Cyborg Goddess
by Feminist Tech Studies Podcast with Jennifer Jill Fellows
Latest episode
S4E6: Robots and The Human Gaze with Dr. Julie Carpenter
S4E6: Robots and The Human Gaze with Dr. Julie Carpenter
About this podcast
A show where we apply feminist theories and concepts to everyday technologies. We aren't luddites here, but it is complicated!
Episodes
- S4E6: Robots and The Human Gaze with Dr. Julie Carpenter · 1 h 16 minRobots. Once the stuff of science fiction, now ubiquitous. From the military, to talk shows, to Syrian refugee camps, we are encountering and interacting with robots everywhere…
- S4E5: The Costs of Convenience; Examining Generative AI Technology with Dr. Nicole Ramsoomair. · 1 h 6 minOpen AI released ChatGPT three to the general public at the end of 2022. And within five days of its release, it had over 1 million users. It’s fair to say that today, three…
- Season 4 Episode 4, Brain Pioneers: Patient Rights and Neuroethics with Michelle Pham · 1 h 10 minIt’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…
- Season 4 Epsiode 3: Technology, Kantian Deontology, and Infanticide. . . · 1 h 9 minSince 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…
- Season 4 Episode 2: Fact, Fiction and Fembots · 56 min12 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…
- Season 4 Episode 1: Practicing Peace in the Digital World · 1 h 8 min(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…
- Season 3 Episode 6: Learning about the vibrator with Dennis Waskul and Michelle Anklan · 1 h 5 minIn 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…
- Season 3 Episode 5: The Legacy of the Turing Test with Simone Natale · 1 h 7 minIn 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…
- Season 3 Episode 4: Exploring Online Extremism with Michael Barnes · 1 h 10 minIn 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…
- Season 3 Episode 3: Feminist Thoughts on Online Shaming with Dr. Celia Edell · 1 h 9 minFeminist 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…
