Podcasts by You Kant Say That!
Do you get excited by questions more than answers? Do you like showing off at parties with random knowledge? In this podcast, sociologists and social theorists Drs Melanie White and Na’ama Carlin take everyday ideas and explore them through different sociological and philosophical perspectives. Season 1 focuses on the notion of the 'self' as explored in common sociological texts. Join us, in our mission to make the familiar unfamiliar!
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The cat has no clothes from 2019-12-17T10:00
One day Jacques Derrida got out of the shower and realised he was caught naked by his cat, who was staring at him. What followed (get it) was a 10 hour lecture on - among other things - the limi...
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Blowing bubbles from 2019-11-10T03:00
Jakob von Uexküll (1864–1944) is a founder of the field of behavioural physiology. He explored what makes ticks... tick. But how does Uexküll's work shed light on what makes us tick? For th...
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Life finds a way from 2019-10-21T15:00
Henri Bergson (1859 - 1941) was an influential philosopher, nobel prize winner, and international celebrity. He is the epitome of philosophy in action: his commitment to a life of social justice...
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Bad to the core - a moral (r)evolution from 2019-10-07T14:00
This week we consider the work of Frans de Waal, a primatologist exploring empathy in primates. Are humans bad to the core? What do we have in common with primates, and why does that matter? Thi...
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Who's hungry? from 2019-09-24T22:00
Monkey sounds safe words and breast milk, oh my! This week, we look at the French philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930 - 2004), and things get wild. Derrida is most well-known for the method ("...
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Labour pains from 2019-09-11T18:00
This episode we look at the man, the myth, the beard, the Comrade to end all Comrades: Karl Marx. Other than developing the foremost critique of capitalism, Marx's (1818 - 1883) theory of l...
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Are you feeling discontent? from 2019-08-26T18:00
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) changed how we think about ourselves and our relation to others. He set out to understand the nature of human psychic life in all its complexity. So, what the relations...
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I am, I exist so long as I am... from 2019-08-13T19:00
Émile Durkheim (1858-1917) was the founder of the French tradition of Sociology and as sociologists we are contractually obligated to talk about him. But he also had a profound impact on the dis...
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Ah ha! At last, I have discovered it from 2019-07-30T21:00
René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher and mathematician. Descartes shaped modern philosophy, but what did he have to say about the self? How do we know what is true, and how can I ...
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Who are we? from 2019-07-16T22:00
What is the self, and why is it interesting? How can sociology help us think about who we are in the world? This episode, get to know Melanie and Na'ama and find out what's in store fo...
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