The UnMute Podcast

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 like James Baldwin, the necessity of emotional healing in the face of injustice, and more.

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

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

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

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Maria Acosta Lopez (University of California, Riverside) about Traumatic Violence and colonization, the importance of Radical Listening, the healing power of art, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with political theorist NIck Buccola (Claremont McKenna College) about freedom, individualism, social justice, the misappropriation of Martin Luther King's legacy, and more.

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.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosophers Michael Brownstein (John Jay College/CUNY), Alex Madva (Cal Poly Pomona), and Daniel Kelly (Purdue) about structural change, either/or thinking, why individual choices matter, how we all can make a difference, and more.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Sam Fleischacker about empathy, its political potential, Adam Smith, the opera, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Nathifa Greene about habits, character, why the revolution will be mundane, learning languages, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Alfred Archer about affective injustice, enforcing emotional norms, admirable figures, soccer, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Christian Miller about honesty, character, why we are not as good as we think we are, the writing practice, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Skye Cleary about romantic love, friendships, lessons from existentialism, martial arts, and more.