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Episode 253: Philosophising About Free Speech with Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky

Posted: August 25, 2020 in Uncategorized
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This show features philosopher Paul-Mikhail Catapang Podosky on the free speech and cancel culture debate.

It covers the (in)famous ‘A Letter on Justice and Open Debate’ published in Harper’s Magazine and the lesser known ‘A More Specific Letter on Justice and Open Debate’.

We also cover some common misunderstandings of free speech (supporting free speech doesn’t mean actively platforming the most harmful speech above all others!), the way in which discrimination can be subtly embedded into language and the documentary 13th.

For more on similar issues around cancel culture, check out our 238th episode ‘In Defence of Virtue Signalling – Responding to Common Criticisms of the Left’.

You can also listen to Paul on Freedom of Species: ‘Moving Beyond Killing Animals “Humanely”.’

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Clips:

Sole ‘Civil War’, Sound Scene Revolution ‘Interview with Leftöver Crack – Podcast 41’, Sole ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’.

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Episode 141: Katie takes on MRAs…on the BBC!!!

Posted: July 26, 2016 in Uncategorized
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Katie was on the BBC!!! You can listen to the segment with her and others discussing racist, misogynist Milo Yiannopoulos being banned from Twitter after harassing Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones, from 24.23-41.50 of this episode of BBC World Have Your Say.

We also discuss “freech” (aka free speech), hate speech, the “right to be a bigot” and privilege. We touched on similar issues on episode 117, where we discussed singer Chris Brown being banned from coming to Australia.

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We recently spotted this in Fitzroy – where else?!

Clips:

Open Slather ‘Privileged Poor Sketch’, Katie on this episode of BBC World Have Your Say, Aziz Ansari ‘The Chick-Fil-A Dilemma’, AJJ ‘American Tune’.

You can listen to a short (10 minute) version of this episode, which features Katie on the BBC, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

Episode 131: Getting Trigger Happy With Trigger Warnings – Take That Stephen Fry!

Posted: April 18, 2016 in Uncategorized
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You can listen to this episode above and subscribe to our podcast on iTunes. You can also listen to this episode on Stitcher, Cyber Ears or download it on Archive.org (59mins, 44MB).

This episode features Katie’s talk ‘Getting Trigger Happy With Trigger Warnings. Mental Health, (dis)ability And Activism’. The full version of this talk is embedded below and you can also listen to the full version and the Q and A following the talk here. You can access the PowerPoint presentation for this talk here and it is also embedded below. This talk was given at the most recent Institute for Critical Animal Studies Oceania conference – see the notes for our 108th episode for links to all of the talks from that conference.

This talk is relevant on an on-going basis but we were particularly inspired to put it out on an episode in light of recent comments by Stephen Fry, which criticised trigger warnings, as well as accusing victims of abuse of ‘self-pity’. He has since apologised for (some of) the comments.

Also covered throughout the episode is: content warnings, trigger warnings and free speech, as well as research that (apparently) shows that trigger warnings are counter-productive – we disagree!

Katie couldn’t fit activist burnout into her talk – but check out our 29th episode (featuring the Melbourne Street Medic Collective) and Plan to Thrive for some resources on this topic.

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Clips:

Mary Lambert ‘Secrets’, Katie’s talk ‘Getting Trigger Happy With Trigger Warnings. Mental Health, (dis)ability And Activism’ – part 1, Frank Turner ‘Get Better’, Katie’s talk ‘Getting Trigger Happy With Trigger Warnings. Mental Health, (dis)ability And Activism’ – part 2, Have Heart ‘No Roses, No Skies’ – (lyrics*CW: self-harm).

You can listen to a short (7 minute) version of this episode, which features a shortened version of Katie’s talk, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

 

Episode 84: This Episode is #RupertsFault

Posted: January 27, 2015 in Uncategorized
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Comedian Aziz Ansari mocked Rupert Murdoch for the anti-Muslim comments he made after the Charlie Hedbo attacks. Image from The Young Turks.

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On this episode we discuss terrorism, Islamophobia, free speech and Charlie Hedbo. We discuss the way Rupert Murdoch was mocked by comedian Aziz Ansari and writer JK Rowling (and so many others!) for the anti-Muslim comments he made after the Charlie Hedbo attacks. We also read comedian Aaamer Rahman’s great article ‘Fears escalate as more young Australians enlist in overseas terror campaign’, which flips the roles in discussions around terrorism and who has to condemn it. For more on these issues, check out Nick’s article ‘When Will Moderate Whites Condemn the NAACP Bombing?’.

We also mention Aamer Rahman’s criticisms of Iggy Azalea and have a discussion on her hip hop, analysed through the lens of race, gender and class. Other stuff covered on the episode is: our 2014 Annual WordPress Report, New Internationalist’s 2015 diary, the market vs the environment (in cartoon form!), terrorism and increasing state powers, and criticisms of the I’ll Ride With You campaign.

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Clips:

Less than Jake ‘All My Best Friends are Metal Heads’, Aziz Ansari ‘Are White People Psyched All The Time?’, Atheists being Dicks, Austin Powers, Legally Brown ‘The Brown Radio Shock Jock’, The Smith Street Band ‘Wipe That Shit Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face’.

You can listen to a short (8 minute) version of this episode, which features our opening discussion on terrorism, Islamophobia, free speech and Charlie Hedbo, below. You can subscribe to these short versions of our episodes through Omny.

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