The UnMute Podcast

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.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Robert Talisse about the value of democracy, what it means to overdo democracy, what we should do instead, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Michael Burroughs about child development, agency in children, holding children responsible, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher John Torrey about reparations, public apologies, what kind of justice is needed for African Americans, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Ellie Anderson about the continental/analytic divide, methodology, marginalization in the academy, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Axelle Karera about anti-colonial thought, Frantz Fanon, existentialism, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Adam Hosein about theories of discrimination, inclusion, anti-discrimination norms, and so much more.  

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Monique Wonderly about attachment, grief and celebrities, what Not to say to the bereaved, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Nic Bommarito about the aims of Buddhism, mental habits, karma, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Rose Lenehan about housing justice, tenant unions, gentrification, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Lindsey Stewart about Black Joy, Zora Neale Hurston, resistance and refusal, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Laura Pérez about visual experiences and social institutions, how is corruption inherent in our visual experiences, corruption and authenticity, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with Serena Parekh about refugees and statelessness, the harms of statelessness, our ethical obligations, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kathryn Norlock about complaining, its prohibitions, what it does, how to do it well, its connection to shaming, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Yolonda Wilson about health disparities, factors that contribute to it, race, class, and medical treatment, health justice, and so much more.   

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Erin Tarver about sports fandom, hero worship vs mascotting, the logics of white supremacy and misogyny in sports, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kris Sealey about decolonialism, the role of the stereotype, Bad Faith's subversive potential, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Carrie Jenkins about the nature of love and happiness, can you have one without the other, what is love-crafting in private and public, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Michele Moody-Adams about monuments and memorials, their similarities and differences, arguments for their destruction, the democratic possibilities of both, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Colleen Murphy about reconciliation, its connection with forgiveness, its role in transitional justice, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kate Manne about over-sympathy for men, its connection to misogyny, why women are prone to it, some strategies to resist it, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Andrea Pitts about neoliberalism, how it uniquely affects indigenous communities, projects of resistance, Latinx philosophy, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Adrienne Martin about the nature of hope, why we should hope in humanity, differences and connections between hope, faith, and motivation, and much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Kyle Whyte about climate injustice, settler colonialism, anthropogenic environmental change, Indigenous resilience, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Serene Khader about transnational feminism, solidarity, neoliberalism and women in the global south, writng advice, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Winston Thompson about justice and education, potential and formation, charter schools, decolonizing the curriculm, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Wendy Salkin about informal representation, its powers, duties, and problems, Du Bois & Coates on the issue, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher David Livingstone Smith about dehumanization, it's history, the role of race in dehumanizing practices, how monsters are made, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Lori Gruen about carceral spaces, teaching philosophy in prisons, the animal, prisoner, and blacks analogy, is animal rights for white people, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Elizabeth Barnes about theories of disability, abnormal bodies and a flourishing life, diabilty pride, valuing disability, and much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with philosoher Cassie Herbert about risky speech, the difference between accusations and reports, how to respond to accounts of racism, sexism, etc, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Larry blum about teaching race, dealing with guilt and resentment in the classroom, teaching race in a Trump era, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Tommie Shelby about dark ghettos, integration, single black mothers, the moral permissibility of crime, hip-hop, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher John Corvino about homosexuality, traditional marriage, religious liberty and discrimination, being out in academia, and so much more.

Myisha cherry chats with philosopher Denise James about Political Illusions, Lorraine Hansberry, the problem of integration, dying cities, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with Meena Krishnamurthy and Rachel McKinnon about their reactions to the election,  ignorance during the election season, how to overcome and survive ignornace, the future role of the media as vehicles of knowledge, and so much more. 

Myisha Cherry chats with Philosopher Paul C. Taylor about black invisibility, art and politics, authenticity and cultural appropriation, beauty and race, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher, Linda Alcoff, about white exceptionalism, white double consciousness, the future of whiteness, and much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Tom Digby about masculinity and militarism, rape culture, the gender war, cultural programming, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher, Nancy Bauer, about pornography, the sexiness of taboos, feminism and porn, hookup culture, and more.

Myisha Cherry chats with José Mendoza about whiteness and immigration, open borders, the myth surrounding Mexican immigration, 'alien' and 'illegals' discourse, and so much more.

Myisha Cherry chats with philosopher Luvell Anderson about slurs, swearing, the N-Word, appropriating language, and racial humor.