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Woman Searching for Meaning

Marie

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 14

Woman Searching for Meaning is a short, reflective podcast exploring the space between politics and personal growth.

Hosted by a French expat and politics student, it dives into feminism, progressivism, identity, and the quiet work of becoming better in a chaotic world.

For young, thoughtful minds trying to make sense of it all — one 10-minute episode at a time.

Tune in to reflect, resist, and reconnect.

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🇫🇷 France - philosophy
25/01/2026
#92
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24/01/2026
#75
🇫🇷 France - philosophy
17/10/2025
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🇫🇷 France - philosophy
16/10/2025
#66
🇫🇷 France - philosophy
15/10/2025
#46
🇫🇷 France - philosophy
08/09/2025
#98
🇫🇷 France - philosophy
07/09/2025
#79
🇫🇷 France - philosophy
06/09/2025
#66
🇩🇪 Germany - philosophy
22/08/2025
#100
🇩🇪 Germany - philosophy
21/08/2025
#81

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Ep. 4: The pressure of finding THE job

Season 1 · Episode 4

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 10:39

Let's dive into the quiet storm of searching for the “right” job when studying politics — a field where ideals and reality often clash.

Is it at all possible to align one's work with belief, all while facing a world that feels increasingly unstable.

Maybe the real challenge isn’t choosing wrong, but accepting that there may never be a perfect path — and daring to move anyway.

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Ep. 3: Stories we tell ourselves

Season 1 · Episode 3

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 • Duration 12:16

We all have a set of ideas we are convinced about.

It might be to make our life easier or because it is what we truly believe.

But what if we're wrong?

My two thoughts: we are not as complex as we think we are and sometimes the suffering comes from needing to reevaluate our convictions more than parting ways with someone.

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Ep. 2: The 3.5 percent rule

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, May 30, 2025 • Duration 30:09

It only takes about 3.5% of people actively standing up to push real political change.

So why does it feel like so few do? Why does activism change feel so unachievable?

This episode reflects on what holds us back and what it really means to show up. A quiet exploration of power, courage, and the small ways change begins.

Source : Chenoweth, Erica and Maria Stephan 2011. Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict. New York: Columbia University Press.

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Ep. 1: Woman Searching for Meaning -- Who are we?

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, May 30, 2025 • Duration 11:31

Welcome to Woman Searching for Meaning — a podcast for progressive, curious minds trying to make sense of this messy world.

In this trailer, I’ll tell you who I am (a French expat, politics student, overthinker), why I started this podcast (spoiler: far-right rise has something to do with it), and what you can expect — short solo reflections, deeper interviews, and honest conversations about politics, identity, feminism, and becoming a better human.

If you're anxious about the noise and still want to think deeply — you're in the right place.

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Ep. 6: To Care or not to Care

Season 1 · Episode 6

Wednesday, June 25, 2025 • Duration 25:13

Why is it so hard to care about struggles that aren’t ours?

This episode tackles one of the most frustrating questions of faced by activists: How do we get people to care—really care—about issues and lives that feel far from their own?

From Indigenous rights to climate justice to the daily realities of Palestinian civilians, why do some people tune in with empathy while others scroll on by?

Let's unpack how political leanings shape emotional responses, why conservative and progressive brains seem wired differently when it comes to compassion, and how our so-called "neutral" education systems quietly teach us not to care.

Let’s take a ride in the brain’s weird alleyways—through political bias, emotional blind spots, and the art of giving a damn.

Because caring isn't weakness. It's radical. <3

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Sources:

1. On the different moral foundations between conservatives and progressive, see:

- Graham, J., Haidt, J., & Nosek, B. A. (2009). Liberals and conservatives rely on different sets of moral foundations. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 96(5), 1029–1046. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0015141

- Day, M. V., Fiske, S. T., Downing, E. L., & Trail, T. E. (2014). Shifting liberal and conservative attitudes using moral foundations theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40(12), 1559–1573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167214551152

- Smith, I. H., Aquino, K., Koleva, S., & Graham, J. (2014). The moral ties that bind…Even to out-groups: The interactive effect of moral identity and the binding moral foundations. Psychological Science, 25(8), 1554–1562. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797614534450

Ep. 5: Becoming Feminists -- with Doris

Season 1 · Episode 5

Thursday, June 12, 2025 • Duration 01:03:06

How do you become a feminist?

