Heidi talks to Alonso Gurmendi, Lecturer in International Relations at King’s College London, to break down South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. They cover South Africa’s legal action as a form of Global South resistance, how to think about the role of international law in global politics, and how to find humanity together in these very dar…

In this episode we chat with author, columnist and media personality Michael Malice. Michael is author of the brand new book, The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics, and is the host of the “Your Welcome with Michael Malice” podcast.Find out more about Michael’s work on his website: http://michaelmalice.com/Follow Michael on Twi…

In this episode we chat with Ben Burgis, author of Give Them an Argument – Logic for the Left (Zero Books, 2019). Ben is a lecturer in philosophy at Georgia State University Perimeter College, and is regular contributor to The Michael Brooks Show, Zero Books, and The Serfs.Follow Ben on Twitter @BenBurgis Buy Ben’s book here: https://www.johnhuntpu…

This week Heidi and David chat with journalist and writer Andray Domise about race, politics, and everything. This is a tour de force – don’t miss it!Andray Domise, The moral cowardice of Canadian media if leaving racism unchallenged, Macleans, March 28, 2019. https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/the-moral-cowardice-of-canadian-media-is-leaving-racism-u…

This is the second episode in a series on the adjudication of harassment and bullying complaints pursuant to #MeToo-inspired academic and professional association codes of conduct. Heidi talks to Richard Ned Lebow, the man at the center of the ‘lingerie elevator joke’ scandal that erupted at the 2018 International Studies Association conference. Pr…

This is the first episode in a series on the adjudication of harassment and bullying complaints pursuant to #MeToo-inspired conference codes of conduct. Heidi talks to Simona Sharoni, the professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the center of the ‘lingerie elevator joke’ scandal that erupted at the 2018 International Studies Association conferenc…

In this episode David and I chat with videogame enthusiast and expert, Alfie Bown. Alfie is a lecturer in media at Royal Holloway University London and author of The Playstation Dreamworld, published by Polity in 2017. Truthout YouTubers Play a Key Role in Far-Right Extremism of Online ForumsHe writes for the Guardian and other places, and tweets a…

We explain why you’re not wrong when you self-diagnose with impostor syndrome; I come to terms with the politics of my edgelord identity (see what I did there?); cisman David has a trans expression; Clif explains Socratic pick up culture in Ancient Athens, and why at the end of the day you don’t deserve anything you have and if you think you do you…

Sex exceptionalism is the tendency to elevate the sexual component of difficult questions and controversies as inherently worthy of specialized attention. This episode addresses the risks of ‘sexceptionalism’ in the context of coercion and the competing duties of university professors.Kim Ferzan is Harrison Robertson Professor of Law & Joel B. Pias…

If we’re serious about emancipatory projects, we need to think trans. In this episode, Heidi speaks with two queer activists and writers about how to start down this road. Florence Ashley is a transfeminine activist and scholar based at the Faculty of Law at McGill University in Montreal. Her work focuses on bioethics and transgender healthcare. Fl…

In Part I of this episode Heidi talks to Brooklyn Law professor Alice Ristroph about intellectual history, mass incarceration, sexual assault, and Kamala Harris. In Part II, Osgoode super student Heather Donkers lays out how the law school tuition crisis facing Ontario law students is emblematic of a much wider cross-jurisdictional crisis in access…

On this episode Heidi talks to Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. In the interview, Professor Tushnet talks about the role of critical legal studies in political activism and the need for those seeking progressive goals to develop a double consciousness as part of their practice.In the second half Heidi ta…