{"podcast":{"title":"New Polity","slug":"new-polity-1279735","podcast_index_feed_id":1279735,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2e7ac71c/podcast/rss","website_url":"newpolity.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/7697983/7697983-1596042438524-befdf3932f4b5.jpg","author":"New Polity","episode_count":204,"summary":"Thinking Beyond Liberalism","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T10:17:44.236772+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-1279735"},"episode":{"title":"The Metaphysical Problem of Sexual Difference w/ D. C. Schindler","slug":"the-metaphysical-problem-of-sexual-difference-w-d-c-schindler","published_at":"2026-03-26T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-1279735/the-metaphysical-problem-of-sexual-difference-w-d-c-schindler","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-1279735","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/newpolity/episodes/The-Metaphysical-Problem-of-Sexual-Difference-w-D--C--Schindler-e3h0u0u","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/2e7ac71c/podcast/play/117519838/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-26%2F1ca8bd41-18cb-a7ca-e422-73be800bf2b8.mp3","summary":"What is the metaphysical difference between man and woman? Philosophy has long had a problem explaining the difference between men and women, even though it is a basic and fundamental reality. Are men and women different essentially? Is there a particularly "female soul" and a "male soul?" Is the brute fact of the sexually differentiated body the basis for sexual difference, or does that presuppose the problem? In man and woman are we dealing with an opposition or a contrariety? In this new podcast series, Marc Barnes and D. C. Schindler discuss the metaphysics of sexual difference, arguing for a new approach to the question. The New Polity Conference on Man and Woman is two months away! Learn more and register at https://newpolity.com/2026 Subscribe to New Polity Magazine: https://newpolity.com/magazine Read our essays: https://newpolity.com/essays Help us make more: visit https://www.newpolity.com/donate","meta_description":"What is the metaphysical difference between man and woman? Philosophy has long had a problem explaining the difference between men and women, even though…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-polity-1279735/episodes/the-metaphysical-problem-of-sexual-difference-w-d-c-schindler/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-1279735/the-metaphysical-problem-of-sexual-difference-w-d-c-schindler.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}