Public Intellectual

Jessa Crispin
  • 4.7 (119)
  • BOOKS

Complicated conversations with complicated people about complicated topics. Let's get into the real mess of gender, feminism, punishment, class, politics, and culture and leave easy rhetoric and jingoism behind. Hosted by Jessa Crispin.

  1. TRAILER

    Coming Soon: The Culture We Deserve

    From the creators of Public Intellectual: a new weekly podcast exploring the state of our cultural institutions, norms, and failures. It's called The Culture We Deserve. Because it is.  Hosted by Jessa Crispin, the author of My Three Dads, Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto, and The Dead Ladies Project. We'll be launching in November 2023 with the miniseries "A Fifth of Mahler," a look at the state of classical music in an age of poptimism.  Join us at http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com

    2 min

  2. 09/27/2021

    No Modernism without Lesbians, with Dianna Souhami

    Dianna Souhami has worked for decades as a chronicler of sexual subcultures in early 20th century Europe, and finally, she is allowed to deliver her thesis: without this network of lesbians, the parties they through and the lovers they supported, modernism would not have been possible. She speaks with Jessa about our limited ideas of creativity and genius, why rewriting history is still important, and the lifelong project of lineage.  (This will be the final episode with Jessa Crispin as host.) http://patreon.com/publicintellectual

    33 min

  3. 09/13/2021

    America's Recknoning in Afghanistan, with Roy Scranton

    This week's episode is hosted by Cameron Steele. The flag waving and feminist arguments for more war and scapegoating of service members prompted by America's withdrawal from Afghanistan proves we still have not learned the lessons from 9/11 or our policy of endless war. Roy Scranton (WAR PORN) talks to Cameron about cycles of violence, our imperialist fantasies, and why war is a force that gives us meaning.

    1h 12m

  4. 08/23/2021

    FBoy Island is Incel Culture, with Cameron Steele

    Between Love Island, Love is Blind, FBoy Island, Sexy Beasts, Too Hot to Handle etc, we sure do love watching hot straight people be tortured for the possibility of love. Cameron and Jessa discuss why these properties are still considered "guilty pleasures" despite the harm they are doing and why they all seem to be designed by incels.  Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual

    1 hr

  5. 08/16/2021

    When Even the Moon is Gender Critical: Neo-Pagans, Goddess Culture, and terfs with Ana Valens

    After a couple thousand years of Christianity, some populations who had been suffering under Yahweh decided to give some other gods and goddesses a try. But did they create systems that were just as equally oppressive to others? You know, on accident? The journalist Ana Valens returns to PI to talk to Jessa about the difficulties in mixing biology and spirituality, religion as protest, and what to do with mystical feelings in a secular culture. http://patreon.com/publicintellectual

    54 min

  6. 08/09/2021

    Who Gets to Tell Your Story, with Cameron Steele

    Amanda Knox is back in the news, as a film "inspired by" the story of her being accused of murder is in the theaters. Knox has compared telling stories of other people's lives to "cultural appropriation," and Cameron and Jessa try to untangle that particular mess. Who gets to tell a story? What is the divide between the private and the public self? And how can Henry James help us solve this quandary?  Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com

    1h 3m

  7. 07/26/2021

    It Never Came Home: The Euros and Copa America, with Nicolás R Melo

    Both the Euros and Copa America saw the anticipated winners humiliated in their own homes. It was nice, a treat. Former soccer player and activist Nicolás R Melo revisits the highs and lows of the pandemic tournaments, the easy (and politically objectionable) narratives of sports), how England's "It's Coming Home" campaign angered so many outside of England, and why Italy defeating England and Argentina defeating Brazil was the best possible outcome.  Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual

    47 min

  8. 07/19/2021

    The Final Girlboss, with Cameron Steele

    People keep holding funerals for the Girlboss, that figure of narcissism and disgrace, but aren't we all girlbosses now? Don't we all have to be to survive in late capitalism? Cameron Steele and Jessa discuss what distinguishes a girlboss, the adoration/cancellation cycle, the extremely revealing Man Repeller interview, and whether it's possible to have a career without being a careerist.  Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual

    1h 11m
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Complicated conversations with complicated people about complicated topics. Let's get into the real mess of gender, feminism, punishment, class, politics, and culture and leave easy rhetoric and jingoism behind. Hosted by Jessa Crispin.

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  • Creator
    Jessa Crispin
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2023
  • Episodes
    100
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 956462
  • Show Website
    Public Intellectual

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