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The Culture We DeserveWhat is Wrong with MenFrom the cult of incels running our government to Trump's alliance with Andrew Tate to Elon Musk's mountain of neglected baby boys, one has to ask, what is wrong with all the men? Jessa and Nico discuss the root causes of men's unmooring -- naturally this is all women's doing -- and why we need new ways to organize our domestic lives. Also, coming in June 2025 from Pantheon: Jessa Crispin's new book, What Is Wrong With Men. Shownotes and references: http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com 2025-02-261h 42

The Culture We DeserveA New Media Struggling to Be BornMedia continues its decline with layoffs and closures. The only winners appear to be the tech intermediaries like Meta, Amazon, and Google. (X continues to lose at everything.) Hosts Jessa Crispin and Nico Rodriguez discuss the new models of journalism, the fantasies of meaningful work in the modern age, and why everyone profits except the people who do the work. http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com 2024-01-2456 min

The Culture We DeserveSample - Four Years of Marvel vs Scorsese DiscourseAs we head into our end of the year break, here is a sample of our bonus episode, a discussion of what the last four years of Marvel Cinematic Universe vs Scorsese discourse has really been about -- the pivot from an auteur-focused cinema to corporate movie culture. Hosts Jessa Crispin and Nicolas Rodriguez cover this transition, argue over whether Scorsese cares about women, and why A24 has its own devotional fan culture. The full episode is available at http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com for subscribers only.2023-12-0606 min

The Culture We DeserveA Fifth of Mahler, Part ThreeJessa Crispin speaks with two working artists, Philadelphia Orchestra bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa and mezzo-soprano singer Amber Fasquelle, about the sometimes precarious life in music. But there's a missing element: what is the role of the audience member in this ecosystem? Are we all just consumers or do we have other choices?2023-11-3046 min

The Culture We DeserveA Fifth of Mahler, Part TwoWe tend to think of the art world as being more progressive than the rest of society -- mostly because we confuse libertine with progressive -- but actually it's extremely conservative, especially when it comes to gender. In classical music, the men are geniuses, and the women are support systems or vessels or ornaments. Which is, in part, why Gustav's wife Alma, who certainly was no support system or vessel or ornament, is still reviled by fans of her husband's music today. As we think about breaking down barriers to entry for the canon, so that people o...2023-11-2244 min

The Culture We DeserveA Fifth of Mahler, Part OneOver the next three episodes, we'll be exploring the state of classical music. Times are fraught! Attendance is down, institutions are broke (and in some cases broken), and scandals involving sexual harassment and racism have destabilized the music culture. On top of that, what do we want with the dusty old white guy music anyway? In this episode, host Jessa Crispin discusses how hard it is right now to get into difficult music as a listener. Using the figure of Gustav Mahler -- overlooked in his time while facing discrimination for being Jewish -- to think about...2023-11-1557 min

The Culture We DeserveThe Culture We Deserve TrailerComing in November 2023: The Culture We Deserve podcast! . Hosted by Jessa Crispin, produced by Zach Toman. http://theculturewedeserve.substack.com 2023-10-2601 min

Public IntellectualComing Soon: The Culture We DeserveFrom 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 2023-10-2501 min

Public IntellectualNo Modernism without Lesbians, with Dianna SouhamiDianna 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 2021-09-2733 min

Public IntellectualFBoy Island is Incel Culture, with Cameron SteeleBetween 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 2021-08-2359 min

Public IntellectualWhen Even the Moon is Gender Critical: Neo-Pagans, Goddess Culture, and terfs with Ana ValensAfter 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 2021-08-1654 min

Public IntellectualWho Gets to Tell Your Story, with Cameron SteeleAmanda 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 2021-08-091h 02

Public IntellectualThe Final Girlboss, with Cameron SteelePeople 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 2021-07-191h 10

Public IntellectualAll About Adichie, with Cameron SteeleChimamanda Ngozi Adichie and JK Rowling have both been elected to a position where they are allowed and asked to speak for women. So what harm does it do when what they decide to say is anti-trans and harmful? Cameron and Jessa parse through these demands to be accommodated and in control of women's spaces, and they wonder if someone when ring a bell to let us know when we are no longer oppressed and can be kind and generous to others again. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2021-07-0559 min

Public IntellectualWe Don't Deserve St Vincent, with Zach TomanThe recording industry is in a bind, with the big money going to intermediaries like Spotify, with little idea of what makes a star these days, and with a critical culture that no longer knows what it's talking about. Meanwhile, industrial knowledge about how to record music in a room, or even how to play instruments, is lost and ignored in favor of computers and algorithms. Zach and Jessa discuss the real world effects of prioritizing the plastic over the human and why most music sounds flat these days. http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2021-06-211h 22

Public IntellectualRe-Sentimentalizing the Family, with Cameron SteeleFrom pearl clutching "think of the children" to terfdom to the reign of momfluencers, we've decided to get sentimental about the nuclear family again. This can be seen as heavily on the left ("social reproduction," my god) as on the right. Cameron Steele, writer and editor and mother, and Jessa, barely any of these, discuss the way we have decided to stop thinking about families and create halos around motherhood. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-06-141h 04

