12 episodes

HMOD is a (barely) legal podcast about sex, culture, politics, and law hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School professor Heidi Matthews, and produced by David Slavick

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HMOD is a (barely) legal podcast about sex, culture, politics, and law hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School professor Heidi Matthews, and produced by David Slavick

    HMOD Episode 12 - Hague Wars: The Global South Strikes Back

    HMOD Episode 12 - Hague Wars: The Global South Strikes Back

    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 dark days.

    Alonso Gurmendi, Lecturer in International Relations at King’s College London –

    https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/alonso-gurmendi-dunkelberg

    Alonso’s state reaction to South Africa’s ICJ application tracker – https://x.com/Alonso_GD/status/1740807788719157697?s=20

    Alonso on Twitter/X – @Alonso_GD

    You can find legal documents relating the proceedings, including South Africa’s Application Instituting Proceedings, transcripts and press releases, on the website of the International Court of Justice, here: https://www.icj-cij.org/case/192

    Please like and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you pod.

    • 1 hr
    HMOD 11 - Malicious Intent with Michael Malice

    HMOD 11 - Malicious Intent with Michael Malice

    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 Twitter @michaelmalice

    Donate to the show by going to donate.hmodpod.com your help keeps us producing shows! Thanks in advance.

    • 1 hr 16 min
    HMOD EPISODE 10 - LOGIC AND REASON WITH BEN BURGIS

    HMOD EPISODE 10 - LOGIC AND REASON WITH BEN BURGIS

    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.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/give-them-an-argument

    Support Ben’s work on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/benburgis

    • 1 hr 18 min
    HMOD Episode 9 - BLACK FRIEND

    HMOD Episode 9 - BLACK FRIEND

    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-unchallenged/.

    All of Andray’s writing for Macleans: https://www.macleans.ca/author/andray-domise/

    Black Tea podcast with Melayna Williams https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/black-tea/id1439694046

    Andray on Twitter: @andraydomise https://twitter.com/andraydomise

    • 1 hr 45 min
    HMOD Episode 8 - DIRTY LINGERIE II

    HMOD Episode 8 - DIRTY LINGERIE II

    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. Professor Lebow, who is an expert in conflict prevent and resolution, explains why it was so important to him to fight this complaint.

    Links

    Professor Lebow’s faculty page at King’s College London: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/person?id=5402e739-96f2-4936-86d6-203f197283a5

    Richard Ned Lebow, “Warning: Telling a Lame Joke in an Elevator can Endanger Your Career,” Quillette, Nov. 23, 2018.
    https://quillette.com/2018/11/23/warning-telling-a-lame-joke-in-an-elevator-can-endanger-your-career/

    Richard Ned Lebow, “How my lame joke saw me fall foul of the campus zealots,” The Spectator, May 14, 2018.
    https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/how-my-lame-joke-saw-me-fall-foul-of-the-campus-zealots/

    Richard Ned Lebow, “My innocent joke about lingerie and an insidious culture of censorship: Leading academic says trouble caused by a one-liner he cracked in a lift left him reeling,” Daily Mail, May 16, 2018.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5738391/PROFESSOR-RICHARD-NED-LEBOW-innocent-joke-lingerie-insidious-culture-censorship.html

    The installation on display at the ISA 2019 panel on “Confronting Political Backlash: Creative Feminist Responses”: https://twitter.com/simonasharoni/status/1112377478465630208

    Code of Conduct, International Studies Association, April 8, 2018.
    https://www.isanet.org/Portals/0/Documents/ISA/ISA%20Code%20of%20Conduct%200418.pdf

    • 50 min
    HMOD Episode 7 - DIRTY LINGERIE I

    HMOD Episode 7 - DIRTY LINGERIE I

    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 conference. Prof. Sharoni gives her account of the incident, and explains why it was important for her to launch a formal harassment complaint in the wake of the alleged ‘joke.’

    Links
    Professor Simona Sharoni on Twitter: @simonasharoni
    https://twitter.com/simonasharoni?lang=en

    Conor Friedersdorf, “Is ‘Ladies Lingerie’ a Harmless Joke or Harassment?, The Atlantic, May 9, 2018.
    https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/is-this-old-lingerie-joke-harmless-or-harassment/559760/

    Katherine Mangan, “Dispute Over ‘Lingerie’ Comment Persists, as Society Rejects Professor’s Appeal,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, Nov. 14, 2018. https://www.chronicle.com/article/Dispute-Over-Lingerie-/245094

    Ruth Marcus, ‘She called his elevator joke offensive. He called her complaint ‘frivolous.’ Who’s right?,” The Washington Post, May 3, 2018.
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/she-called-his-elevator-joke-offensive-he-called-her-complaint-frivolous-whos-right/2018/05/03/43ba4084-4ee1-11e8-af46-b1d6dc0d9bfe_story.html?utm_term=.7ef0456094ed

    Code of Conduct, International Studies Association, April 8, 2018.
    https://www.isanet.org/Portals/0/Documents/ISA/ISA%20Code%20of%20Conduct%200418.pdf

    • 59 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
10 Ratings

10 Ratings

parkernm ,

A refreshing, critical podcast

So thrilled that Prof. Matthews has launched this podcast. Brilliant conversations that are timely and provocative and FUN!

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