Imagination: Introduction & Definition w/ Dr. Anna Abraham
As we embark on our exploration of the imagination, we start by exploring just how we should conceptualize and talk about this phenomenon. We also begin to think through just how useful the imaginatio...
26 Elo 20241h 15min
Imagination: Introducing A Special Series
Join cohosts Amin Farzaneh and Brad Stephens as they explore the imagination as both a fascinating phenomenon/concept and an absolute necessity for social change. They will talk with some of the leadi...
17 Elo 20242min
Bonus: Trust & Power in Practice - Dr. Lawrence Susskind
In this special bonus episode, we seek to bring together the subjects of our first two arcs, trust and power, and look at how they might concretely manifest in the bid to create social change. We are ...
15 Joulu 20231h 12min
Power: Manifestations & Resistance w/ Dr. Claire Cahen
As we end our discussion of power, we look more practically at how power manifests in our everyday lives and how we might think about resistance to injustice within this understanding. We think throug...
8 Joulu 20231h 3min
Power: Contemporary & Neoliberal w/ Dr. Wendy Brown
We continue to explore the concept of power by asking how neoliberalism might be both informing our understanding of power and changing how it manifests. Combining a number of insights from previous g...
1 Joulu 202359min
Power: Feminism & Foucault w/ Dr. Amy Allen
This week, we delve into how the influential theorist Michel Foucault challenged and changed our conceptions of power. We also begin to plumb how a feminist understanding of power can help inform our ...
24 Marras 20231h 15min
Power: Urban Regimes & Democratic Agency w/ Dr. Max Stephenson
In this episode, we introduce two new conceptualizations of power. First, we look at the urban regime framework, which suggests that groups (regimes) come together to govern collaboratively around col...
17 Marras 202359min
Power: Three Dimensions w/ Dr. Steven Lukes
In this episode, we start to add nuance to our understanding of power by investigating the three dimensions of power, as identified by Dr. Steven Lukes. Dr. Lukes, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at N...
10 Marras 20231h 4min
