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Update frequency:
every 19 days
Average audio length:
36 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
10 episodes
since Feb. 21, 2026
episodic

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In Episode 3 of The Dignity Negotiation, Sohini Datta joins the inquiry into how gender is learned, performed, and enforced. The conversation examines social expectations, institutions, conformity, deviation, labor, power, and the consequences of exceeding established categories. Season 2, Episode …

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Why do some people remain defined by a single mistake while others move on? This conversation with Dr. Kenneth A. Logan explores shame, moral injury, public judgment, and the relationship between accountability, human dignity, and the systems that shape both.
In Episode 4 of The Dignity Negotiation, Fils Jean Pierre Mutsinzi sits down with Manish Jain, unEducationist and founder of Swaraj University, to unpack the hidden curriculum of modern schooling. They deconstruct how the classroom replaces intrinsic motivation with a paralyzing fear of mistakes, d…
Season Two begins with a foundational question: who decides how we are seen? This episode explores recognition, visibility, and the social processes that shape identity, legitimacy, and belonging.
Season One of The Dignity Negotiation concludes with a question many institutions rarely confront directly: What happens when people spend years being educated for stability, success, and legitimacy, yet still emerge feeling powerless within the systems they were taught to trust? This episode explo…
Creativity is often celebrated publicly, yet many institutions continue rewarding conformity, predictability, and professional legibility. In this episode of The Dignity Negotiation, Dr. Yong Zhao joins The Dignity Accord to explore education, institutional control, AI, divergence, and the kinds of…
What we call intelligence is often reduced to memory. But as machines begin to replicate recall and performance, this conversation asks a deeper question: what does it actually mean to think? In this episode with Dr. Akhil Kumar Singh, we explore how education systems have come to prioritise memori…
Language is often treated as a neutral tool for communication. Yet in many systems, it shapes who is heard, who is understood, and who is recognised as legitimate. In this conversation with Mercy Martins, we explore how language functions as a gatekeeper — influencing access, participation, and bel…
In this opening episode of The Dignity Negotiation Podcast, we examine how schooling—shaped by industrial efficiency—conditions behavior, normalizes fear, and rewards compliance over inquiry. Beyond official curricula, the conversation explores the “hidden curriculum” that shapes how individuals th…
We are living in a world that negotiates power more loudly than dignity. Across systems—education, technology, governance, belief—the question of what it means for our dignity is often left unasked. The Dignity Negotiation Podcast is a space for clear, honest dialogue. Not to perform certainty, but…
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