Public IntellectualUnderground Railroad, or Your Trauma is My Entertainment with Trevor BeaulieuBetween Underground Railroad, Handmaid's Tale, Promising Young Woman, Them, and many others, we are asked to consume stories of trauma and images of torture as our entertainment. Trevor Beaulieu from Champagne Sharks and Jessa discuss how we got here, whether we can blame Jonathan Safran Foer, Adorno (?!), and why setting your story against the backdrop of an atrocity doesn't make it deep. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-06-071h 57

Public IntellectualBeyond Cancel Culture, with Cameron SteeleThe cancel culture discourse has been noisy lately, but what is it about this moment that makes it uniquely terrible to be a public person? To be on social media or to write or create, to say things out loud at all? Writer Cameron Steele joins Jessa to talk about surveillance, why everyone except those fully off the grid are justifiable targets for public rage (it is because of Gawker, kinda), and why reply guys should be relabeled circle of sycophants. support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2021-05-171h 10

Public IntellectualIn Praise of Difficult Books, with Mauro Javier CárdenasEvery few days or so, a conversation restarts on Twitter: books that are difficult, books that are assigned in school, books that are designated classics, are bad. And publishers, critics, and audiences that support so called "difficult" literature are disappearing. Mauro Javier Cárdenas, author of the new novel Aphasia, and Jessa discuss this change in the literary world and sing the praises of the difficult writers they adore. http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2021-04-2654 min

Public IntellectualThe Notorious Ms Highsmith, with Lucie ElvenWith a new scandalous biography of Patricia Highsmith and a new Ripley adaptation on the way for Showtime, we can't get enough of loving and hating our mistress of sociopaths and Americans (same thing). Novelist and journalist Lucie Elven (The Weak Spot) joins Jessa to discuss our "Sapphic Dennis the Menace", why we need to pathologize all of our eccentrics, and the still underappreciated and hard work of those glorious novels. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-03-2254 min

Public IntellectualWhen Did the Internet Get Terrible, with Ana ValensIf we can pinpoint a moment when the internet got truly bad, I think it is when Tumblr removed all of the porn. It was clear that diversity, freedom, and creativity did not matter as much as money to anyone running the platforms. Ana Valens, author of Tumblr Porn, joins Jessa to discuss nostalgia for the early internet, the new hostility to adult content, and the importance of letting things be wild. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-03-0150 min

Public IntellectualMoral Insanity and Our Economic Crisis, with Pavlos RoufosWith people losing homes and jobs and the government taking a hands off approach, it is a chance to rethink our response to the last economic crisis of 2008. Pavlos Roufos, the author of A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past, joins Jessa to discuss the austerity measures taken in Greece and the catastrophic results they had, while also commenting on the stories used to explain why this economic punishment was for the best. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-02-221h 13

Public IntellectualDid the Pandemic Erase the Progress of Feminism, with Angela McRobbieThere is a widening gap between the aims of feminism and the lived experience of women. Angela McRobbie, as a historian of women's magazines, is in a better position than most to see the lie of gender meritocracy and aggressive "have it all" narratives. She joins Jessa to discuss whether the pandemic is a crisis for feminism, and whether class consciousness can be reintroduced to the movement. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-02-0136 min

Public IntellectualThe Economics of Anger, with Mark BlythAmericans have very good reasons to be angry. Hundreds of thousands of us are dead from the pandemic, stimulus checks are nowhere to be seen, our government serves the very rich and few else. So why are we upset about fictions like child slavery and blood drinking Satanists? Mark Blyth is one of the authors of Angrynomics, and he speaks with Jessa about moral outrage, the failures of representation, and whether Biden is as progressive as FDR. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2021-01-1841 min

Public IntellectualWhat Is Art Even For, with Rita FelskiMany of the odd social media arguments over the last couple years -- from Scorsese v Marvel to teach Harry Potter instead of Nathaniel Hawthorne -- can be understood as being actually about uncertainty about what art is for. Which is a new development of the age old "what makes art meaningful" conversation. Rita Felski, the author of Hooked: Art and Attachment, speaks to Jessa about some of these recent controversies, why it can be profoundly irritating to be told a film is great, and why we can't solve the problem of art. Support this podcast: http...2021-01-1137 min

Public IntellectualAmerica is Losing Its Mind. Again. with Chelsey Weber SmithChelsey Weber Smith runs the American Hysteria podcast, so who better to come on to discuss America's various conspiracy theories, cults, and moral panics? Chelsey and Jessa discuss the links between the Satanic Panic and Q, how abuse of authority leads to con men and frauds, how the greatest threat to your child is you, and why Jim Jones was right (for a while). Yes, America is falling apart, but America is always falling apart. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-12-071h 03

Public IntellectualWhat Happens to the Left Under a Centrist, with Natalie Wynn of ContrapointsOver the last four years under Trump, we've seen the emergence of a far right with militias, the alt-right, and other weirdo fascists, but we've also seen a push to the revolutionary left. What happens with our polarized kin now that we've got another centrist? Natalie Wynn of Contrapoints joins Jessa to discuss the backlash she experienced for telling people to vote, and why guillotines were trending. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-11-1657 min

