Reasonable doubt: How society got its rules wrong

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Most people consider themselves reasonable. But are they? And what rules is that notion defined by? Siân Pattenden is joined by Kirsty Sedgman, author of On Being Unreasonable, to discuss what the response to breastfeeding in public, noisy theatre audiences, neighbourhood watch indiscretions and Edward Coulston show about society today – and whether our collective rules might be wrong. ““Being ‘reasonable’ has usually meant being a man.” “The NextDoor app shows us the dangers of thinking you are reasonable – when really you aren’t.” “We need to take acting ‘reasonably’ seriously because it involves policing and power.” “Who are the rules of ‘being unreasonable’ harming?” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Siân Pattenden. Producer: Kasia Tomasiewicz. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production: Robin Leeburn. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production Instagram | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:15.2	Kirstie Sedgement is an award-winning Cultural Studies scholar based at the University of
1:19.9	Bristol and she's just published on being unreasonable, breaking the rules and
1:25.1	making things better. Kirstie has spent her career working out how people can live
1:29.6	side by side in the same world yet come to understand it in such totally different ways and as such
1:36.6	she is Doctor of Audiences.
1:38.7	Welcome to the bunker Kirstie.
1:40.4	Thanks so much for having me.
1:41.8	So firstly what the hell is a doctor of audience right?
1:46.4	Audiences were very much the starting points and my actual job title is lecturer in
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