A new podcast by UPJA
This podcast is an extension of our existing interview series, which consists of conversations with academic philosophers who are from or currently working in Australasia or whose work has had a significant impact on philosophy in the region—in a less formal and more accessible way. For each episode, we will invite them to sit down with our editors and share their own ideas, experiences, and advice.
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In this debut episode, we interviewed Dr Sam Shpall, the senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. We talked about Dr Shpall’s academic experiences, the excitement and fun of teaching and thinking about the philosophy of sex and love, the problem of disciplinary boundaries, and the meaning and importance, if there are any, of doing philosophy.
The edited transcript of this episode can be found here.
This episode, we were honoured to sit down with Dr Bryan Mukandi, Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Wollongong. We spoke about Dr Mukandi’s slightly unconventional foray into philosophy, the importance of philosophical community, the difficulty of navigating philosophy as a member of a marginalised group, what it means to do philosophy in a specific place, and his work on Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
The edited transcript of this episode can be found here.