Undisciplinary

About Undisciplinary

Each episode, sometimes academics, Courtney Hempton, Jane Williams and Chris Mayes take an undisciplined dive (i.e. bellyflop) into the underwater caverns of history, ethics and politics of health. They are joined by a cocktail of erudite, cantankerous and more qualified guests to talk through everything from the history of feminist bioethics to why acronyms are a curse and unnecessary evil. Plus, they break down the latest biopolitical news, discuss #bioethicstwitter bin-fires, and dig up forgotten gems from the archive. New episodes drop every Thursday.

Publisher

Undisciplinary

Category

history · society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Jul 2020

Latest episode

14 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

89 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Aug 2026

   Griefbots And Grief Time: a conversation with Marilyn Stendera

   Send us Fan Mail We talk with philosopher Marilyn Stendera about grief as a disruption of lived time and why AI griefbots raise questions that go beyond simple “deception” claims. Stendera talks us through how Heidegger’s world time and clock time can help us to reconceive bereavement, digital legacy, and the pressure to grieve on a schedule. Other topics and questions discussed: • What griefbots and deathbots are, including large language model chatbots trained on the dead • Why...

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   10 Jul 2026

   Medical Museums and Colonial Hauntings: a conversation with Órla O'Donovan

   Send us Fan Mail We talk with Órla O'Donovan about how medical museums and university heritage spaces can hide violence in the display cabinets while still shaping what we treat as knowledge, normality, and progress. We discuss with the limits of consent, erasing records, and why real repair demands ongoing reckoning with the past. References to topics discussed: Órla O'Donovan, University ‘dude walls’ must fall, Community Development Journal, Volume 60, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 13–...

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   1 Jul 2026

   Why AHPRA’s IHRA Anti-Semitism Definition Alarms Australian Health Workers

   Send us Fan Mail We talk with Professor Jon Jureidini about why AHPRA’s adoption of the IHRA definition of anti-Semitism alarms many Australian healthcare workers, academics and students. We discuss how a narrow regulatory move can chill speech, fuel vexatious complaints, and sideline collective and intersectional anti-racist strategies in healthcare. Considering signing the “Joint letter from healthcare workers & those in training to AHPRA regarding adoption of the IHRA definition”.&nbsp...

Who has been a guest on Undisciplinary

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Seye Abimbola
• Patty Thille
• bell hooks

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 48 / 100

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Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

68

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