The Funky Academic
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The Funky Academic

by Irami Osei-Frimpong

Tackling the world's problems to a dope beat.

100 episodes
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1
Civil Sovereignty in Trump's America: AI to Tariffs
23:02 Apr 22, 2025
2
Quality of Life Increase in US Towns
17:20 Apr 21, 2025
3
Cheap Feminism Dooms Democratic Politics
16:55 Apr 18, 2025
4
It's Not a Communication Problem; You Are a Jerk
35:11 Apr 17, 2025
5
Rousseau's Emile and Trump's America
25:44 Apr 15, 2025
6
Undemocratic Dems Fight For and Against Democracy, Creating Republicans
18:08 Apr 14, 2025
7
Duty to Produce (What the Fem Left Gets Wrong)
11:25 Apr 13, 2025
8
Obama Taught Helplessness
21:45 Apr 12, 2025
9
VP Vance Wants More US Babies. Let's Work This Out!
1:53:40 Jan 28, 2025
10
Tech MAGA vs. Ethno-Nationalist MAGA and Euthyphro
25:31 Jan 2, 2025
11
Brian Thompson is the American Eichmann
31:32 Jan 1, 2025
12
AOC Played Herself; Dems are the 1840 Whigs
24:03 Dec 31, 2024
13
Luigi Mangione Is Standing on Business
46:58 Dec 30, 2024
14
How Family Politics Explains US Politics
43:46 Dec 7, 2024
15
Libertarianism: Its Appeals, Problems, and Antidotes
29:40 Dec 6, 2024
16
The Case for a Strategic Job Demotion
21:50 Dec 5, 2024
17
Democratic Death Spiral; Room for a Third Party
35:05 Dec 3, 2024
18
Tract House vs. Trap House Democrats
20:39 Dec 2, 2024
19
The Case for Firing Democrats/Why Pragmatic Politics Can't Lead a Movement
20:05 Dec 1, 2024
20
Tlaib/Shapiro 2028. Hear me out!
29:50 Nov 26, 2024
21
Why Safety Net Politics Repels Working Class Voters
24:01 Nov 25, 2024
22
Gaming the Gender Flip in Family and Civil Society
22:13 Nov 24, 2024
23
Tyson Fight and Gatekeeping Parents Responsible for the Rightward Slide of Young Men
26:03 Nov 23, 2024
24
Dems Chased Away BernieBros, and the Remainder Wasn't Enough
36:42 Nov 15, 2024
25
Amy Chua's Tiger Mother, The Good and Bad (Review)
29:57 Nov 13, 2024
26
White Women Delivered Us Trump
23:26 Nov 12, 2024
27
Harris lost, but Progressives Didn't_The Upside
30:05 Nov 12, 2024
28
Regressive Progress: ACA, Union Elections, and Parent Volunteers
19:53 Sep 26, 2024
29
Black Swimming
20:44 Sep 25, 2024
30
Black Swimming
20:44 Sep 24, 2024
31
Black Jobs, CNA, and Sanitation. Talk about It!
8:28 Sep 23, 2024
32
Black Jobs and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion)
15:28 Sep 22, 2024
33
Black Jobs, Pres. Debate, and Boules Faking Ignorance
17:15 Sep 21, 2024
34
Racial Justice in Local Politics (Part 1: Contracts)
18:40 Aug 26, 2024
35
Single Mothers by Choice: Eboni Williams and Naomi Campbell
20:55 Aug 25, 2024
36
Real Pre-Marital/Pregnancy Questionnaire
24:10 Aug 23, 2024
37
Family Philosophy / Philosophy of the Family
18:09 Aug 22, 2024
38
Daughter's Pregnant. What do you do?
9:46 Aug 21, 2024
39
Baby Scoop Era
15:41 Aug 20, 2024
40
Christian Zionists (New Face of an Old Problem)
13:50 Aug 19, 2024
41
IVF, Caitlin Clark/WNBA, and Tom Cotton
23:52 Aug 18, 2024
42
American Society of Magical Negroes
16:44 Aug 17, 2024
43
Dawn Staley, A Tribute
19:27 Aug 16, 2024
44
Kids Need Fathers, Not Father-Figures
17:36 Aug 8, 2024
45
Children Are Not Parents
8:33 Aug 7, 2024
46
Walz as Harris's (Pelosi's) VP Pick
7:09 Aug 6, 2024
47
Freedom, Faith, and FOMO
10:03 Aug 6, 2024
48
Trailsblazers vs. Explorers
12:48 Aug 3, 2024
49
Yes. Stay Together for the Kids
17:42 Aug 2, 2024
50
Subject, Subjective Freedom, and Modernity Explained
21:09 Aug 1, 2024
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