Think Hard

Think Hard

By Danielle LaSusa & José MuñizSociety & CultureEducationPhilosophy
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Think Hard episodes

  • #6: White Girl Sings the Blues
    Danielle and José talk about cultural appropriation. What’s wrong with a
    white person wearing a Native American headdress for Halloween? Where is
    the line between cultural exchange and appropriation? To what extent is it
    legitimate for an artist to draw from other cultures in order to make
    something new? We end, as always, with what we've been thinking about and
    give some recommendations.
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  • #5: Lottery Players Lack Imagination
    Live from PDX, Danielle and José discuss risk. What happens in our mind
    when we think about whether or not to take a risk? How do we know if we are
    taking a good risk or a bad risk? What should we do when our risks impact
    others? How does our culture view risk? We end, as always, with what we are
    thinking about and give some recommendations.
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  • #4: Giving with Reason
    This episode, Danielle and José talk about poverty. Are there rational
    reasons for giving to those less fortunate? What responsibilities or duties
    do we have to give to the poor? Does giving to the poor end up doing more
    harm than good? We end with “What We’re Thinking About” and give our
    recommendations for this episode.
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  • #3: T-Shirt Feminism
    Danielle and José discuss whether the mainstreaming of feminism has sold it
    out to capitalist interests. Can we be both a feminist and a capitalist? Is
    capitalism inherently patriarchal? Does feminism require a kind of
    collective action that capitalism works to undermine? How does capitalism
    exploit women’s unpaid labor of childrearing and household care? Are ad
    campaigns that promote feminist ideas actually feminist or just another way
    to sell products? We end with recommendations for what we’ve been thinking
    about since the last episode.
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  • #2: Stop Traffic...and You Die
    In this episode, Danielle and José consider the force, function, and
    fragility of political protests. We consider some of the recent
    Republican-backed legislation that threatens to limit the ability for
    people to protest. What purpose do protests serve in the public arena? In
    what ways do protests help build a sense of community? Is violence in
    public protesting ever acceptable? Here is a Washington Post article
    summarizing the national trend in legislation against protests
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  • #1: I had a crumby trip because I'm a crumby person
    In our inaugural episode, Danielle and José discuss travel and
    authenticity. When we go on trips, many of us are in search of some kind of
    authentic experience of another place. Where does this desire for
    authenticity come from and is it possible to achieve? Is the search for
    authenticity harmful for the places we travel? We end the show by
    discussing what we’ve been thinking about over the last few weeks, and
    leave our listeners with some recommendations.
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Philosophy is sometimes seen as impractical and impenetrable, but on Think Hard, two trained philosophers have accessible and lively conversations about contemporary culture, politics, and society.…