Unlucky Days 2020

157 – The hosts return to those liminal days between Christmas and New Year for their yearly recap. What are we to make of 2020?

Knowledge: What We Avoid Knowing

156 – We all know things that we willfully forget. What are the things that you know about yourself and the world that you avoid knowing?

Knowledge: How Do We Know What We Know? Part II

155 – Is it still relevant in the age of the internet to “know” things about the world? Join the hosts as they continue their discussion on the state of knowledge.

Knowledge: How Do We Know What We Know? Part I

154 – How do we know what we know? It’s a pretty old question, and particularly relevant in the “Fake News” era. Join the hosts as they discuss the state of knowledge.

Slut Shaming: Final Considerations, the Power to Say “Yes” and “No”

153 – The hosts conclude their conversation on slut shaming. Does the power to say “yes” hinge on the responsibility to say “no”?

Slut Shaming: Recovery, Liberation, Progress?

152 – The hosts talk about the tension between individual liberty, and community responsibility. Is it ever okay to shame people to influence their behavior?

Slut Shaming: Personal Anecdotes and Questions

151 – The hosts explore slut shaming in heteronormative and homosexual contexts. What is being invoked when we call someone a “slut”?

Election 2020: Checking In and Checking Out

150 – The hosts interrupt their current conversation to review the results of the 2020 presidential election. What do the deeply divided election results mean for the future of the U.S.?

Slut Shaming: WAP - A Cardi B Liberation

149 – There’s a lot of talk about “rape culture” but there are counter currents in Western culture too. Progress ebbs and flows. What does Cardi B’s latest hit WAP tell us about women’s sexual liberation?

Slut Shaming - Introductions

148 – Curtailing women’s sexual liberty has been a nearly universal cultural priority for thousands of years. But why? What does “slut shaming” look like in the early 21st century, and why is it still a thing?