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FAB Gab

By The Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics

The podcast of the International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics!

IJFAB is the leading forum in bioethics for feminist thought and debate. IJFAB welcomes feminist scholarship from any discipline on ethical issues related to health, health care, and the biomedical sciences, or to the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health. All submissions are subject to anonymous peer review. Since open access to scholarly research offers significant educational and social benefits, IJFAB supports “green” open access.
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FAB Gab Episode 1: Special Issue on Sue Sherwin with Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell

FAB GabOct 12, 2020

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FAB Gab Mini-sode! Handing over the reins.
Nov 10, 202313:06
FAB Gab Episode 36: Shehani Jayawickrama⁠ & ⁠Georgia Loutrianakis⁠ on Female Elite Athlete's Reproductive Health
Sep 20, 202323:07
FAB Gab Episode 35: Corinne Berzon and Sara Cohen Shabot on obstetric violence and vulnerability
Aug 30, 202332:42
FAB Gab Episode 34: Daniel Groll's author meets critic symposium on 'Conceiving People'
Jul 19, 202329:14
FAB Gab Episode 33: Stephanie Tillman on unconsented pelvic exams under anaesthesia
Jun 21, 202334:11
FAB Gab Episode 32: Michael Montess on creating the conditions of trust within relationships for using PrEP as HIV prevention
May 17, 202330:38
FAB Gab Episode 31: Jane Dryden on the Gut Microbiome and the Imperative of Normalcy
Apr 26, 202333:08
FAB Gab Episode 30: Karen Davis on Interpreting Pain and Women's Dialogical Self-Understanding
Mar 22, 202325:17
FAB Gab Episode 29: Maya Goldenberg on Vaccine Hesitancy, pre- and mid-pandemic
Feb 15, 202333:55
FAB Gab Episode 28: Michelle Meagher and Kiera Keglowitsch on births that are not good, and the shame women feel about shame
Jan 18, 202326:27
FAB Gab Episode 27: Megan Dean on Clock Time, Stomach Time, and the Ethics of Eating
Dec 14, 202228:23
FAB Gab Episode 26: Floor Cuijpers and Petra Verdonk on an intersectional analysis of self-silencing in clinical trials
Nov 16, 202226:49
FAB Gab Episode 25: Claire Moore on a capabilities approach to conscientious objection
Oct 19, 202224:36
FAB Gab Episode 24: Serene Ong on definitions of the family
Sep 21, 202223:50
FAB Gab Episode 23: Keisha Ray on Black Bioethics
Aug 17, 202221:21
FAB Gab Episode 22: Containers, parts, or something else? Jeanne Proust discusses the multi-layered concept of the uterus
Jul 21, 202226:00
FAB Gab Episode 21: Katharine Wolfe on 'speciesism', ablism, and moral status of humans and animals
Jun 16, 202228:23
Episode 20: Anna Nelson on Partial Ectogenesis by Request
May 19, 202220:46
Episode 19: Jemma Rollo on a Relational Ethics of Pregnancy
Apr 21, 202220:48
Episode 18: Ylva Gustafsson takes a critical approach to neurological accounts of empathy
Mar 16, 202227:49
FAB Gab Episode 17: Lida Sarafraz on missing females in cardiovascular research
Feb 16, 202222:51
FAB Gab Episode 16: Laura Cupples on a Disability Framework for Health Policy Research

FAB Gab Episode 16: Laura Cupples on a Disability Framework for Health Policy Research

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Laura Cupples from the University of Tennessee

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project: Cupples, L. (2021). Knowing with the Disability Community: Building a Disability Standpoint for Health Policy Research. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 36–60. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.03 

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 


Jan 20, 202228:21
FAB Gab Episode 15: Eva De Clercq on Young Adults with Variations of Sex Characteristics

FAB Gab Episode 15: Eva De Clercq on Young Adults with Variations of Sex Characteristics

Host: Kathryn MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Eva De Clercq from the Institute of Biomedical Ethics at the University of Basel

