<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="direction:ltr;line-height:1.8;margin:0px"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">The Center for Philosophy of Science at the University of Pittsburgh proudly presents our podcast. Join us and our community as we discuss philosophy, science, and more. Guided by our Director, Edouard Machery, we bring our fellows, lecturers, and guest speakers alike to our Center for eager listeners to learn and be intrigued about the world of philosophy and science.</font></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:1em 0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></b></span></div><div style="font-weight:inherit;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.38;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4">Conversations at the Center</font></b></span></div><div style="border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-variant-alternates:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:1.8;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><p style="margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><font size="4"><span style="font-weight:inherit">In this episode of Conversations at the Center, Center Director Edouard Machery sits down with Visiting Fellow </span><b>Laurenz Casser</b><span style="font-weight:inherit"> to discuss his work on the study of pain.</span></font></span></span></p><p style="font-weight:inherit;margin:10px 0px;padding:0px;word-break:break-word;color:rgb(32,32,32);font-family:Arial,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:1.5;direction:ltr"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,Verdana,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size-adjust:inherit;font-kerning:inherit;font-feature-settings:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><font size="4">Laurenz is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Sheffield. 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Chris ChoGlueck is a philosophy professor and advocate of reproductive equity. He has a PhD from Indiana University Bloomington. Chris is now an Associate Professor of Ethics at New Mexico Tech, where he teaches philosophy and gender studies to STEM students and runs ethics workshops for scientists. Chris has served as an expert panelist for the Society of Family Planning and the American Society of Emergency Contraception to pressure the FDA to correct the label of Plan B (the “morning after” pill). His research and advocacy have been featured in Scientific American, CNN, NPR, and PBS NewsHour. In the Spring Term of 2026, he </span>was<span style="font-weight:inherit"> selected for University of Pittsburgh’s Visiting Fellowship in the Center for Philosophy of Science.
Christopher ChoGlueck, "Still no pill for men? 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