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Cressida Ayres

Cressida J. Heyes — Henry Marshall Tory Chair Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at University of Alberta specializing in feminist philosophy and the cultural politics of sleep.

Jul 24, 2026

SSH: The Podcast

SSH: The Podcast

Episode 26: The Cultural Politics of Sleep

Jul 24

Temitope Oriola
Temitope OriolaHOST
4:34
Tell us about some of the themes that you've covered via this podcast.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:38
Yeah, I had to look this up because I'm forgetting what they are.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:41
So the first episode we did was sleep stories.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:44
And we interviewed Paul Hubina, who's a colleague at Athabasca University.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:48
He's a literature professor.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:50
And so he was talking about novels and film and even advertising places where cultural products use sleep as part of the story.
Cressida AyresGUEST
4:59
And it's amazing how many there are.

7 MINS LATER

Temitope Oriola
Temitope OriolaHOST
12:11
What would you do with them? And how far would you stretch the reachability of your research and how?

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