Theoryish

Theoryish
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Theoryish draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring theory to you in the most relevant, interesting, and accessible way. This show aims to create an inclusive community of learning and will showcase a wide variety of theory that is out there, going beyond the expected canon of theorists. This show makes a concerted effort to provide listeners with theoretical tools to hopefully enrich their day-to-day lives no matter what space they occupy. The main podcast hosts are Paola Medina-Gonzalez and Hannah Ayres and they are often joined by guests who help bring theory to life!

  1. 2d ago

    Adolf Loos: Ornament and Crime

    In 1910, architect Adolf Loos stood before a Viennese audience and declared ornament a crime, a moral failing, a symptom of degeneracy and a drag on cultural progress. “Ornament and Crime” remains one of modernism’s founding manifestos, the text that helped strip architecture down to clean lines and bare surfaces. This set the tone, for better or for worse, for everything from the Bauhaus to the glass towers of today.   This week on Theoryish, we’re joined by Dr. Matthew Bliss to dig into Loos essay, thinking about what it argues, why he reached for the language of crime and degeneracy to make an aesthetic point, and how his comparisons to “primitive” tattooing reveal the racial and evolutionary assumptions baked into his theory of progress.   We also confront the uncomfortable question that shadows any serious engagement with Loos: he was a convicted pedophile, and that fact sits uneasily – impossible to ignore, difficult to reconcile – alongside his outsized influence on modern design. What do we do with a foundational text when its author’s life implicates him in real harm to child?   It’s a conversation about ornament, morality, empire, and the limits of seperating the art from the artist.  Content note: This episode includes discussion of child sexual abuse in the context of Adolf Loo’s biography. Listener discretion advised.   Sources and Media  You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zkJBZYKU5COfEwbDmJ17-gUiZf7-4O7iiyRoIJP2yWk/edit?usp=sharing   Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and Instagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod  Music  My Tiny Love by Soundroll

  2. Aug 31

    Akane Kanai: The New Politics of Online Feminism

    Hello all! We have an incredible episode for you today. In this episode of Theoryish, we’re joined by Akane Kanai, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, to discuss her new book The New Politics of Online Feminism. Drawing on interviews with young feminists in Australia, Kanai’s research moves past familiar stories of online feminism as pure activism and resistance, instead tracing the everyday dilemmas young women face as they try to be “good” feminists in digital spaces. This is a candid, theoretically rich conversation about what feminist politics actually feels like to live inside, online, right now.  Sources and Media  You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VmgsLnSrc_y8RDgxAyCH_QRYlmPAZnp46MMoQDJNjcg/edit?usp=sharing   Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and Instagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod  Music  My Tiny Love by Soundroll

  3. Aug 24

    Life Update May 2026

    Hello all, welcome to our first video episode! This is a shorter episode that aims to explain our year long hiatus in a bit more detail. We have a backlog of new episodes to share with you, and we look forward to sharing more theory with you soon. Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and stagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod  Music  My Tiny Love by Soundroll

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    Theoryish Trailer

    Updating the trailer now that me and Paola are both doctors! Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: ⁠theoryishpodcast@gmail.com⁠  Socials  We are on ⁠Twitter⁠  and ⁠Instagram⁠ at theoryish_pod | ⁠Facebook⁠ at theoryishpod  Music  Food For The Soul by ⁠Soundroll⁠

  5. May 25

    Christopher Ewing: The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970

    In this episode, we sit down with author Christopher Ewing to discuss his groundbreaking book The Color of Desire: The Queer Politics of Race in the Federal Republic of Germany after 1970. Together, we explore how race, sexuality, migration, and national identity intersected in post-1970 West Germany, and how queer communities both challenged and reproduced racial politics during a period of profound social change. Christopher Ewing unpacks the histories of activism, desire, belonging, and exclusion that shaped queer life in the Federal Republic of Germany, revealing the often-overlooked experiences of queer migrants and people of color. The conversation also examines the broader political and cultural currents of the era — from postwar memory to liberation movements and debates around citizenship and identity. This episode offers a rich and thought-provoking discussion for listeners interested in queer history, race and ethnicity, German studies, migration, and the politics of identity in modern Europe. Sources and Media  You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FcWv8mQg-PPWv0pL2CG7e0dW5DYUjJtZEluDbJnILKk/edit?usp=sharing Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and Instagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod  Music  My Tiny Love by Soundroll

  6. May 11

    Erika Herrera Rosales: Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control: Colonial Legacies and the Experiences of Migrants in Mexico

    Today we bring you an incredible author interview with the lovely Erika Herrera Rosales, who released her book Ambivalent Humanitarianism and Migration Control Colonial legacies and the Experiences of Migrants in Mexico in 2025. This book explores the complex relationship between migrants and local aid organisations, unpacking the implications of humanitarian actors in migration governance and bordering practices, which have serious and long-lasting effects on the lives of migrants. Sources and Media  You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12ZAgvq5PQg35U0qAICNSrzobfOkzC2za0X2EbmRRr6I/edit?usp=sharing Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and Instagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod  Music  My Tiny Love by Soundroll

  7. Apr 27

    Akhil Kang: savarna citations of desire: queer impossibilities of inter-caste love

    Hello all, welcome back to the Theoryish podcast! In this episode, we turn to Akhil Kang's Savarna Citations of Desire: Queer Impossibilities of Inter-caste Love to understand how caste, sexuality, and desire intersect in South Asian contexts. We are joined by our wonderful former guests dipbuk Panchal and Roshan Johri, who bring along with them their thoughtful perspectives on queer politics and caste critique. Together, we unpack how discussions of inter-caste relationships have remained tethered to heterosexual norms and what it means to queer caste by centring desire, intimacy, exclusion. Sources and Media  You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GlKI9Vji48Tu6FBoVEd3gjAwIAhOuPL_PW-LWVNP-Dg/edit?usp=sharing Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and Instagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod

    Akhil Kang: savarna citations of desire: queer impossibilities of inter-caste love

  8. Apr 24

    Welcome Back

    Did you miss us? Contact Us  You can get in touch with us via our email: theoryishpodcast@gmail.com  Socials  We are on Twitter  and stagram at theoryish_pod | Facebook at theoryishpod

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Theoryish draws from a wide range of disciplines to bring theory to you in the most relevant, interesting, and accessible way. This show aims to create an inclusive community of learning and will showcase a wide variety of theory that is out there, going beyond the expected canon of theorists. This show makes a concerted effort to provide listeners with theoretical tools to hopefully enrich their day-to-day lives no matter what space they occupy. The main podcast hosts are Paola Medina-Gonzalez and Hannah Ayres and they are often joined by guests who help bring theory to life!

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  • Creator
    Theoryish
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Theoryish
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    Theoryish

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