Subject To Power

Nov 01 2024 43 ep. 60 mins 18

Subject To Power Podcast artwork

An open-ended investigation into the state of inequality between the two halves of humanity - men and women. Subjugation, domination, exploitation and all related forms of hierarchies and tyrannies - with an international lineup of guests, hosted by Elle Kamihira.

Society & Culture Science

Copy RSS

Subscribe on Podcast Addict

Buy One, Buy All

Nov 01 2024 83 mins

The institution of prostitution has received a re-branding in recent times, appropriating terms from labor and the corporate world such as “sex work”, “full-service”, “clients”, “sex workers” “doing bookings” arranged by “managers” - presumably in order to de-stigmatize women who sell sex, to make the practice safer for sex sellers, and to make the sex indus

They Called Us Witches

Oct 10 2024 48 mins

In the midst of The Enlightenment, when men in the West hailed reason and rationalism, and aspired towards lofty ideals such as liberty, equality and religious tolerance - another darker social phenomenon was taking place. Over a period of more than 200 years, thousands of women (and some men) across Europe were thrown in jail, tortured, hanged and burned - accused and tried for wi

We Are The Donkeys Here

Sep 17 2024 66 mins

Motherhood, in our Western culture, is full of contradictions. On the one hand, mothers perform an essential task: creating and nurturing new human life. On the other, the status of mothers is that of general servitude to the nuclear family, with no significant public voice or power. Western culture, adopted across the world, is still largely structured in the mold that the male Gr

Engineers In Our Garden

Jul 30 2024 85 mins

Science and technology is a synonym for progress. It is always considered a step forward, an improvement of our lives, a promise of new possibilities. A promise of a future that will necessarily contain more and better science and technology to make our lives ever more convenient, ever more automated, ever more under our control. For women, many of us are conditioned to welcome sci

Mapping The Murder Of Women

Jun 30 2024 61 mins

The prevalence of murder of women by men, across the world, is beyond dispute. The phenomenon - the murder of women because they are women - has become such a fixture of human life that it has acquired a name: femicide, or feminicide. While criminal justice systems are kept busy processing feminicide; whole media genres are dedicated to telling the stories of feminicide; untold gov

Our Hidden Blueprint

Jun 09 2024 45 mins

Our economic institutions - capitalism, trade, money, the market - are based on one fundamental principle: Quid Pro Quo. Something For Something. It is said that these systems sprung out of the age-old human tradition of trade, of exchange. That humans, from the dawn of time, have exchanged with each other for our needs - goods, services, emotions, care, language - that our very na

Tending To Our Brothers

May 20 2024 74 mins

“Men don’t fall from trees - they subscribe to societal messages, they follow rules,” says Dr. Shahieda Jansen, clinical psychologist, scholar in masculinities, and author of Masculinity Meets Humanity: An Adapted Model of Masculinized Psychotherapy. In this episode Shahieda takes us through her own journey of research, practice and discovery, devising all-male group therapy

A Worldwide Gauntlet

Apr 28 2024 107 mins

No status puts a woman at greater vulnerability than that of being a migrant or refugee. Anna Zobnina is a Strategy and Executive Director at European Network of Migrant Women, and she knows first-hand the realities and complex challenges that migrant and refugee women face in Europe. With over 15 years of experience in feminist analysis of male violence & discrimination again

Lures and Traps

Apr 02 2024 50 mins

If we think of patriarchy as a living, breathing, constantly evolving strategy that finds its expression at all levels of society - socially, economically, politically - its job number one is to control women - and thereby reproduction. Patriarchal strategies look different in different parts of the world - in some places it is embedded, disguised, and covert - in other cultures i

As Above, So Below; As Below, So Above

Mar 16 2024 69 mins

In many ways, the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves in myths, religion, and history - are blueprints for our human lives. But the converse is also true - how we see ourselves, our attitudes, behaviors, and who holds power - in turn shape our stories. In Western culture, there is no story as powerfully influential as that of Greeks. Historical researcher Max Dashu has spent