Best Melinda Cooper Podcasts (2024)

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The Neoliberal Counterrevolution w/ Melinda Cooper 1:21:20

22d ago1:21:20

1:21:20

Melinda Cooper describes the combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes neoliberal monetary policy and how these ideas emerged from the crises of the 1970s. Melinda Cooper is Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University. She is the author of Family Values: Between Neoliberalism and the New Social Cons…

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Feminism and the Police w/ Leah Cowan 1:20:29

1M ago1:20:29

1:20:29

Leah Cowan explains the long and complex relationship between British feminism and British policing. From women's suffrage, through the Women's Liberation movement of the 1970s, to recent conflicts over the murder of Sarah Everard by a London Metropolitan Police officer. Leah Cowan is a writer, editor and previously the political editor of Gal-dem …

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Reviewing the Cass Review w/ Ruth Pearce 1:19:41

2M ago1:19:41

1:19:41

Ruth Pearce explains the many problems surrounding the recently published Cass Review into trans healthcare for young people. Ruth Pearce is a Lecturer in Community Development at the University of Glasgow and a researcher specializing in trans healthcare. She has edited two books (The Emergence of Trans and TERF Wars) as well as special issues of …

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The Revolutionary Movements of the 1970s w/ Michael Hardt 1:24:40

2M ago1:24:40

1:24:40

Michael Hardt analyses the revolutionary political movements of the 1970s and what they might teach us about political struggle, social transformation, and liberation. Michael Hardt teaches political theory in the Literature Program at Duke University. He is co-author, with Antonio Negri, of the Empire trilogy and, most recently, Assembly. He is co…

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EP13 Pioneering Value Accelerating Strategies: The Power of Cooperative Ecosystems, the Female Founders' Advantage, and Social Impact 44:47

3M ago44:47

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Let’s get down to business: If you’re a founder or CEO eyeing a lucrative exit for your company, you’ll want to explore these strategies for accelerating your business value, and you may be surprised. Learn what the surge of conscious leadership, coopetitive ecosystem models, and social impact means for your business growth, plus what you need to k…

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EP12 Beyond the Bottom Line: Leadership, Company Culture, and Why Personal Growth Powers Business Growth 36:55

3M ago36:55

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Business is all about people and relationships, and the biggest predictor of success is your leadership and company culture. So what does it take to inspire a culture of innovation, creativity, productivity and great results? Hosts Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock, who have both built and lead teams large and small for outsize success, discuss st…

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Feeling Bad, Politically w/ Hannah Proctor 1:21:47

3M ago1:21:47

1:21:47

Hannah Proctor explains why it’s important to understand the messy, emotional, and interpersonal aspects of political struggle. Hannah Proctor is a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, interested in histories and theories of radical psychiatry. She is a member of the editorial collective behind Radical Philoso…

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EP11 AI Is Your Competitive Edge: Navigating with New Business Landscape with AI and Blockchain 31:07

3M ago31:07

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Artificial Intelligence is changing everything about how we do business - promising unprecedented efficiencies with its ability to automate processes, generate content, create new products, and provide unparalleled and actionable insights, as well as new revenue-generating opportunities. How are you applying it to your business? Today on Zero Limit…

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EP10 Financial Discipline and Legal Savvy: Preventing Pitfalls in Rapidly Scaling Businesses and How CEOs Must Adapt 33:16

3M ago33:16

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CEOs, founders, and business leaders, buckle up because you might be missing some key financial and legal protocols and practices that make a big difference in the value of your business as it scales. Today on Zero Limits: Business Growth Secrets entrepreneurs and investors Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock unpack the evolving role of a CEO as the…

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EP9 The Art of Sales and Marketing: From Transactions to Valuable Customer Relationships, Community and Value in Business 30:20

4M ago30:20

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Want to avoid all the common sales and marketing mistakes holding back your business growth and value? Learn the nuances of how to create and support effective sales teams, and why sales isn't about pushy persistence and rather about genuinely understanding and assisting customers to best fulfill their needs. Entrepreneurs and investors Steve Littl…

