Beth Matthews

Radical Philosophy

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Food for Thought, let's get radical about philosophy!

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Beth Matthews

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www.3cr.org.au

Latest episode

Jul 1, 2026

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Episodes

Professor Ruth Kinna - Helping each other through the Coronavirus crisis 18.04.2020

 Helping each other through the coronavirus crisis - Professor Ruth Kinna explains about the history of mutual aid, how an anarchist society is better equipped to deal with pandemics than the capitalist system we live under and how  we could preserve community-based organisation in post coronavirus world.

Dr Amy Graham - Schools moving online 11.04.2020

Schools moving online - Dr Amy Graham explains about schools going online because of the coronavirus, the digital divide and how will this affect children in remote areas.

Dr Desiree Kozlowski - Tiny moments of pleasure 04.04.2020

 Tiny moments of pleasure - Dr Desiree Kozlowski explains how can we shift our attention towards the small every day pleasures in our lives, the effects of ongoing stress and also some examples of these small pleasures.

Professor Rachel Ankeny - Food Ethics 22.02.2020

Food Ethics - Professor Rachel Ankeny explains about genetically modified food, the role food plays in the maintenance of tradition, culture and identity and if Australian consumers have an awareness and acceptance of insects as food.

Dr Eve Vincent - Welfare Reform 15.02.2020

Welfare Reform - Dr Eve Vincent discusses how people were affected by the cashless debit card trial, about experiences of shame and stigmatisation when using cashless debit card also the ParentsNext program and how it makes life harder for single mothers.

Dr Lubomira Radoilska - Addiction and Weakness of Will 18.01.2020

Addiction and Weakness of Will - Dr Lubomira Radoilska discusses how society as a whole views addiction, and how this affects the way those with addictions are treated and also the part rational judgement plays in addiction.

Prof Barbara Gold Taylor - Kindness 30.11.2019

Kindness - Prof Barbara Gold Taylor discusses the history of kindness, if humans have kindness instinct and if kindness has become our forbidden pleasure.

Asst. Prof Katharine Jenkins - Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality 23.11.2019

Philosophy of sex and sexuality - Assistant Professor Katharine Jenkins explains about sexual preferences and orientation, and the conceptual analysis of sexuality as well as some of the normative issues involved in sexuality.

Dr Suki Finn - Metaphysics of Pregnancy 16.11.2019

Metaphysics of Pregnancy - Dr Suki Finn discusses the relationship between the fetus and the maternal organism, if the fetus is really a parasite and how many humans there are in pregnancy.

Dr Sara Meger - Rape Loot Pillage 09.11.2019

Rape Loot Pillage - Dr Sara Meger discusses a feminist political economy of sexual violence in war, and if this sexual violence has an element of genocide, also if just taking the rape out of war is enough.

Prof Babette Babich - Music Philosophy 02.11.2019

Music Philosophy - Prof Babette Babich discusses her publication "Words in Blood, Like Flowers" kd lang's hallelujah effect and also musical covers the culture industry.

Dr Mary Leng - Abstract Objects 21.09.2019

Abstract Objects - Dr Mary Leng discusses what type of abstract objects philosophers are concerned about and different views on whether mathematical objects really exist.

Professor Louise Antony - Philosophers Without Gods 14.09.2019

Philosophers Without Gods - Professor Louise Antony gives a definition of what a atheist is, and discusses why is it that sceptics and atheists are viewed with suspicion and if religious faith is a form of belief.

Philosophy of Music - Professor Lydia Goehr 07.09.2019

Philosophy of Music - Professor Lydia Goehr discusses what the purpose and value of music is and explains about analytic and historical philosophical approaches to music.

Dr Talia Morag - Tracking Dogma Part 2 31.08.2019

Part 2 Tracking Dogma - Dr. Talia Morag discusses whether the emotions of the human adult by and large track core emotional themes, if a lot of our emotional responses seem counter-productive and if there are alternatives to the strong and weak versions of the tracking dogma.

Dr Talia Morag - Tracking Dogma 24.08.2019

Tracking Dogma - Dr Talia Morag explains what dogma is, the core relational themes of dogma and strong tracking dogma, the week tracking dogma and the normative tracking dogma.

Prof Fiona Woollard - Breastfeeding 17.08.2019

Breastfeeding - Professor Fiona Woollard discusses why there is shame associated with breastfeeding especially in public places, the philosophical mistakes surrounding the way we talk and think about infant feeding decisions and if there was a dollar value placed on human milk would raise the status of women.

Dr Luara Ferracioli - Citizenship for Children 10.08.2019

Citizenship for Children - Dr Luara Ferracioli discusses why children are morally owed citizenship in their State of residence, who has duties of justice towards children and what the challenge for statism is.

Chris Sitka - Part 2 The origins of patriarchy 03.08.2019

The origins of patriarchy Part 2, Chris Sitka discusses why modern feminists are not interested in studying the origins of patriarchy, and Australian indigenous culture in regards to patriarchy.

Chris Sitka - The origins of patriarchy Part 1 27.07.2019

The origins of patriarchy Part 1 Chris Sitka discusses the history of the people on our planet, how and why patriarchy established itself, and Marija Gimbutas book, The language of the goddess.

Assistant Professor Janelle Pötzsch - Sweatshops 08.06.2019

Sweatshops - Assistant Professor Janelle Pötzsch discusses the connection between capitalism and sweatshops, if there any actions that companies can undertake to improve conditions, and if we can prevent sweatshops. 

Dr Jennifer Windt - Dreaming 01.06.2019

Dreaming - Dr Jennifer Windt discusses the relationship between dreams and the self, the role of the body and the brain in shaping bodily experience in dreams and if dreams deceptive experiences.

Part 2 Dr Julienne Van Loon - The Thinking Woman 25.05.2019

Part 2, The Thinking Woman - Dr Julienne Van Loon answers questions such as, why did you the books chapters such fantastic names such as love, play, work, fear, wonder and friendship?

Dr Julienne Van Loon - The Thinking Woman 18.05.2019

The Thinking Woman - Dr Julienne Van Loon answers questions, with so many women thinkers, how did you choose these women to write about?, and why did you the books chapters such fantastic names such as love, play, work, fear, wonder and friendship?

Faith L Justice - Hypatia 11.05.2019

Hypatia - Faith L Justice discusses whether any of Hypatia's letters or books have survived, and how Hypatia has been described as a mathematician and an astronomer but how her first love was really philosophy.

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