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project:  De Clercq. (2021). A Tsunami of Love: Overcoming the Violence of Curiosity—The Lived Experiences of Young Adults Born with Variations of Sex Characteristics. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(2), 11–35. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.2.02

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Dec 16, 202131:49
FAB Gab Episode 14: Hilde Lindemann on Language Suburbs
Nov 18, 202114:28
FAB Gab Episode 13: Amy Reed-Sandoval on Abortion Bans and Pandemic Ethics

FAB Gab Episode 13: Amy Reed-Sandoval on Abortion Bans and Pandemic Ethics

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Amy Reed-Sandoval from University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project:   Reed-Sandoval, A. (2021). Revisiting Relational Pandemic Ethics in Light of the COVID-19 Abortion Bans in the United States. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 141–156. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.07

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Oct 14, 202120:23
FAB Gab Episode 12: Jill Drouillard on Pregnancy and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Ethics

FAB Gab Episode 12: Jill Drouillard on Pregnancy and Creating a Gender-Inclusive Reproductive Ethics

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Jill Drouillard

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project: Drouillard, J. (2021). The King Was Pregnant: Reproductive Ethics and Transgender Pregnancy. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 120–140. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.06

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Sep 17, 202117:53
FAB Gab Episode 11: Maria Howard on Rational Suicide
Aug 19, 202125:41
FAB Gab Episode 10: Kate Mason on Early Motherhood Bioethics

FAB Gab Episode 10: Kate Mason on Early Motherhood Bioethics

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Kate Mason

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project:   Mason, K. A. (2021). Postpartum Maternal Tethering: A Bioethics of Early Motherhood. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 49–72. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.03

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Jul 15, 202122:59
FAB Gab Episode 9: Mercer Gary on Care Robots and the Mechanisation of Health Care

FAB Gab Episode 9: Mercer Gary on Care Robots and the Mechanisation of Health Care

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Mercer Gary

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project: Gary, M. E. (2021). Care Robots, Crises of Capitalism, and the Limits of Human Caring. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 19–48. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-2020-07-28 

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Jun 17, 202118:21
FAB Gab Episode 8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process

FAB Gab Episode 8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process

FAB Gab Pod Episode #8: Nora Hämäläinen on a Higher Level of Reflection on the Bioethical Process

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Nora Hämäläinen

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project: Hämäläinen, N. (2021). Contextuality, Bioethics, and the Nature of Philosophy: Reflections on Murdoch, Diamond, Walker, and the Groningen Approach. International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 14(1), 103–119. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.05

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

May 20, 202122:37
FAB Gab Episode 7: Susan Stark on the Intersection of Gender and Race

FAB Gab Episode 7: Susan Stark on the Intersection of Gender and Race

Host: Kate MacKay

Producer: Madeline Goldberger

Guest: Susan Stark

Transcript: Provided by Otter.ai

Project: Stark, S., 'Home Birth and the Maternity Outcomes Emergency: Attending to Race and Gender in Childbirth.' International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, Volume 14 Issue 1, Spring 2021, pp. 2-18. https://doi.org/10.3138/ijfab-14.1.01 

Music: 'The City Sleeps' by Death By Ginger 

Apr 15, 202126:18
FAB Gab Episode 6: IJFAB Editors on the Journal
Mar 25, 202136:01
FAB Gab Episode 5: Karey Harwood on New Eugenics and Procreative Liberty
Feb 18, 202124:08
FAB Gab Episode 4: Michael Doan and Ami Harbin on Relational Understandings of Public Health
Jan 13, 202127:05
FAB Gab Episode 3: Jennifer Bell on using Relational Autonomy to frame Qualitative Research
Dec 10, 202024:17
FAB Gab Episode 2: Carolyn McLeod reflects on relational autonomy and the work of Sue Sherwin
Nov 10, 202019:06
FAB Gab Episode 1: Special Issue on Sue Sherwin with Kirsten Borgerson and Letitia Meynell
Oct 12, 202021:21
Welcome to FAB Gab
Sep 16, 202002:29