Public IntellectualA Gun for Every Girl, with Zach TomanTalk about guns is now shorthand for a certain kind of American: white uneducated racists. But conversations and action around gun control often hurt those most vulnerable, including those who can't count on the police for their own protection because of their race, class, or past interactions. How do we bring sanity to the conversation around guns, and now that militias are cosplaying civil war, some police are on unofficial strike, and violent crime is increasing, is now the time to get a gun? Jessa speaks with Zach Toman who runs the Gun Penguin youtube channel and owns a...2020-11-091h 26

Public IntellectualMonetizing the Dead, with Claire CroninIt's election week in America, so of course we're going to talk about horror, ghosts, and watching violent death as a way of relieving anxiety. Claire Cronin, author of Blue Light of the Screen, joins Jessa to discuss the body horror of Catholicism and why all these haunting shows are just manifestations of anxiety about real estate. Support this show: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-11-0242 min

Public IntellectualThe British Museum is Haunted, with Dan HicksWho owns a cultural object? Who benefits from artistic production? Where is the line between looting and preservation? While museums have been thought of as this cultural good, these bright shining sacred institutions of learning and edification, they are also the sight of plunder, erasure, and exploitation. Dan Hicks, author of The Brutish Museums, talks with Jessa about what the hard work of decolonization might actually look like. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-10-2644 min

Public IntellectualRe-Release: Beyond Pro-Choice and Pro-Life with Alissa QuartWith the death of RBG and the Supreme Court once again in a position to overturn Roe v Wade, journalist Alissa Quart and Jessa attempt to complicate the abortion debate. We discuss how the pro-choice movement often fails to take care of women, how legality does not mean accessibility, and why pro-lifers are not your enemy. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-10-1247 min

Public IntellectualPope Says Property is Theft, with Eugene McCarraherJust a few days before the Pope release a barnfire of an encyclical about the evils of neoliberalism and capitalism, Eugene McCarraher (The Enchantments of Mammon) and Jessa discussed the tangled relationship between Christians and the Left, the soulfulness of anarchism, and how capitalism became the religion of modernity. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-10-0548 min

Public IntellectualLiving in Strange Times, with Darran AndersonIn his new memoir Inventory, Darran Anderson recounts growing up in Derry, Northern Ireland, in the 80s, amid all of the humiliation and intimidation by police and an occupying army, the polarized politics, and the roughness of working class life. He talks with Jessa about the inheritance of anger and violence, and what such an immersive experience tells us about how to live today. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-09-2852 min

Public IntellectualOur Anxious Relationship to Stuff, with Jen HowardWe continue our series on the stress the pandemic is putting on domestic spaces. Jen Howard, the author of the new book Clutter, talks to Jessa about pandemic hoarding, why Marie Kondo drives some (mostly white upper class people) absolutely insane, how we imbue the material world with meaning it doesn't actually deserve, and what to do with all of our stuff. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-09-2140 min

Public IntellectualCalifornia Fires and California Dreams, with Mark AraxMark Arax (The Dreamt Land) is one of our finest chroniclers of the American West, and he joins Jessa to discuss the wildfires, the mismanagement of resources like water, soil, and timber, and why California is our land of extremes. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-09-1444 min

Public IntellectualThe Musician as Content Creator with Marianna RitcheyNow that Samuel Beckett's "Fail Better" is a motivational poster in some Silicon Valley bro's office, what is the value of art in the neoliberal age? And is it possible to still create art -- rather than just Content -- with the pressures of branding, the anxiety of audience, and the crippling of the industry? Jessa talks to Marianna Ritchey about her book Composing Capital and the state of the arts on the market. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-08-3155 min

Public IntellectualOn Sourdough Starters and How Domesticity Became a Luxury, with Jaimee EdwardsWhat is hiding behind your Instagram photos of perfectly baked sourdough bread? First of all, all of the labor and time and knowledge it took to create it. Second, the strained and in some places broken food supply chain during the pandemic. And third, all of the money and countertop space that some have but most do not. Cookbook writer and teacher Jaimee Edwards joins Jessa to discuss how domesticity became a status symbol and a luxury, and how to restore the transmission of domestic knowledge. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin...2020-08-1757 min

Public IntellectualPreparing for the Post-Pandemic, with Cassie ThorntonOften when we discuss health care reform, we're talking about issues of accessibility and affordability. It is assumed American medicine is great, top notch. The only problem is how expensive it is and how broken the insurance networks are. But patients with pain, headaches, chronic illness are too often not only not cared for in American medicine but mistreated. Cassie Thornton talks with Jessa about what a new form of care might look like, and how the pandemic and its long haulers are making this conversation urgent. (Just a note: there were connection issues, audio is a little janky...2020-08-1048 min

Public IntellectualI Regret to Inform You We Are Discussing the Harper's Letter, with Elvis BegoDo we and should we have free speech or not? Why can't anyone agree on that? Bosnian-born writer Elvis Bego joins Jessa to discuss how free speech went from being a leftist issue to a conservative talking point, the dangerous sentimentality of America, and why a media saturated with one demographic -- class-based, not race -- is the real issue. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-08-031h 03

