!
Mar 13, 2024 7:00 AM â 8:00 AM
This Way Out: The International Lesbian & Gay Radio Magazine
Public Affairs
THIS WAY OUT #1875
Sydneyâs Qtopia Museum Opening (Part 1) + global LGBTQ news!
Sydney opens the worldâs largest queer museum; pending Ghanian law will make coming out a crime, Czech lawmakers swap marriage for adoption rights, a U.S. appeals court denies gender-affirming healthcare for Indiana trans minors, the American Psychological Association fights those bans, cops march in âcompromiseâ plainclothes at the Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras, and Washington state lawmakers repeal antiquated queer-targeting âlewd conductâ statutes in the Stripperâs Bill of Rights=.
Those stories and more this week when you find âThis Way Outâ, the worldâs audio oasis for LGBTQ+ news and culture.
FEATURING: Anthony Albanese; Greg Fisher; Ian Roberts; Barry âTroughmanâ Charles; George Savoulis; Elaine Czulkowski.
Mar 11, 2024 11:00 AM â 12:00 PM
Tarabu Betserai Kirkland Interview
Specialty
Tarabu Betserai Kirkland Interview
Earlier this month, KSPC (DJ Noura & DJ Vera) had the privilege of hosting Tarabu Betserai Kirkland, an award-winning filmmaker and a long-time manager at KPFK in Los Angeles for an in-studio interview. Members of our staff talked with Tarabu about his 2021 documentary 100 Years from Mississippi, how his radio background prepared him for a career in film and television, and the crucial role that independent media plays in political activism.
Mar 7, 2024 3:00 PM â 4:00 PM
Overthink
Public Affairs
Episode 98: Reputation
They say this one is the real deal. In Episode 98 of Overthink, Ellie and David untangle the philosophy behind the way we compare, judge, and defend our reputations. From Machiavelliâs advice to despots looking to stay popular, to disgruntled students venting on their professors online, reputation can glide you to victory or trigger your fall from grace. Exploring concepts like the Matthew effect, the homo comparativus, and informational asymmetry, your hosts ask: Why do both Joan Jett and Jean-Jacques Rousseau refuse reputationâs fickle pleasures? Does David actually have a good work-life balance, or is everyone else hoodwinked? And, what is the place of quantified reputation in an increasingly digital world?
Check out the episode's extended cut here!
Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
Works Discussed
Kwame Anthony Appiah, The Honor Code
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Bad Reputation
Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Louise Matsakis, âHow the West Got Chinaâs Social Credit System Wrong,â Wired Magazine
Gloria Origgi, Reputation: What It Is and Why It Matters
Gloria Origgi, âReputation in Moral Philosophy and Epistemologyâ
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Jean-Paul Sartre, The Transcendence of the Ego
Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Jordi Xifra, âRecognition, symbolic capital and reputation in the seventeenth centuryâ