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In the spirit of #WomensHistoryMonth and the upcoming #Oscars, here are films that feature thinkers from our #WiseWomen series:

• "Mary Shelley" (2017): Mary Wollstonecraft
• "Agora" (2009): Hypatia of Alexandria
• "Iris" (2001): Iris Murdoch
• "Reds" (1981): Emma Goldman

Did we miss any? More about our series at https://philosophytalk.org/playlist/the-complete-wise-women.

Philosophy Talk Feb 27

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."

🎧 Sunday at 11 am on KALW in San Francisco & https://www.kalw.org/show/philosophy-talk/2024-05-10/mary-wollstonecraft.

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Its Getting Clear Feb 22

When I was a kid, my mom (born in 1927) used to tell me about Barbara Jordan and Shirley Chisholm, encouraging me to observe their leadership and regard them as exemplary. My grandmother (b 1902) taught me that racism was a sin. She was an avid fan of Lincoln. #MomSky #SheShed #WiseWomen

Philosophy Talk Feb 3

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.

Philosophy Talk Jan 30

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."

🎧 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.

Mags at Large Jan 6

#Epiphany #Humour #WiseWomen

Philosophy Talk Dec 8

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.

🎧 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

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Philosophy Talk Nov 14

Part of our #WiseWomen series, which was supported by a grant from the @nehgov. Check out all the episodes in the series at https://philosophytalk.org/series/wisewomen.

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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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Philosophy Talk Oct 4

Judith Jarvis Thomson, the philosopher whose followup to Philippa Foot's thought experiment was so influential that it spawned an industry jokingly known as "Trolleyology," was born on this date in 1929. As part of our #WiseWomen series earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Sheryl Kaskowitz, to investigate: https://youtu.be/ngl4vJNDOu8

Judith Jarvis Thomson: Roving Philosophical Report

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Philosophy Talk Oct 3

Moral philosopher Philippa Foot was born on this date in 1920. For our #WiseWomen episode earlier this year, we sent our Roving Philosophical Reporter, Mary-Catherine O'Connor, to learn more about the so-called Oxford Quartet with Benjamin Lipscomb, author of "The Women Are Up Something," and Lesley Brown, who studied under Foot at Oxford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aePK6JRh3go

Philippa Foot: Roving Philosophical Report

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