Public IntellectualThe Journalist as Moral Arbiter, with JoAnn WypijewskiWith all the media struggles lately, a conversation has emerged: should the journalist strive to be an objective observer, or should they be the moral arbiter? Who better to come on to help Jessa figure this out than JoAnn Wypijewski, who has been covering media moral panics for years? Author of the new collection of essays and reporting What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About MeToo, we discuss this tricky new media landscape. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-07-131h 01

Public IntellectualHousing is a Public Health Issue, with Tara RaghuveerWhile many cities and states offered protection from evictions during the beginning months of the pandemic, many of those protections have expired and people are losing their houses. Tara Raghuveer of KC Tenants speaks to Jessa about making housing the central issue for all local government, about the tenant bill of rights, and the spitefulness of landlords. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-06-2949 min

Public IntellectualYour Doctor is Going to Kill You, with Cara BeilinExcuse the click-baity title. Caren Beilin had a copper IUD implanted, and was overwhelmed with health issues almost immediately. Six days later, the IUD was removed, but the damage, including the sparking of an autoimmune disorder, was done. Many women report similar serious problems, yet this information is very hard to come by in the consultation room. Beilin joins Jessa to talk about medicine's women problem, but also medicine's general sickness problem, and why disorders that affect certain populations -- like women, or black people -- are understudied and disbelieved. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-05-261h 04

Public IntellectualNew Atheists, Flat Earth, and the History of Doubt with Alec RyrieAlec Ryrie, the author of Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt, joins Jessa to discuss how faith and doubt operate together, skepticism as a contagion, and the legacy of the New Atheists. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-05-1843 min

Public IntellectualReading the Topeka School, with Christopher PiattBen Lerner's The Topeka School was recently shortlisted for the Pulitzer, and critics have been raving about its insight into Trump Country. But... how good is it? Christopher Piatt and Jessa, two former small town, rural Kansans, read the Topeka School and discuss all of its hot takes on red state culture, its shallow research on the deep weirdness of Kansas, and why it is no longer expected for Kansans to be the audience, let alone the creators, of art these days. http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-05-1159 min

Public IntellectualNo NYTimes There Won't Be a Rona Baby Boom (with Maxine Eichner)For all of the think pieces about why Millennials aren't having as many children as previous generations -- maybe they are too selfish blah blah blah -- very few ever hit on how very difficult it is to raise a child in America right now, where every resource from decent schooling and child care, must not only be sought out but competed for. Jessa speaks with Maxine Eichner, author of The Free Market Family, about how America started to prioritize the market over the family, and asks an essential question: what is the economy for? Support this...2020-05-0445 min

Public IntellectualTiger King, a Morality Play, with Eileen G'SellTiger King was a sensation, so a million words had to be spilled in response. Most of those words accused the Netflix docuseries itself of being immoral, misogynistic, exploitative. Rather than just depicting immorality, misogyny, and exploitation. Why do we look to our entertainment to teach us moral lessons, why do we need so many strong female heroines, why do we need our filmmakers, writers, and artists to talk to us like we are children? Cultural critic and poet Eileen G'Sell joins Jessa Crispin to discuss. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin...2020-04-271h 00

Public IntellectualRed State Culture (with Jason Pine)Jason Pine (The Alchemy of Meth) joins Jessa to discuss the invisibility of America's drug crisis. Pine spent a year in Missouri to research his book on the overwhelming presence of meth, an extremely common and yet almost entirely invisible issue. But this is also a conversation about creativity under late capitalism, the health care crisis, and exploitation vs representation. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-04-2038 min

Public IntellectualThe Feminist Response (with Breanne Fahs)The shelter in place and work from home orders are straining domestic spaces, and it feels like the most professional and public feminist speakers are not up the task of imagining how to respond. What is the "feminist angle" on the coronavirus? It's not just that men need to do more housework. We need to re-imagine the domestic sphere now that this crisis is showing its weaknesses. Breanne Fahs (Firebrand Feminism, Burn It Down) joins Jessa to discuss material feminism and the revolutionary power of divorce. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin...2020-04-0648 min

Public IntellectualDeaths of Despair, with Anne CaseAnne Case and Angus Deaton released Deaths of Despair this year, the culmination of their study into how your education level determines how much pain you'll experience in life, how long you'll live, and your ability to fend off addiction and despair. Basically: if you lack a college degree, you will die sooner and live harder. Anne Case joins Jessa to discuss these "forgotten" men and women. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual http://jessacrispin.com 2020-04-0151 min

Public IntellectualBonus Episode: Sinead O'Connor is the Kassandra of Our Time, with Margaret HowieWe're releasing this bonus episode from the Patreon vaults. Come subscribe to our Patreon and get content like this all the time! (Or, you know, on a semi-regular basis, we have jobs and so on.) Regular bonus episode co-host Margaret Howie joins Jessa to talk about the outspoken career of Sinead O'Connor, and how she has paid the price for that outspokenness. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-03-1245 min

