I’m really excited to share this episode because I get to introduce all of you to an old friend of mine who also happens to be my favorite public philosopher: Dr. Jennifer Jill Fellows. Jill teaches philosophy and is the Associate of Arts Coordinator at Douglas College. She also hosts two really terrific podcasts: “Andraste’s Gadfly” (which examines various philosophical topics as they apply to or manifest within the Dragon Age series of games) and “Gender, Sex, and Tech! Continuing the Conversation” (which is — as one might suspect from its name — about the interplay between gender, sex, and technology). And, she seems to be constantly on CBC Radio discussing super-fun topics like whether you’d make it onto Santa Claus’ nice or naughty list, our relationships with AI, and the history of feminized computers.

Because she’s such an active, effective, and accomplished podcaster and public scholar, I decided to start our conversation by asking her about her approach to podcasting and public scholarship.

Links:

• https://www.douglascollege.ca/
  
  
• https://andrastesgadfly.opened.ca/
  
  
• https://gendersextech.opened.ca/
  
  
• https://canadianscholars.ca/book/gender-sex-and-tech/
  
  
• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/are-you-on-santa-s-nice-list-it-depends-on-his-moral-framework-1.5851562
  
  
• https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/bots-like-chatgpt-aren-t-sentient-why-do-we-insist-on-making-them-seem-like-they-are-1.6761709
  
  
• https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a-harem-of-computers-the-history-of-the-feminized-machine/id151485663?i=1000584009084