Wise Women is a sixteen-episode series about women in philosophy from antiquity to the twentieth century, generously funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The first season focuses on historical figures from the fifth century to the nineteenth century, and the second focuses on contemporary philosophers. Each episode spotlights a different philosopher and features a different guest scholar in conversation with the hosts. While you may have heard of some of the philosophers featured in the series, many names will be unfamiliar; but this is part of the story we want to tell. Wise Women is a celebration of philosophy’s unsung heroines, and an opportunity to bring attention to these women’s often overlooked and underrated contributions to philosophy and beyond.
Season 1
Hypatia of Alexandria with Edward Watts from the Univertsity of California San Diego
Hildegard von Bingen with Jennifer Bain from Dalhousie University
Elisabeth of Bohemia with Lisa Shapiro from McGill University
Margaret Cavendish with Karen Detlefsen from the University of Pennsylvania
Mary Astell with Allauren Forbes from McMaster University
Im Yunjidang with Hwa Yeong Wang from Duke Kunshan University
Mary Wollstonecraft with Sylvana Tomaselli from the University of Cambridge
Nísia Floresta with Nastassja Pugliese from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Season 2
Anna Julia Cooper with Kathryn Sophia Belle from the Collegium of Black Women Philosophers
Emma Goldman with Candace Falk from the Universityof California Berkeley
Simone Weil with Rebecca Rozelle-Stone from the University of North Dakota
Elizabeth Anscombe with Rachael Wiseman from the University of Liverpool
Iris Murdoch with Eva-Maria Düringer from the University of Tübingen
Mary Midgley with Clare Mac Cumhaill from Durham University
Philippa Foot with John Hacker-Wright from the University of Guelph
Judith Jarvis Thomson with Elizabeth Harman from Princeton University
Wise Women (s1)
| Episode Title | Guest | Related Content | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Hypatia of Alexandria | Edward Watts, Professor of History, University of California San Diego | Ancient Renaissance Woman | |
 | Hildegard von Bingen | Jennifer Bain, Professor of Musicology and of Gender and Women's Studies, Dalhousie University | Mystic, Composer, Polymath | |
 | Elisabeth of Bohemia | Lisa Shapiro, Professor of Philosophy, McGill University | The Philosophical Princess | |
 | Margaret Cavendish | Karen Detlefsen, Professor of Philosophy and Education, University of Pennsylvania | Margaret the First | |
 | Mary Astell | Allauren Samantha Forbes, Professor of Philosophy and of Gender and Social Justice, McMaster University | The First English Feminist | |
 | Im Yunjidang | Hwa Yeong Wang, Professor of Philosophy, Duke Kunshan University | The First Confucian Feminist | |
 | Mary Wollstonecraft | Sylvana Tomaselli, Professor of History, St. John's College, Cambridge University | A Vindication of Mary Wollstonecraft | |
 | Nísia Floresta | Nastassja Pugliese, Professor of Education and of Philosophy, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil's First Feminist? |
Wise Women (s2)
| Episode Title | Guest | Related Content | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Anna Julia Cooper | Kathryn Sophia Belle, Founding Director, Collegium of Black Women Philosophers | The Birth of Black Feminism | |
 | Simone Weil | Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, Professor of Philosophy & Ethics, University of North Dakota | Looking, Listening, Liberating | |
 | Emma Goldman | Candace Falk, Founding Director, The Emma Goldman Papers Research Project | Philosopher of Anarchism | |
 | Elizabeth Anscombe | Rachael Wiseman, Reader in Philosophy, University of Liverpool | Philosopher of Action | |
 | Iris Murdoch | Eva-Maria Düringer, Professor of Philosophy, University of Tübingen | The Philosopher-Novelist | |
 | Judith Jarvis Thomson | Elizabeth Harman, Professor of Philosophy and Human Values, Princeton University | The Trolleyologist |