Public IntellectualTwilight Moms and the Indignity of Female Desire (with Jennifer Hodgson)Why are celebrity crushes so embarrassing? Critic and editor Jennifer Hodgson joins Jessa to overintellectualize their shared crush on Bill Hader, to think about female desire, how celebrity crushes are labor, and why we suddenly find ourselves attracted to a middle aged father of three from the American midwest. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-03-091h 08

Public IntellectualWeinstein the Monster (with JoAnn Wypijewski)JoAnn Wypijewski joins Jessa to discuss the Weinstein trial and conviction, after writing about it for the Nation. We discuss how trials for sexual violence have changed rapidly over the last few years, how the media gave a misleading account of how the trial was going, and why the sexual predator has such a fairy tale-like quality in our culture. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-03-021h 16

Public IntellectualWriting from the Margins (with Susan Ellen Finlay)Jessa talks to writer Susan Ellen Finlay (Objektophilia) about the difficult position of small, independent publishers in today's cultural climate. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-02-1749 min

Public IntellectualYou Can Talk to a Conservative Like a Normal Human Being (with Gerald Russello) Gerald Russello, the editor of University Bookman and conservative intellectual, joins Jessa Crispin to talk about the growing political divide in American politics, and how the left is just as annoying as the right. Support this podcast: patreon.com/publicintellectual 2020-01-271h 06

Public IntellectualThe Most Important, Dangerous, Thrilling Year in Film (with Eileen Jones)If the year in film went the way film critics said it was, Joker would have caused an incel uprising and Little Women would have solved misogyny. This was a year that hyperbole and Think Pieces took over film criticism, with every film being touted as the Most Important Ever or the Best Ever or You Will Definitely Die If You See This in the Theater. Jacobin film critic and co-host of the podcast Filmsuck Eileen Jones joins Jessa Crispin to discuss the year that was in film, the year that definitely wasn't, and why we are both firmly...2020-01-191h 00

Public IntellectualAgainst Relentless Cheer, with Jim BehrlePoet and well known curmudgeon Jim Behrle talks to Jessa about this season of cheer, hope, and friendliness and how terrible all of that is. You don't have to be grateful, you don't have to list your accomplishments like a trained puppy, you can feel bad about the world. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-12-161h 03

Public IntellectualListening to Politics, with Brandon ScottJessa talks to Brandon Scott, currently the City Council President and hopefully the next mayor of Baltimore, to talk about how the language of politics can become the language of exclusion. We discuss how to treat gun violence as a public health issue, why we should lower the voting age to 16, and how to think about the prison abolition movement in a city like Baltimore. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-11-1137 min

Public IntellectualCapitalizing on MeToo with Laura La RosaWith the revelations about the abuses of Harvey Weinstein and others like him came a scramble to uncover the misdeeds of other powerful men. Some people did this for noble reasons. Others wanted to make a name for themselves. In this episode, Jessa talks with Laura La Rosa, a Darug and Calabrian writer in Australia, about a controversy that overtook the MeToo movement there, and how it relates to larger problems within the feminist community. http://jessacrispin.com Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-11-0444 min

Public IntellectualWhat is a Feminist Artist, with Jen MayWhat makes a feminist artist feminist? Is it just by being a woman and political? Is it something to do with the art itself, must it carry a specific feminist message? Jessa speaks with artist Jen May about how her politics align -- and don't -- with her collages, and how her political development coincided with her artistic development. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-10-2859 min

Public IntellectualImpossible Fathers with Nara MilanichBefore DNA testing, the father was, ultimately, a question mark. Because paternity was always in question, there were legal, familial, societal, and national interest in finding ways either to definitely prove paternity or to disprove it. Nara Milanich joins Jessa to discuss how while patriarchy is dependent on the father to reproduce itself it is mostly myth and supposition, how America both sentimentalizes and forcibly breaks up families and has for decades, and the destabilizing force 23 and Me has been. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-10-2149 min

Public IntellectualThe New Culture Wars (with Nathalie Olah)Jessa speaks with Nathalie Olah about her new book, Steal As Much As You Can and the bland cultural landscape, created by upper classes and dominated by middle class taste. They talk about the rising power of the university, the growing hostility of the alt-right toward art, and the how the new culture wars aren't between left and right but between the classes. Support this podcast. Go to http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-10-1654 min

Public IntellectualWhy I Quit Writing (with Yasmin Nair)Jessa speaks with cultural critic, academic, and leftist thinker Yasmin Nair about the exploitative, dumbed down, and click-baity hot take culture in which we all consume. They discuss trying to write and think in a sea of opinion, the way leftist magazines take advantage of young writers, and how readers can take responsibility for the world created. Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-10-071h 11

Public IntellectualThe Disappearance of the Working Class Journalist (with Justin Ward)Jessa speaks with Justin Ward about the disappearance of the working class journalist. With local, small, and alternative newspapers folding, there are fewer avenues for people who want to be journalists to learn the trade except for in expensive, exclusive, and elitist university systems. How has that changed media coverage of politics and the economy? Why does the New York Times only know four Trump voters? How do we go about reforming a journalism culture that is cozy with power and devoted to the status quo? Support this podcast: http://patreon.com/publicintellectual 2019-09-3056 min

