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Bioethics for the People

Bioethics for the People

By: Devan Stahl and Tyler Gibb
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Bioethics for the People Podcast is for anyone interested in bioethics. Wait, not sure what bioethics is? We are here to explore that question.

Hygiene & Healthy Living Philosophy Physical Illness & Disease Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Fat Phobia and the Ethics of Pain with Dr. Jada Wiggleton-Little
    Jun 25 2026

    In this episode, we talk with Dr. Jada Wiggleton-Little, assistant professor of philosophy at ‘an’ Ohio State University, about fat phobia and the dismissal of fat patients' pain. She unpacks how clinicians treat such pain as normal and even deserved — a "desert pain" framing that casts patients as unentitled to further investigation, empathy, or care.

    Fat Phobia and the Ethics of Pain Jada Wiggleton-Little

    Additional Readings:

    • Kate Manne, Unshrinking: How to Face Fat Phobia

    • Sabrina Strings, Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia

    • Roxane Gay, Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body (2017)

    Dr. Wiggleton-Little’s Selected Publications:

    • "Black Women and 'Doing' Pain: An Insurgent Act," American Philosophical Quarterly (Special Issue on Contemporary Issues in Black Philosophy), forthcoming.

    • "Cure but Not Cured: Gene-Editing Therapy and The Ethics of Framing Language for Transforming Sickle Cell Disease," (with Shameka Poetry Thomas, Kristin Seastrand, and Consuela Albright), Hastings Center Report, forthcoming.

    • "Pain Dismissal and the Limits of Epistemic Injustice," Hypatia, 1-17, 2025.

    • "Sharing Pain: A Hybrid Expressivist Account," Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 102(3): 808-822. 2024.

    • "'Just' a Painful Period: A Philosophical Perspective Review of the Dismissal of Menstrual Pain," Womens Health (London), 20:1-6. 2024.

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    39 mins
  • Teaching with Bioethics for the People Podcast
    Jun 18 2026
    In this episode, we talk to Dr. Dolores Morris, Associate Professor of Instruction at the University of South Florida. In addition to being a brilliant philosopher, Dr. Morris teaches bioethics to undergraduate students using this podcast! Learn how she does it and more on this week’s episode.
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    50 mins
  • Deep Thoughts with Steve Foley
    Jun 11 2026
    In this episode, Tyler and Devan talk with longtime friend of the pod Steve Foley. Steve is a retired psychologist and a big fan of clinical ethics and deep, meaningful conversations.
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    59 mins
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