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EP8 Activated Culture of Abundance: The Positive Impact of Joyful Work Cultures on Market Dynamics and Company Value 32:04

4M ago32:04

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Are you ready to unlock the potential of your business, break away from the scarcity trap, and innovate from a place of abundance? Today Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock challenge the traditional “business as a battle” mindset, and explore the transformative value accelerator of an abundance mindset and its profound impact on company culture and …

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Is Your Landlord Trying to Kill You? w/ Nick Bano 58:30

4M ago58:30

58:30

Nick Bano explains how landlords and the state collaborate to produce the housing crisis, generating harm and violence in the process of wealth accumulation. Nick Bano is an author and Barrister who specializes in representing homeless people, residential occupiers, and destitute and migrant households. He has written for Tribune, the New Socialist…

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EP7 Operational Superpowers From Startup to Stand Out: How to Master Operational Value Drivers for Business Success 30:13

4M ago30:13

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Every great business starts with a powerful founding vision and without operational mastery of the details that bring it to life and sustain its growth as it scales, even the best visions can be doomed to stagnation or failure. Today on Zero Limits Business Growth Secrets, entrepreneurs and investors Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock dive deep int…

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EP6 Brand Mastery: Crafting a Magnetic Emotional Connection for Customer Loyalty and Market Domination 27:50

4M ago27:50

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Do you feel the buzz in the air? That's the electric energy of transformation that comes from escalating your brand's potency and building brand awareness, trusted community, and protection. Learn how to master your brand, how to balance a founder or CEO’s personal brand with the company brand, plus the power of community and role of recurring reve…

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Black Resistance to British Policing w/ Adam Elliott-Cooper 1:06:35

5M ago1:06:35

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In today’s episode I’m speaking to Adam Elliott-Cooper about histories of Black resistance to British policing, specifically how figures such as Claudia Jones, Darcus Howe, and Stuart Hall have theorized and resisted Policing’s role in upholding British Imperialism, racial capitalism, and neoliberalism. Adam Elliott-Cooper is Lecturer in Public and…

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EP5: Innovation and the Art of Product Differentiation: Understanding Product Accelerators, Constraints and When to Pivot 33:19

5M ago33:19

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It’s noisy out there in our “attention economy” with so many products and services competing for mindshare. So how does your product stand out? What unique value does it bring to your customers, and what keeps them loyal? Some products are nice to have; others change our behavior and disrupt whole industries. Join Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock…

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BONUS EP4 Doing Well By Doing Good: Adrian Grenier on Investing for Sustainable Impact 9:46

5M ago9:46

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“If we want to change the world, we must be willing to change ourselves” – Adrian Grenier, impact investor, transformational influencer, and co-founder and general partner at DuContra Ventures. “Our mental, physical, and spiritual health is key to ensuring that we will have maximum impact in what we create and how we invest.” Zero Limits Business G…

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EP3 The Underdog’s Guide to Outsmarting Goliaths: A Market Disruption Playbook on How to Tap into Hidden Markets and Pioneer Profitable Niches 32:37

5M ago32:37

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“Think big, start small, and scale fast”. It’s a seemingly simple formula with endless complexities of execution for any startup founder wanting to disrupt an entire industry. Today on Zero Limits Business Growth Secrets, hosts Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock unpack the secrets to outmaneuvering the Goliaths of your industry. 🔑 Key Takeaways 🔑 🏗…

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EP2 Maximizing Business Growth Beyond Face Value: Strategic Rebranding and What You Can Learn from a Trucking Company’s Market Pivot 31:33

5M ago31:33

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Imagine making a small pivot in your business, as simple as a rebrand, that multiplies your potential exit multiple from 2X to 10X. Understanding market dynamics and the context of your company in a fast-changing environment is critical to your success, so today hosts Steve Little and Melinda Wittstock explore why value growth is driven by what a p…

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EP1 Unlocking Business Value Beyond Revenue: Mastering the Secret Value Drivers Most Entrepreneurs Miss 31:30