In this very first conversation episode, I’m joined by the brilliant and hilarious Doris to trace our personal journeys into feminism—from clueless kids to opinionated adults who still don’t have it all figured out (but have a lot to say anyway).

This isn’t a lecture—it’s story time. We talk about growing up, unlearning stuff, dealing with stereotypical anti-feminist talks, and where we fit (or don’t fit) in today’s feminist landscape.

We share laughs, cringey memories, a few spicy takes on mainstream critiques, and some honest thoughts about what we’re still trying to understand.

Come hang out with us for an hour of real talk, reflection, and friendship.

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Readings mentioned:

1. Harmange P. 2020. Moi les hommes, je les déteste

This feminist essay combines personal experiences, testimonies, and statistics to expose systemic sexism, criticize virilism, denounce the passive acceptance of sexism, and call for the deconstruction of societal pressures on women—especially the expectation to constantly please men.

2. Cohen C. 2016. Introduction. Femmes de la préhistoire ; Testart A. 2014. L'Amazone et la cuisinière. Anthropologie de la division sexuelle du travail.

Both research challenge gender biases in the interpretation of human history revealing how roles of women e.g in pregistoric societies, in the devision of labour, have been shaped more by cultural constructs than by biological necessity

3. Bajos N. & Le collectif Virage. 2016 (also following year report). Violences et rapports de genre: Enquête sur les violences faites envers les femmes et les hommes. (INED)

Yearly survey study according to which women represent 96% of rape and attempted rape victims in France

Ep. 7: Having children: an act of faith?

Season 1 · Episode 7

Tuesday, July 8, 2025 • Duration 09:42

Let’s take a ride through one of the most intimate and existential questions of our time:
Why bring a child into a world unraveling?

Climate collapse, rising authoritarianism, nuclear tension, and a society losing its voice—no wonder so many of us hesitate. But here’s the twist:
If those who care about the future stop having children, who are we leaving the future to?

This episode is about the quiet, radical question behind parenthood today:
Do I still believe in us?

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Ep. 11: In Defense of Anger

Season 1 · Episode 11

Sunday, October 12, 2025 • Duration 19:28

We’re taught to calm down, let go, rise above — but what if anger isn’t something to suppress, but something to understand?

What if Anger is just a misunderstood friend?

In this episode, I explore what anger really is: where it comes from, what it’s trying to protect, and how it can become a quiet force for transformation instead of destruction.

Civil rights defenders and activists have long known the true power of anger — how it can turn pain into movement, despair into demands for a better world.

Together, we look at the fine line between anger born from care for the world and anger that only guards our own wounds.

A bit of philosophy, a bit of current affairs, and this core question at the center: what if feeling angry means we still believe things can change?

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Content mentioned:

1. Papers about anger being a driver of political activism

- Ost, David. 2004. Politics as the Mobilization of Anger.

- Jasper M. J. 1998. The Emotions of Protest: Affective and Reactive Emotions in and around Social Movements.

2. Frankl, V. 1946. Man's search for Meaning.

In this book, Viktor Frankl reflects on his experience as a Holocaust survivor and the lessons he learned about human resilience. He argues that life's primary drive is not pleasure or power, but suffering. Through his observations, he developed logotherapy, a psychotherapy centered on finding purpose through work, love or how one endures hardship.

3. Aurelius, M. 2002. Meditations

In Meditations, Marcus Aurelius reflects on anger as a destructive emotion that undermines rational judgment and harmony with nature. Through the Stoic lens, he urges self-discipline and perspective-taking—reminding himself that others act out of ignorance, not malice. By mastering one’s reactions rather than external events, Aurelius models how Stoicism transforms anger into understanding and inner peace.

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