Taboo Trades
A podcast about things we aren’t supposed to trade . . . But do anyway
Episodes
55 episodes
Busted: Policing Women On Top with Courtney Cahill
My guest today is Courtney Cahill, a Chancellor's Professor of Law at UC Irvine School of Law. Professor Cahill is a scholar of constitutional law, anti-discrimination law, sex equality, and LGBTQ equality. Her work examines the role of disgust...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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1:04:59
Valuing Reproductive Loss with Jill Wieber Lens
My guest today is Jill Lens, who serves as the Dorothy M. Willie Professor in Excellence at the University of Iowa school of law. Professor Lens is a leading legal expert in reproductive justice and rights, with a particular focus on the legal ...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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1:01:08
Paying To Pollute with Hajin Kim
I’m thrilled today to welcome the brilliant and creative Hajin Kim, an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. Hajin uses principles from social psychology and economics to study how moral and social influence can shape environ...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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53:06
Families By Agreement with Brian Bix
My guest today is Brian Bix, the Frederick W. Thomas Professor of Law And Philosophy at the University of Minnesota School of Law. He teaches and writes in the areas of family law, contract law, and jurisprudence. He joins us today to discuss h...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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50:27
The College Employee-Athlete with Marc Edelman
I’m super excited to welcome today’s guest, Marc Edelman – a passionate and influential voice in debates over the rights of college athletes. Marc is a Professor of Law at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New Y...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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56:33
Welcome to Season 5!
Welcome to season 5 everyone! I’m Kim Krawiec at the University of Virginia School of Law, and the host of the Taboo Trades podcast. In this episode, I welcome this year's student co-hosts: Anthony Freyre, Kimberly Garcia, Laura Habib, O...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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3:26
Season 4 Sign Off!
It’s the saddest time of year again, when I have to say goodbye to yet another fabulous group of UVA Law students who have put their trust in me (and in you, the audience) for a semester of the Taboo Trades podcast. I know I say this every year...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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2:34
Race, Family Policing, & Medicine with Dorothy Roberts
On today’s episode, Dorothy Roberts joins me and UVA Law 3Ls Darius Adel and Julia D'Rozario to discuss her work on race-based medicine and the child welfare system. Dorothy Roberts is the George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociolo...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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1:23:00
Menstruation Matters with Bridget Crawford & Emily Waldman
On today’s episode, Bridget Crawford and Emily Waldman of Pace University School of Law join me and UVA Law 3Ls Kate Granruth and Jenna Smith. Bridget Crawford’s scholarship focuses on taxation and gender and the law. She teaches courses on Fed...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:16:49
Kidneys, Stakes, & Plasma with James Stacey Taylor
On today’s episode, the amazing James Stacey Taylor, a Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey, joins me and UVA Law 3L Liam Bourque. Taylor has written over 100 academic articles and five books. He’s with us today to discuss excer...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:26:35
The Fight For Privacy with Danielle Citron
In this episode, my great friend and colleague, Danielle Citron, joins me and UVA Law students Gabriele Josephs and Aamina Mariam to discuss her latest book,
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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1:18:52
Banking On The Body With Kara Swanson
In this episode, UVA Law students Mary Beth Bloomer and Anu Goel join me to talk to Kara W. Swanson, a Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of History at Northeastern University and a visiting scholar at Princeton University’s Institute For...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:22:41
My Body My Choice with Ilya Somin
On this episode, George Mason Law's Ilya Somin joins me and UVA Law students Joseph Camano ('24) and Dennis Ting ('24) to discuss the full implications of "My Body, My Choice." Somin argues that the principle has implications that go far beyond...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:25:33
Welcome To Season 4!
Welcome to season 4 with UVA Law students:Aamina MariamAnu GoelDarius AdelDennis TingGabriele JosephsJenna SmithJulia D'RozarioKate GranruthLiam BourqueMary Beth Bloomer
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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3:13
Who Keeps The Engagement Ring with Naomi Cahn and Julia Mahoney
My guests this week are my UVA Law colleagues, Naomi Cahn and Julia Mahoney. We’re discussing their recent article in The Conversation, “
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Season 3
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Episode 17
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59:53
Nondisclosure Agreements with Mark Fenster and Dave Hoffman
My guests today are Mark Fenster of the University of Florida Levin College of Law and Dave Hoffman of the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. We’re discussing Mark’s recent article, How Reputational Nondisclosure Agreements Fail (Or, ...
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Season 3
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Episode 16
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1:08:48
Truth Bounties with Mike Gilbert and Yonathan Arbel
My guests today are my UVA Law colleague, Mike Gilbert, and University of Alabama Professor, Yonathan Arbel. We’re discussing their paper, Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News, forthcoming in the University of North Carolina ...
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Season 3
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Episode 15
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52:07
The Political Economy of Organ Transplantation with Hagai Boas
Today’s guest is the Israeli sociologist, Hagai Boas, a four-time organ transplant recipient and the author of The Political Economy of Organ Transplantation, published by Routledge. Hagai is the second transplant recipient on the podcast (Sall...
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Season 3
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Episode 14
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1:03:02
Bonus Episode: NFTs for Biobanking with Marielle Gross & Brian Frye
Today, I'm joined by two fabulous guests: Marielle Gross, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, and renaissance man, Brian Frye, the Spears-Gilbert Professor of Law at the Univ...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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1:14:18
Season 3 Sign Off
And so concludes another season of the Taboo Trades podcast,courtesy of me, Kim Krawiec, and the fabulous students at the University of Virginia. But never fear, I have some wonderful bonus episodes lined up over the coming months, wi...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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2:35
Payment, Exploitation, & Clinical Trials with Holly Fernandez Lynch
In this episode, Holly Fernandez Lynch and I continue our discussion of clinical research ethics with co-hosts Rahima Ghafoori and Caroline Gozigian (UVA Law '23). In this Part 2 of our interview, we focus on questions of payment, exploitation,...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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55:42
Clinical Research Ethics with Holly Fernandez Lynch
Holly Fernandez Lynch and I discuss clinical research ethics, including challenge trials, research subject payment, and diversity in medical research with co-hosts Rahima Ghafoori and Caroline Gozigian (UVA Law...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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1:10:15
Are International Surrogates Exploited with Stephen Wilkinson
In today’s episode, UVA Law 3Ls, Makenna Cherry and Meghana Puchalapalli join me to continue our discussion with Lancaster University professor Stephen Wilkinson. Wilkinson is a Professor of Bioethics, Associate Dean for Research for the Facult...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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1:08:07
International Surrogacy with Stephen Wilkinson
My guest today is Lancaster University professor Stephen Wilkinson and I’m joined by two UVA Law 3L co-hosts, Makenna Cherry and Meghana Puchalapalli. Wilkinson is a Professor of Bioethics, Associate Dean for Research for the Faculty of Arts an...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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40:57
Mary Anne Case on A Post-Dobbs Right to F*$#
In today’s episode, UVA Law 3Ls Reidar Composano and Bryan Blaylock join me to continue our discussion with University of Chicago Law professor, Mary Anne Case, about her forthcoming paper, Donorsexuality. The f-bomb is dropped (but for reasons...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:10:07