In the spirit of #WomensHistoryMonth and the upcoming #Oscars, here are films that feature thinkers from our #WiseWomen series:
β’ "Mary Shelley" (2017): Mary Wollstonecraft
β’ "Agora" (2009): Hypatia of Alexandria
β’ "Iris" (2001): Iris Murdoch
β’ "Reds" (1981): Emma Goldman
Did we miss any? More about our series at https://philosophytalk.org/playlist/the-complete-wise-women.
Coming up: March is Women's History Month, so kick it off with another installment in our #WiseWomen series as Josh and Ray explore the life & thought of Mary Wollstonecraft with Sylvana Tomaselli from @stjohnscam, author of "Wollstonecraft: Philosophy, Passion, and Politics."
π§ Sunday at 11 am on KALW in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2024-05-10/mary-wollstonecraft.
People talk about Simone Weil's tragic early death, but her life story has a lot of joy and brightness in it. As part of our #WiseWomen series, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter to learn more with Cynthia Wallace from the University of Saskatchewan, author of "The Literary Afterlives of Simone Weil: Feminism, Justice, and the Challenge of Religion."
Check out the complete episode at www.philosophytalk.org/shows/simone-weil.
Coming up: With #BlackHistoryMonth getting underway this weekend, we'll be re-broadcasting an episode from our #WiseWomen series exploring the life and thought of author, educator, and activist Anna Julia Cooper with Kathryn Sophia Belle, author of "Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of The Second Sex."
π§ Sunday at 11 am on @kalw 91.7 FM in San Francisco & nationwide at https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2024-10-04/anna-julia-cooper.
ICYMI Yesterday's broadcast about Korean proto-feminist Im Yunjidang, the episode is now available to download at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your own favorite podcast portal.
π§ Don't forget you can listen to all the episodes in our #WiseWomen series at https://philosophytalk.org/wisewomen.
And while you're there, please follow the advice of these other wise women with an end-of-year gift to help us make up a $45,000 shortfall as we close this challenging year: https://philosophytalk.org/support
Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first season focuses on historical figures from the fifth century to the nineteenth century, and the second focuses on contemporary philosophers. Each episode spotlights a different philosopher and features a different...
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