5M ago31:30

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Are you tirelessly working to build and scale your business and feel like you've hit a plateau? What are the value growth drivers you may be overlooking that could speed your growth? What are the market dynamics you must navigate, and how to stay agile amidst rapid changes? How might advancements in AI and blockchain technology be leveraged to acce…

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Class Struggle in the Care Economy w/ Taj Ali and Gabriel Winant 1:29:11

5M ago1:29:11

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Gabriel Winant and Taj Ali discuss the surge of labor organising that has taken place in British and American healthcare over the last few years. Gabriel Winant is an assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago and the author of The Next Shift: The Fall of Industry and the Rise of Health Care in Rust Belt America. His writing has be…

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Business Growth Secrets - Trailer 3:25

5M ago3:25

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Join Melinda Wittstock. the CEO and founder of Podopolo, the AI powered podcasting company. And Steve Little, the CEO and managing partner of Zero Limits Ventures, listen in on a value packed impromptu podcast that was recorded after a powerful on location mastermind. This conversation takes you through thought provoking steps of everything you nee…

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How the Police Became an Army w/ Julian Go 1:06:35

6M ago1:06:35

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Julian Go explains the 200 year history of police militarization in Britain and the U.S. He highlights the relationships between race, moral panics, and criminalization before describing how these connections shed light on the struggles against colonialism, imperialism, and policing. Julian Go is Professor of Sociology and Faculty Affiliate of the …

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Trans Misogyny and the State w/ Jules Gill-Peterson 1:30:10

7M ago1:30:10

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Jules Gill-Peterson explains what trans misogyny is, why the state cultivates and enlists it, and how this shapes our current political moment. Jules Gill-Peterson is writer, academic, and author based in the US. She is a tenured associate professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and a General Editor of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly. H…

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Frantz Fanon w/ Adam Shatz 1:05:14

7M ago1:05:14

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Writer Adam Shatz discusses the life and work of the revolutionary, psychiatrist, and philosopher Frantz Fanon Adam Shatz is the US editor of The London Review of Books and a contributor to The New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, and other publications. He is also a visiting professor at Bard College, and the host…

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Healthcare Assistants on the Picket Line w/ Jess Thorne 1:07:50

9M ago1:07:50

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Jess Thorne updates us on the struggle Health Care Assistants in the Wirral face to win adequate wages. Jess Thorne is a writer, historian and trade union organiser. She works as a local organiser for UNISON in the North West region, where she has been assisting healthcare assistants on the Wirral in a re-banding dispute. SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.…

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Freedom, Fascism, and Elvio Fachinelli w/ Ramsey McGlazer 58:37

9M ago58:37

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Ramsey McGlazer discusses the work of radical psychoanalyst Elvio Fachinelli. Specifically, he traces the history of an anti-authoritarian kindergarten which Fachinelli founded, how this informed his broader engagement with psychoanalysis, and how that work might inform our own understanding of authority, adulthood and freedom. How to Touch Grass b…

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Palestinian Liberation and Media Complicity w/ Lara Sheehi, Stephen Sheehi, James Schneider 1:39:12

9M ago1:39:12

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Lara Sheehi, Stephen Sheehi and James Schneider discuss events currently unfolding in Palestine and the strategies used media to stifle support for Palestinian liberation and normalize settler colonialism. Lara Sheehi is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the George Washington University Professional Psychology program. Co-editor of S…

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Cybernetics of Control w/ Acid Horizon 1:22:34

10M ago1:22:34

1:22:34

Craig, Adam and Will from Acid Horizon discuss their book Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape, including reflections on cybernetics, police, paranoia, disability, and Ocularity. Acid Horizon is a podcasting collective of artists, musicians, and philosophers formed in 2020 with a focus on Marxist, post-structuralist, and anarchist philosophy. They a…

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tired of trying to accept your body? same... what's next 8:43

10M ago8:43

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In a world that is so obsessed with being thin, it feels like an endless upstream battle to eat without guilt and feel good about one's body. You're probably exhausted, I'm exhausted. I'm also tired of seeing my patients struggle and I'm exhausted hearing about doctors pushing ozempic/weight loss on my patients. In this ep, I talk about how I feel …