Public IntellectualTeaching Consent (with Laura Kipnis)On the inaugural episode of “Public Intellectual,” Jessa Crispin invites writer & cultural critic Laura Kipnis to discuss her book, “Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus,” the visceral political responses the book created, and the misinterpretations of Kipnis’ newest ideas.2019-09-2638 min

Public IntellectualThe Feminist Bogeyman (with Breanna Fahs)Jessa invites Breanne Fahs, Professor of Women and Gender Studies at Arizona State University and author of Out for Blood: Essays on Menstruation and Resistance, onto Public Intellectual to discuss Radical Feminism and it’s place in the canon of Feminist thought. Together, they talk about the Feminist Bogeyman, “too–muchness,” and the legacy of polarizing feminist figures like Valerie Solanas.2019-09-2642 min

Public IntellectualThe New Tarot (with Michelle Tea)Jessa invites Michelle Tea, author of “Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self through the Wisdom of the Cards” and “Black Wave,” onto the show to discuss Tarot’s relevance and application in the modern era. They get into the Patriarchal origins of Tarot, its representations of masculinity and femininity, and how Tarot’s been redesigned to better reflect our world today.2019-09-2633 min

Public IntellectualHeterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare (with Indiana Seresin)Jessa made a joke on twitter saying that she wanted to write a book called “Heterosexuality is a Fucking Nightmare.” She received an e-mail from another user intrigued by the idea, Indiana Seresin, encouraging her to write the book. They began corresponding on the topic, discussing things like desire, love, sociology, consent, personal stories of heartbreak and sexual regret. Their paths crossed in Berlin earlier this summer and Jessa invited Indiana onto Public Intellectual to make some of their private conversations public. Together, Jessa and Indiana discuss their thoughts on why heterosexuality is a fucking nightmare and talk about the expe...2019-09-2653 min

Public IntellectualStraight White Men (with Zak Mucha)Jessa invites Zak Mucha, author of Emotional Abuse: A Manual For Self-Defense, onto Public Intellectual to discuss straight white men and the crisis of masculinity. They talk about masculine expectations, the nature and nurturing of masculinity in our society, the role of women in men’s lives, the relationship between class and masculinity, and more.2019-09-2639 min

Public IntellectualMissing Dames (with Bruce Benderson)Jessa invites author Bruce Benderson onto the show to discuss the disappearance of the spinster/grandma in film and how women’s roles have changed with the rise of feminism. In film and in real life, why are all women now supposed to have it all? Why do they have to be sexually, financially, & romantically fulfilled? Why is the romantic love the end-all-be-all of a women’s story line? How does that storyline hijack our imagination of how we are supposed to live our lives? And most essentially, has the range of women’s roles actually decreased with the rise of fem 2019-09-2651 min

Public IntellectualQueering the Military (with Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreJessa invites author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (The End Of San Francisco) onto Public Intellectual to discuss the transgender military ban & the role of marginalized people in challenging dominant institutions of oppression, specifically the American Military & marriage. Does being accepted into these institutions count as social progress? Is it furthering the cause of equality? Or is it strengthening the institutions that have always and will continue to oppress marginalized people?2019-09-2646 min

Public IntellectualWriting for Our Strange Times (with Mia Gallagher)Jessa invites Irish author Mia Gallagher (Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland) onto Public Intellectual for a thoughtful discussion on what it means to be a fiction writer in these strange times. Together, they talk about Mia's work, identity and consequences in writing, gender, historical responsibility, and the brilliance of post-war German writers. Jessa even talks about drinking from a contaminated well in Ireland! 2019-09-2655 min

Public IntellectualThe Woman Genius Problem (with Pamela Bannos)Jessa invites Pamela Bannos, author of the upcoming book “Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife” to discuss Vivian Maier’s life, the exploitation of her work, and the manufacturing of her image after her death in 2009. Their conversation addresses the suppression of women’s art, the prevailing discomfort with the “women genius” archetype, and the relationship and struggle between authorship & ownership 2019-09-2642 min

Public IntellectualWelcome to the #Resistance (with Neal Pollack)Jessa invites writer Neal Pollack onto the show to discuss the opportunism and profiteering of #Resistance writers in the age of Trump. They talk about the state of literature and journalism since the 2016 election, the abrupt shift of “literary power” from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, the role of the novel in our culture, the modern publishing industry, and whether or not we’re, in fact, living under tyranny. Plus, Jessa and Neal dish on some of their favorite and least favorite works published since Trump’s inauguration.2019-09-2650 min

Public IntellectualCanonize Tori Amos (with Common Gore)As we approach the 20th anniversary of Tori Amos’s “Boys for Pele,” Jessa invites her friend, Common Gore, onto the show to discuss Tori Amos, the importance of her work, and her omission from the pop culture cannon, despite being one of the weirdest, wildest artists of the 90s. Together, they talk about her lasting legacy as an artist (especially as a live performer), the differences between our current music scene and the one Amos occupied in the 90s, the negative influences that reshaped her music, their thoughts on her latest work, and most importantly, why it's about damn time h...2019-09-261h 03

