Robert Jensen, a ”Plain Radical” Author, Organizer and Emeritus Professor: ”An Attachment to Truth”

<p>In this episode, we're joined by special co-host, writer, producer, storyteller, <a href='https://kimyaged.weebly.com/'>Kim Yaged</a> as we speak with Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin, <a href='https://robertwjensen.org/'>Robert Jensen</a>. Many people say they are "spiritual but not religious." Bob says he's "religious but not spiritual" - and that's just to start! He also identifies as a "good ole' lefty materialist." We discuss his radical feminist critique of the transgender movement; a broader critique of "the Left" from the left; being able to identify with a Christian tradition and yet hold disparate beliefs; what radical feminism is and why it's a gift to men; what it means to be a radical; whether revolutionary violence is ever justified; the hard questions we need to address in order to deal with the pending ecological "apocalypse"; and the price that comes with, as our co-host Kim Yaged put it, "an attachment to truth."</p> <p> </p> <p>Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the <a href='https://journalism.utexas.edu/faculty/robert-jensen'>School of Journalism and Media</a> at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the <a href='http://thirdcoastactivist.org/'>Third Coast Activist Resource Center</a>. He collaborates with <a href='https://www.newperennialspublishing.org/'>New Perennials Publishing</a> and the <a href='http://www.newperennials.org/'>New Perennials Project</a> at Middlebury College. Professor Jensen joined the UT faculty in 1992 after completing his Ph.D. in media ethics and law in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Minnesota. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a professional journalist for a decade. At UT, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in media law, ethics, and politics until he retired in 2018. In his writing and teaching, much of Dr. Jensen’s work has analyzed pornography and the radical feminist critique of sexuality and men’s violence, a