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Entering the Age of Genomic Capital w/ Erica Borg and Amedeo Policante 1:04:09

10M ago1:04:09

1:04:09

Erica Borg and Amedeo Policante provide a marxist analysis of gene editing technology, CRISPR, and genetic engineering as they relate to eugenics, capital accumulation and ecology. Erica Borg is a geographer and political ecologist based at King's College, London. Their research focuses on the relations between capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy a…

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Warfare, Biopower and the Long Attica Revolt w/ Orisanmi Burton 1:13:13

10M ago1:13:13

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Orisanmi Burton discusses the criminalized and incarcerated Black radical tradition through the lens of a series of prison rebellions in the New York prison system throughout the 1970s. Orisanmi Burton is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at American University and the author of Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long …

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Addiction, Recovery, Liberation w/ Waithera Sebatindira 57:24

10M ago57:24

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Waithera Sebatindira explores how it feels to live as an addict under capitalism and asks how addiction and recovery could remake the world. Waithera Sebatindira is a Kenyan writer based in London. Their previous writing and research interests have included food imperialism, drag kings and gender transformation. They are a co-author of A FLY Girl’s…

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The Future of the NHS w/ Johnbosco Nwogbo (Red Medicine at TWT) 35:57

11M ago35:57

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Johnbosco Nwogbo from We Own It discusses the future of the NHS, to what degree it can still be considered publicity owned, and what we could expect from a Labour government. Johnbosco Nwogbo is Lead Campaigner at We Own It. For the three years before joining We Own It, he has been a campaigner for renters and community rights as part of ACORN the …

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The Reality of Trans Healthcare in Britain w/ Vic Parsons 46:41

11M ago46:41

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Journalist Vic Parsons discusses the reality facing trans and non-binary people navigating the British healthcare system. Vic Parsons is a journalist based in London. They have written on a number of topics relating to the lives of trans and non-binary people for a number of publications including Novara Media, Democracy Now, Vogue and others. SUPP…

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Extractivism and Healing w/ Centric Lab 45:31

11M ago45:31

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Rhiannon Osborne, Araceli Camargo and Josh Artus from Centric Lab explain the work they do in supporting communities fighting for health justice. Centic Lab is an organization that provides tools for racialised and marginalised communities facing the effects of extractivism and ecological breakdown. SUPPORT: www.buymeacoffee.com/redmedicine Soundtr…

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Consumption, Care and Meat Love w/ Amber Husain 58:10

12M ago58:10

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The writer Amber Hussain describes a certain kind of middle-class ethical meat consumption she has dubbed as Meat Love. She explores the culture surrounding this type of meat eating and what kind of anxieties, be they class or climate, are being worked through in this mode of consumption. Amber Husain is a writer based in South London, UK. She is t…

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Nick Dearden: How Big Pharma Destroys Global Health 1:08:33

12M ago1:08:33

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Nick Dearden shatters the myth that pharmaceuticals corporations (Big Pharma) play an innovative and productive role in providing people with medicines and how the realities of financialization, intellectual property law, and neocolonialism show that instead we are left with an incredibly harmful system. Nick Dearden is the director of Global Justi…

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Matt Colquhoun: Is Another Narcissism Possible? 1:06:25

12M ago1:06:25

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Narcissism is often deemed the defining pathology of contemporary society. In this episode writer Matt Colquhoun examines these claims and asks if another narcissism is possible. Matt Colquhoun is a writer and photographer from Hull. They are the author of two books, Egress and Narcissus in Bloom, and the editor of Mark Fisher’s Postcapitalist Desi…

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Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek: Health & the Home After Work 54:24

1y ago54:24

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Helen Hester and Nick Srnicek describe the home and its function as a site of unpaid labor within capitalist economies. Specifically, they explore how modernization and technology have failed to deliver on their promise of making this labor quicker and easier – and the implications this has for how we give and receive care. Helen Hester is Professo…

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Feeling like people are better than you, kinder, smarter, prettier... 44:04

