Philosophy Casting Call

Sh*tposting and Algorithm Hygiene w/Jess Rauchberg

Content note: Because of the topic, this episode will contain some mild swearing. The end of season 3 has arrived! To go out with fanfare, Élaina interviews digital communications scholar Jess Rauchberg about the rhetoric act of sh*tposting on various social media platforms and how various hygiene policies change the ways in which a wide variety of people (from Nazis to disability activists) engage with culture. This is the perfect episode to listen to if you are curious about the philosophy of social media or if you want to know how in the world Lea Michele, the Succession fandom, and Olivia Rodrigo’s TikTok marketing campaign are linked to digital anti-ableism. How to reach Jess Website: https://www.jessrauchberg.com/ Twitter: @DisabledPhd Texts mentioned in the episode (All links to books are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast): “The Medium is the Message”, by Marshall McCluhan (PDF) The work of Arseli Dokumaci “‘Feenin’: Posthuman Voices in Contemporary Black Popular Music”, by Alexander G. Weheliye (PDF) “History of Shit”, by Dominique Laporte “No One Is Talking About This”, by Patricia Lockwood Subscribe to Philosophy Casting Call and leave it a 5-star review wherever you can! Follow Philosophy Casting Call on Twitter and Instagram @philoCCpod Read the full episode transcripts at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor on Ko-Fi.com Email: philosophycastingcallpod@gmail.com Follow Élaina on Twitter @ElainaGMamaril

A Critique of Distributive Global Health Justice w/Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra

What does interdisciplinarity mean when your discipline is interdisciplinary? In this episode, bioethicist and global health ethicist Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra talks about using philosophical theories alongside scientific epistemologies and feminist approaches to shape our understanding of ‘global health ethics’. Specifically, she gets into her critique of the popular model of distributive justice. How to reach Agomoni Website: https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/people/dr-agomoni-ganguli-mitra Twitter: @GanguliMitra Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast): The School for Good Mothers, by Jessamine Chan Subscribe to Philosophy Casting Call and leave it a 5-star review wherever you can! Follow Philosophy Casting Call on Twitter and Instagram @philoCCpod Read the full episode transcripts at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor on Ko-Fi.com Email: philosophycastingcallpod@gmail.com Follow Élaina on Twitter @ElainaGMamaril

The Both/And of AI and Trans Health w/Rebecca Sanaeikia

In this episode, Élaina talks about the ethical challenges of using AI tools in healthcare provision for transgender people with philosopher and bioethicist Rebecca Sanaeikia. They discuss the different versions of “top down” versus “bottom up” ethical strategies and the tension between needing more data on how trans people access healthcare and wanting to keep trans people safe. How to reach Rebecca https://beccasanaeikia.weebly.com/ Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/logavaguy Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/beccasanaeikia/ And you can email her here: rebecca.sanaeikia@gmail.com Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast): This Arab is Queer: An Anthology by LGBTQ+ Arab Authors, ed. Elias Jahshan Subscribe to Philosophy Casting Call and leave it a 5-star review wherever you can! Follow Philosophy Casting Call on Twitter and Instagram @philoCCpod Read the full episode transcripts at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor on Ko-Fi.com Follow Élaina on Twitter @ElainaGMamaril

Being Near Birth w/Andrea Ford

In this episode, Élaina interviews medical and cultural anthropologist and practising birth doula, Andrea Ford. Andrea discusses her trajectory as an interdisciplinary scholar and the power of studying liminal spaces to better understand what different cultures value. CW: This episode contains discussion of fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth. You can find out more about Andrea’s work here: https://andrealillyford.com/ and https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/andrea-ford Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast): Beyond Black, by Hilary Mantel Subscribe to Philosophy Casting Call and leave it a 5-star review wherever you can! Follow Philosophy Casting Call on Twitter and Instagram @philoCCpod Read the full episode transcripts at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor on Ko-Fi.com Follow Élaina on Twitter @ElainaGMamaril

Black Radical Liberalism w/Kristin Waters

In this episode, Élaina interview Kristin Waters, the author of Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought about combatting epistemicide and choosing to write on philosophy of race as a white woman in the US. You can buy Kristin’s book and learn more about her work on her website: www.kristin-waters.com Listen to the Gilmore Girls tie-in episode of Women of Questionable Morals: Race and Politics and GG, Oh My! Texts mentioned in the episode (All links are affiliated to Bookshop.org UK and any purchases made through them will generate a small commission that helps to support the podcast): Maria W. Stewart and the Roots of Black Political Thought, by Kristin Waters Black Women’s Intellectual Traditions: Speaking Their Minds, ed. Kristin Waters and Carol b. Conaway The History of Black Studies, by Abdul Alkalimat Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches, ed. Marilyn Richardson Black Feminist Thought, by Patricia Hill Collins Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality, by Charles W. Mills The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-racist Struggle, by Myisha Cherry Decolonizing Feminism: Transnational Feminism and Globalization, ed. Margaret A. McLaren Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, by Robin D.G. Kelley Barbaric Culture and Black Critique: Black Antislavery Writers, Religion, and the Slaveholding Atlantic, by Stefan M. Wheelock Ethics and Insurrection: A Pragmatism for the Oppressed, by Lee A. McBride III Association of Black Women Historians Black Perspectives Blog Subscribe to Philosophy Casting Call and leave it a 5-star review wherever you can! Follow Philosophy Casting Call on Twitter and Instagram @philoCCpod Read the full episode transcripts at www.elainagauthiermamaril.com Support the podcast by becoming a monthly donor on Ko-Fi.com Follow Élaina on Twitter @ElainaGMamaril