Public IntellectualThe Forgotten Occult History of Art (with Padraic E Moore)Recently, Jessa attended a fascinating exhibition of mysticism and art at the IMMA in Dublin called “As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics.” Pádraic E Moore, writer/curator/art historian from Ireland based in Brussels, was a curatorial advisor for the exhibition. He joins Jessa via Skype to discuss the secret history of the occult and modernism and the role it played in art, writing, and revolution. Pádraic E. Moore (b. 1982) is a writer, curator, and art historian. He holds a BA in History of Art and English Literature from University College Dublin (2004), an MA in Visual Art Pr...2019-09-2648 min

Public IntellectualWitchcraft Capitalism (with Katelan Foisy)There is a strong market for witchcraft these days. As practices such as astrology, tarot, crystals, and herbal medicine enter the mainstream, the use of witchcraft to sell stuff has increased dramatically. Jessa sits down with writer, artist, and witch, Katelan Foisy, to discuss what happens when a serious religious practice becomes commodified. Katelan Foisy is a multimedia artist, writer, and witch. Her fine art pieces have been displayed at The Worcester Art Museum, Ohio History Museum, MODA, WEAM, A&D Gallery, and Last Rights. She has graced the pages of the Grammy Award programs and the stage of Cynthia...2019-09-2651 min

Public IntellectualAbolish Marriage (with Jessica Stites)Jessa invites Jessica Stites, executive editor of In These Times, onto the show for a conversation about the institution of marriage and why it should be abolished. Together, they talk about marriage as an alienating force against stigmatized groups, its modern association with love & romance, the legal constraints placed on individuals and partners seeking an alternative to marriage, and ways to challenge marriage's social and legal framework. Jessica Stites is executive editor of In These Times magazine. Prior to that, she worked at Ms. magazine and George Lakoff's Rockridge Institute. SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access...2019-09-2652 min

Public IntellectualCosmopolitans (with Bruce Robbins)What does it mean to be a global citizen? What does it mean to be a global citizen as a Westerner, when so much of the world has been molded to work for you, not with you? Writer and professor Bruce Robbins joins Jessa to answer some of these questions. Together, they discuss the ethics of cosmopolitanism, American cosmopolitanism from the viewpoint of violence and inequality, consumerism, and the disappearing role of religion in creating practical cosmopolitanism and an ethical framework. SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access bonus content, merch, and more: https://www...2019-09-2645 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Women <3 True Crime" (w/ Mikita Brottman)Jessa speaks with Mikita Brottman, author of An Unexplained Death, about the new "true crime" wave and what it says about its mostly female audience. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-08-1941 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Leaving the Country" (w/ Nancy L Green)Jessa speaks with author Nancy L Green about the limits of transnationalism. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-08-0548 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Leave Your Husbands" (with Margaret Howie)Jessa and special guest Margaret Howie discuss the latest developments in the Epstein scandal, all of the married men who have been caught in his company, and the wives that stand by them. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-07-2750 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa CrispinA Writer's ManifestoSolo ep! Jessa shares her thoughts about the role of the writer. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-07-1828 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Are You Happy?" (w/ Jennifer Porto)Jessa speaks with dear friend and returning guest Jennifer Porto about happiness whether it exists, how social media tries to take it away from us, and whether happiness creates complacency. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-07-041h 11

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Film Club: How to Date Younger Men Without Stabbing Yourself in the Chest" (w/ Eileen G'Sell)In an exclusive bonus episode pulled from the Public Intellectual Patreon, Jessa and Eileen G'Sell discuss the older woman/younger man romantic storyline in film. More episodes just like this if you subscribe to the Public Intellectual Patreon page (see below for link!) -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-06-2049 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"The Argument for a Marriage Free State" (w/ Clare Chambers)Jessa speaks with Clare Chambers, author of Against Marriage, about a marriage-free state. What would a state that does not prioritize and privilege one form of relationship look like? -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-06-1438 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Use Your Illusion" (w/ Ian Bourland)Jessa sits down with critic and art historian, Ian Bourland, to discuss Guns n' Roses, of course! They talk Axel Rose, his legacy, and whether he would be an acceptable figure in today's music scene. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-06-0646 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Kill the Critics" (w/ Yasmin Nair)Jessa speaks with writer Yasmin Nair about the state of criticism, what it means for criticism to be dead, and what the changing relationship is between those who make and those who have opinions. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-05-231h 05

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"A Plan for a Post Roe v Wade World" (w/ Robin Marty)As several states pass legislation to block access to abortion services, Robin Martys book Handbook For Post-Roe America is an essential purchase. Jessa speaks with Robin about the dire state of abortion rights and what comes next. -- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-05-1740 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Respect vs. Likes" (w/ Leah Munsey)Jessa sits down with Leah Munsey to discuss The Paper Machete, a bi-weekly show at the Green Mill in Chicago, what its like to run the show, and how to balance the desire for stability/financial solvency while also preserving the uniqueness of what Paper Machete is. --- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-05-091h 12

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Bad Gays, Bad Women" (w/ Ben Miller)Jessa speaks with Ben Miller, one half of "Bad Gays," a podcast about evil and complicated gay men in history, about uncovering the darker side of gay history and the limits of identity politics. --- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-04-2546 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Americans Hate Art" (w/ Jennifer Porto)Jessa sits down with Jennifer Porto to discuss American hostility to art, how this hostility becomes systemic due to lack of eduction and understanding of arts value, and what it means to separate yourself from that environment and live a life devoted to art. --- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-04-181h 03

