Concept : Art

Concept : Art

episodes

Through conversations with philosophers and thinkers about their scholarly work, Concept : Art seeks to answer the question: how does art shape ideas? By exploring the influence of art and artworks, Concept : Art uncovers the ways art is and can be a resource and catalyst for thinking.

Utopia is Boring with Evie Kendal

October 14, 2025

Utopia is Boring

with Evie Kendal
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Evie Kendal. Dr Evie Kendal is a bioethicist and public health scientist whose work focuses on emerging technologi…

Paying Attention with Anya Daly

September 19, 2025

Paying Attention with Anya Daly

Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Anya Daly. Dr Anya Daly investigates the intersections of phenomenology with philosophy of mind, the philosophy of…

Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom

July 7, 2025

Rhythm, Exorcism, and Confrontation with Lexi Eikelboom

Lexi Eikelboom
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lexi Eikelboom. Dr Lexi Eikelboom is both a visual artist and a scholar of philosophical theology. Her academic wo…

Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman

June 8, 2025

Snotty Punk Bands and Ancient Aliens with Timothy Deane-Freeman

Timothy Deane-Freeman
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman. Dr Timothy Deane-Freeman works as a teacher and researcher in philosophy in Naarm/Melbourne…

Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley

May 4, 2025

Fast, Loud, and Super Funky with Ellie Ripley

Ellie Ripley
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Ellie Ripley. Dr Ellie Ripley’s work focuses on languages, logics, and the relations between them. They discuss m…

Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu

March 21, 2025

Sublime Art, Nice Philosophy with Michelle Liu

Michelle Liu
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Michelle Liu. Dr Michelle Liu works on various topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetic…

Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Wesselinoff

February 24, 2025

Beauty and Revelation with Catherine Catherine Wesselinoff

Catherine Wesselinoff
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Catherine Catherine Wesselinoff. Dr Catherine Catherine Wesselinoff is a lecturer in philosophy at the University …

Girlboss Leviathan with Elese Dowden

December 30, 2024

Girlboss Leviathan

Elese Dowden
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Elese Dowden. Dr Elese Dowden is a writer and philosopher from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her doctoral work was on ethi…

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation with Dalia Nassar

November 17, 2024

Collaboration, Presentation, and Representation

Dalia Nassar
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Dalia Nassar, author of Romantic Empiricism: Nature, Art, and Ecology from Herder to Humboldt (Cambridge UP, 2022) …

Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction with Lucy Benjamin

October 27, 2024

Paris, Cuba, and David from Any Direction

Lucy Benjamin
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Lucy Benjamin. Dr Lucy Benjamin is a researcher in architectural theory and creative practice. Her work focuses on…

Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons with Annie Sandrussi

September 11, 2024

Ontological Disruption, Slow Cinema, and Religious Icons

Annie Sandrussi
Hosted by Pat McConville

Dr Annie Sandrussi applies phenomenological and gender-based methods to examine how everyday and public understandings are underpinned by ontological …

Gold, Silver, and Bronze with Yuri Cath

August 12, 2024

Gold, Silver, and Bronze

Yuri Cath
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Yuri Cath. Dr Yuri Cath's work explores epistemological questions about the nature and sources of different kinds …

Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction with Pei-hua Huang

July 19, 2024

Pottery, Moral Enhancement, and Science-Fiction

Pei-hua Huang
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Pei-hua Huang. Dr Pei-hua Huang’s work lies where bioethics and political philosophy intersect. She is interested …

Lifestyle and Death with Christopher Mayes

June 10, 2024

Lifestyle and Death with Christopher Mayes

Christopher Mayes
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Christopher Mayes. Dr Mayes is an interdisciplinary scholar with backgrounds in sociology, history and philosophy. …

Dancing Parkinson's and Queering Science with John Noel Viaña

May 14, 2024

Dancing Parkinson's and Queering Science

John Noel Viaña
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr John Noel Viaña. Dr John Noel Viaña’s work is focused on the social and ethical aspects of neuroscience and biotec…

Enactivism, Embodiment, and the Gorier Stuff with Marilyn Stendera

April 7, 2024

Enactivism, Embodiment, and the Gorier Stuff

Marilyn Stendera
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode Pat speaks with Dr Marilyn Stendera, co-author (with Emily Hughes) of Heidegger’s Alternative History of Time (Routledge, 2024). Dr S…

Caste, Music, and Microinequities with Supriya Subramani

March 23, 2024

Caste, Music, and Microinequities

Supriya Subramani
Hosted by Pat McConville

In this episode, Pat speaks with Dr Supriya Subramani. Dr Subramani's interest in morality and ethics has led her to explore morality, behaviour, and…