The Memory Hole Podcast

S3. Episode 7: Making up people

June 20, 2026·41 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

For complete show notes, visithttps://jenamartin.substack.com/s/the-memory-hole-podcastReferenced:Philosopher Ian Hackinghttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Ian-HackingSocial constructionism definitionhttps://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/philosophy/documents/faculty-documents/boghossian/Boghossian_Social-Construction.pdf?challenge=d06e90d7-4d8f-4b88-9d8c-10b73beb60f1Ian Hacking: Making up People. London Review of Books 2006https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v28/n16/ian-hacking/making-up-peopleIan Hacking: Kinds of People, Moving Targets 2006https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/2043/pba151p285.pdfGuests:Professor Jonathan Tsou, the Marvin and Kathleen Stone Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Medicine and Science and Director of the Center for Values in Medicine, Science and Technology at the University of Texas at Dallas.https://profiles.utdallas.edu/jonathan.tsouSenior Lecturer, Edmund KingActing Under New Descriptionshttps://paroxysms.substack.com/p/acting-under-new-descriptionshttps://profiles.open.ac.uk/edmund-king This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit jenamartin.substack.com

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