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Russiagate Made Everyone Crazy. Now What." (w/ Sarah Lazare & Jessica Stites)Jessa speaks with Sarah Lazare and Jessica Stites of In These Times Magazine about what we do now that Mueller has not saved everyone and the big distraction of Russia-gate is over. --- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY EPISODE RELEASES, SHOW NOTES, MERCH and more: www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual PLEASE SUBSCRIBE AND RATE US on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. PUBLIC INTELLECTUAL IS A FOREVER DOG PODCAST: http://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/public-intellectual/2019-04-0456 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa CrispinRE-RELEASE: "Heterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare" (w/ Indiana Seresin)Today's episode is a re-release of one of our favorite episodes: "Heterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare" (w/ Indiana Seresin) from August 10, 2017. --- Jessa made a joke on twitter saying that she wanted to write a book called Heterosexuality is a Fucking Nightmare. She received an e-mail from another user intrigued by the idea, Indiana Seresin, encouraging her to write the book. They began corresponding on the topic, discussing things like desire, love, sociology, consent, personal stories of heartbreak and sexual regret. Their paths crossed in Berlin earlier this summer and Jessa invited Indiana onto Public Intellectual to make some...2018-08-1653 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Women's Work" (w/ BD McClay)This episode is one of our bonus eps that was recently released on our Patreon feed -- but today, we're migrating it over to the main feed for all Public Intellectual listeners. If you like this and want more bonus episodes from Jessa, consider subscribing on the Public Intellectual Patreon page - www.Patreon.com/PublicIntellectual The world is really complicated, but the stories we're telling aren't. Jessa sits down with BD McClay to discuss the depiction of women in modern fiction and the stories women choose to write. --- SUBSCRIBE to the #PublicIntellectual #Patreon page to access BONUS CONTENT, EARLY...2018-08-021h 03

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"The Forgotten Occult History Of Art" (w/ Pádraic E Moore)Recently, Jessa attended a fascinating exhibition of mysticism and art at the IMMA in Dublin called As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics. Pdraic E Moore, writer/curator/art historian from Ireland based in Brussels, was a curatorial advisor for the exhibition. He joins Jessa via Skype to discuss the secret history of the occult and modernism and the role it played in art, writing, and revolution. Pdraic E. Moore (b. 1982) is a writer, curator, and art historian. He holds a BA in History of Art and English Literature from University College Dublin (2004), an MA in Visual Art Practices...2017-10-0548 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Welcome To The #Resistance" (w/ Neal Pollack)Jessa invites writer Neal Pollack onto the show to discuss the opportunism and profiteering of #Resistance writers in the age of Trump. They talk about the state of literature and journalism since the 2016 election, the abrupt shift of literary power from the Obama administration to the Trump administration, the role of the novel in our culture, the modern publishing industry, and whether or not were, in fact, living under tyranny. Plus, Jessa and Neal dish on some of their favorite and least favorite works published since Trumps inauguration. Public Intellectual is now on #Patreon! If youve been enjoying these weekly...2017-09-2150 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Writing For Our Strange Times" (w/ Mia Gallagher)Jessa invites Irish author Mia Gallagher (Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland) onto Public Intellectual for a thoughtful discussion on what it means to be a fiction writer in these strange times. Together, they talk about Mia's work, identity and consequences in writing, gender, historical responsibility, and the brilliance of post-war German writers. Jessa even talks about drinking from a contaminated well in Ireland! This episode has it all! New Episodes of Public Intellectual every Thursday! If you're a fan of the show and want more, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE // RATE // REVIEW Public Intellectual on #ApplePodcasts or wherever you get...2017-09-0755 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Heterosexuality is a F**king Nightmare" (w/ Indiana Seresin)Jessa made a joke on twitter saying that she wanted to write a book called Heterosexuality is a Fucking Nightmare. She received an e-mail from another user intrigued by the idea, Indiana Seresin, encouraging her to write the book. They began corresponding on the topic, discussing things like desire, love, sociology, consent, personal stories of heartbreak and sexual regret. Their paths crossed in Berlin earlier this summer and Jessa invited Indiana onto Public Intellectual to make some of their private conversations public. Together, Jessa and Indiana discuss their thoughts on why heterosexuality is a fucking nightmare and talk about the...2017-08-1053 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa Crispin"Teaching Consent" (w/ Laura Kipnis)On the inaugural episode of Public Intellectual, Jessa Crispin invites writer & cultural critic Laura Kipnis to discuss her book, Unwanted Advances: Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus, the visceral political responses the book created, and the misinterpretations of Kipnis newest ideas.2017-07-2038 min

Public Intellectual with Jessa CrispinPublic Intellectual PreviewListen to a preview of Public Intellectual before the first episode is released on July 20th. Radical firebrand Jessa Crispin excoriates our culture week in and week out in this no-nonsense corrective to the world of anti-intellectualism.2017-07-0100 min