Summer Bonus EP: Dan Denvir and The Dig

This week, Darts and Letters brings you a summer bonus episode with the host of one of our favourite podcasts, The Dig. Dan Denvir joins us to talk about his podcast, the place of academia and intellectuals on the left, radical media, ideas and political change, and more. Then, we air an extraordinary interview from Dan and The Dig with Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò on “Identity, Power, and Speech.”

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• First and foremost, check out The Dig, a podcast from Jacobin Magazine. You can follow the pod on Twitter. 
• Check out Dan Denvir’s writing in Jacobin, including his interview with Cornel West and another with Wendy Brown. You can also find him in The Guardian.
• Visit Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò’s website and have a look at his research, including “Don’t Treat Climate Change as a National Security Risk” and “Who Gets to Feel Secure?”
• Be sure to also check out more of Táíwò’s politics writing at Why Everything Costs Money.

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This week, Darts and Letters was hosted and edited by Gordon Katic. Our lead producer was Ren Bangert. Our managing producer is Marc Apollonio. For the Dig content, it Dan Denvir from The Dig hosted the interview with Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò.

Our theme song and music was created by Mike Barber, our graphic design was created by Dakota Koop, our marketing was done by Ian Sowden, and David Moscrop wrote the show notes.

This episode received support by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research, which provided us a research grant to look at the concept of “public intellectualism.” Professor Allen Sens at the University of British Columbia is the lead academic advisor.

Darts and Letters is produced in Toronto, which is on the traditional land of Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples. It is also produced in Vancouver, BC, which is on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.