1y ago44:04

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Shame causes us to feel less than, different, not good enough. It causes us to feel one degree of separation from the person we think is better than us in some way (success, money, intelligence, appearance, etc. "I am lesser than the other person or other people, and I am on the outside looking in." - Joanne Kim Today I have on Joanne Kim, a therap…

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Arun Kundnani: What Liberal Anti-racism Gets Wrong About Racial Capitalism 1:03:53

1y ago1:03:53

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Arun Kundnani outlines the limits of liberal anti-racism and explains why we need a radical and materialist analysis of capitalism to understand racism. Arun Kundnani has been active in antiracist movements in Britain and the United States for three decades. He is a former editor of the journal Race & Class and was a scholar-in-residence at the Sch…

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M. E. O'Brien: Insurgent Social Reproduction and Communizing Care 56:45

1y ago56:45

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M. E. O'Brien discusses her work on family abolition, specifically her new book Family Abolition: Capitalism and the Communizing of Care. Including how the crisis of capitalist over-production changed the nature of the family in the 20th century, and how we might understand what’s happening in moments of insurgent social reproduction. M. E. O'Brien…

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tension in your body may be stemming from your emotions 58:18

1y ago58:18

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"We live in a very cognitive society. We're cerebral, we talk, but there's still this approach of thought forward existence versus listening to what our bodies are actually saying." -Romi Today I have the pleasure of welcoming Romi Cumes, an incredible Somatic therapist based out in Santa Barbara. Somatic psychology - what is it you may ask. It is …

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Micha Frazer-Carroll: Making Mental Illness Political 1:05:12

1y ago1:05:12

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Micha Frazer Carroll explains why we need to re-politicize our understandings of mental illness, mental health and madness. Micha is a columnist at the Independent. She has previously edited for gal-dem, the Guardian and Blueprint. Micha has also written for Vogue, HuffPost, Huck and Dazed. She was nominated for the Comment Awards’ Fresh New Voice …

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illness #1 w/ Micha Frazer-Carroll, Amber Husain, Matt Colquhoun 1:19:18

1y ago1:19:18

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Audio from illness #1, the first Red Medicine event held at The Horse Hospital on May 25th. The evening was a night of readings from Micha Frazer-Carroll, Amber Husain and Matt Colquhoun on the political, cultural and historic significance of illness. TIME STAMPS: 05:00 - Red Medicine introductory text 12:15 - Micha Frazer-Carroll (https://www.plut…

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Bonus FTK: $H!T in the Dating Pool 1:11:59

1+ y ago1:11:59

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Welcome Welcome! No intro or outro just straight content. For our bonus track we have Shannon back again to talk about relationships, past crap and present stuff. Not much Mommin' in this or the next episode but hey, we do what we want LOL. 3:10 - Male and Female Relationships. 19:40 - I almost cried but I got myself together. 32:00 - Baby Daddy dr…

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Victoria Browne: A Philosophy of Miscarriage 1:01:38

1+ y ago1:01:38

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Victoria Browne discusses her work developing a feminist philosophy of miscarriages, still births and pregnancy. Victoria Browne is Reader in Political Theory at Oxford Brookes University. She is a member of the Radical Philosophy editorial collective and the author of two books Feminism, Time and Nonlinear History and Pregnancy Without Birth: A Fe…

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Keir Milburn: How We Smash The Cosmic Right and Build The Weird Left 1:19:21

1+ y ago1:19:21

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Keir Milburn analyses the 'Cosmic Right' a new wave of reactionary politics built around conspiracy theories and new age spirituality and calls for the construction of a Weird Left to counter this worrying turn. Keir Milburn is a writer, researcher, and political activist. His most recent book is Generation Left. He works on municipalism, economic …

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Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla: Towards an Internationalist Politics of Health 50:44

1+ y ago50:44

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Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla explains how an internationalist politics can and should shape international health policy away from structures designed by and for capitalist countries in the Global North towards a system based on sovereignty and solidarity. Varsha Gandikota-Nellutla is a Cabinet member of Progressive International and leads its policy p…

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