The UnMute Podcast

Episode 79: Stephen Darwall on Matters of the Heart

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Stephen Darwall (Yale University) about the role of respect and love in our moral lives, the power of love as demonstrated by figures

Episode 78: Olivia Bailey on Empathy and Extremism

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Olivia Bailey (University of California, Berkeley) about extremism, incels, the role of empathy in understanding and addressing extre

Episode 77: Robin Dembroff on Patriarchy and Masculinity

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Robin Dembroff (Yale University) about myths surrounding gender identities, the implications of patriarchy on both women and men, the

Episode 76: Joel Krueger on AI and Loneliness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Joel Krueger (University of Exeter) about AI, loneliness,  grief tech, AI companionship, and more.

Episode 75: Maria Acosta Lopez on Trauma, Memory, and Listening

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Maria Acosta Lopez (University of California, Riverside) about Traumatic Violence and colonization, the importance of Radical Listeni

Episode 74: Nicholas Buccola on Freedom, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Barry Goldwater

Myisha Cherry chats with political theorist NIck Buccola (Claremont McKenna College) about freedom, individualism, social justice, the misappropriation of Martin Luther K

Episode 73: Remy Debes on Respect

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Remy Debes (University of Memphis) about his theory of respect, empathy and love, the place for respect in an unjust world, and more.

Episode 72: Michael Brownstein, Alex Madva, and Daniel Kelly on Social Change

Myisha Cherry chats with philosophers Michael Brownstein (John Jay College/CUNY), Alex Madva (Cal Poly Pomona), and Daniel Kelly (Purdue) about structural change, either/

Episode 71: Kate Norlock on Self-Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kate Norlock about self-forgiveness, regret, remorse, and more. 

Episode 70: Matthew Potts on Memory and Repair

Myisha Cherry chats with Harvard Chaplain and theologian Matthew Potts about memory, repair, confession, and more. 

Episode 69: Alice MacLachlan on Revenge

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Alice MacLachlan about revenge, justice, and more. 

Episode 68: Benjamin Brewer on Hannah Arendt & Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Benjamin Brewer about Hannah Arendt, forgiveness, revenge, and more. 

Episode 67: Miranda Fricker on Ambivalence about Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Miranda Fricker about the ambivalence we should all have about forgiveness.

Episode 66: Jeremy Reid on The Stoics and Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Jeremy Reid about the stoics, forgiveness, and more.

Episode 65: Lucy Allais on Human Frailty and the Need for Forgiveness

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Lucy Allais about human frailty, Immanuel Kant, the need for forgiveness, and more.

Episode 064: Carol Hay on Thinking Like a Feminist

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Carol Hay about feminism, what it means to think like a feminist, queer communities, dancing, and more.

Episode 063: Victor Kumar on Moral Progress

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Victor Kumar about moral evolution, moral progress, Us and Apes, Tik Tok, and more.

Episode 062: Eric Schwitzgebel on Jerks

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Eric Schwitzgebel about jerks, sweet hearts, science fiction, public philosophy, and more.

Episode 061: Briana Toole on Identity and Knowledge

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Briana Toole about objectivity, identity and knowledge, being ‘woke', pre-college programs, and more.

Episode 060: Bence Nanay on the Fragmented Mind

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Bence Nanay about polarization, temptation, the fragmented mind, films, and more.