Cyborg Goddess
A show where we apply feminist theories and concepts to everyday technologies. We aren't luddites here, but it is complicated!
- Update frequency
- every 29 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 13
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
Season 4 Episode 4, Brain Pioneers: Patient Rights and Neuroethics with Michelle Pham
It’s really surprising how little we know about the brain. But have you ever thought about how we know what we do know? And whose brains were on the line when it came to obtaining that information? I…
01:10:30 |
Fri 05 Sep 2025
Season 4 Epsiode 3: Technology, Kantian Deontology, and Infanticide. . .
Since Roe versus Wade was overturned in the USA in 2022, there’s been increasing concern regarding how technologies like period tracking apps might be used in abortion court cases. We know these apps…
01:09:14 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Season 4 Episode 2: Fact, Fiction and Fembots
12 years ago, in 2013, Spike Jones released the motion picture, Her, staring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlet Johansson. And overnight, the idea of digital women as romantic companions was everywhere. Her…
00:55:41 |
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Season 4 Episode 1: Practicing Peace in the Digital World
(Note: Though this episode was published June 6 2025, it was recorded in the late summer of 2024.) We might think of peace as simply the absence of war. But some scholars and advocates argue that pea…
01:08:57 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
Season 3 Episode 6: Learning about the vibrator with Dennis Waskul and Michelle Anklan
In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Dennis Waskul and Michelle Anklan on their study of women’s perceptions and uses of the vibrator. Dennis and Michelle share their research into the somewhat compl…
01:05:33 |
Fri 01 Nov 2024
Season 3 Episode 5: The Legacy of the Turing Test with Simone Natale
In this episode, Jill talks to Dr. Simone Natale about his research into the legacy of the Turing Test, and the ways in which this test for artificial intelligence has influenced subsequent AI resear…
01:07:44 |
Fri 04 Oct 2024
Season 3 Episode 4: Exploring Online Extremism with Michael Barnes
In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Michael Barnes on his research into online extremism. Michael identifies two different but related paths by which online platforms contribute to the radicalizatio…
01:10:07 |
Fri 06 Sep 2024
Season 3 Episode 3: Feminist Thoughts on Online Shaming with Dr. Celia Edell
Feminist philosophers have been writing about shaming and moral reproach for decades, but some of the theories and ideas about the moral justification for, and efficacy of, shaming don’t necessarily …
01:09:46 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Season 3 Episode 2: AI Facilitated Psychotherapy with Rachel Katz
Chatbots purporting to help us with our mental health are nothing new, and have been around since the 1960’s. But they are growing in prevalence. In this episode Jill interviews Rachel Katz on her re…
01:01:30 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Season 3 Episode 1: MeToo and Transnational Feminism with Dr. Iqra Cheema
In this episode, Jill interviews Dr. Iqra Cheema about her edited collection The Other MeToo’s. The MeToo movement is a massive feminist phenomenon that swept around the globe and across many differe…
01:01:47 |
Fri 07 Jun 2024
Cyborg Goddess Announcement!
Hi everyone. Just a quick announcement that we are rebranding here for Season 3. If you tend to get this podcast directly from the website, here is the new URL for Cyborg Goddess! https://cyborggodde…
00:02:26 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Cyborg Goddess Introduction
“Gender, Sex and Tech: Continuing the Conversation” has become “Cyborg Goddess”. We publish 6 episodes a year. We hope you’ll join us!
00:02:03 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Season Three Update 2024
Hi everyone. Happy 2024! Just an update that Season 3 will begin in the summer of 2024. We’ve got a lot of exciting guests lined up, and I can’t wait to share their work with you! Until then, have a …
Fri 05 Jan 2024
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