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talkPOPc's Podcast
talkPOPc or the Philosophers' Ontological Party club, is a public philosophy + socially engaged art practice non-profit founded by Dr. Dena Shottenkirk, who is both a philosopher and an artist. talkPOPc sponsors one-to-one conversations between a participant and a philosopher (who always dons our amazing gold African king hat!) Various philosophers participate and these conversations happen in various places. For example, we go into bars and have one-to-one conversations. Various bars, both dives and fancy. We go to Grand Central Station in New York City. We set up shop on the sidewalk outside of City Hall in Philly. We go into bodegas all over Brooklyn. We sit down next to the deli counter and hold a conversation with someone who has walked in to get a ham sandwich and walked out knowing so much more about their own thoughts. We go into city parks or down dead end streets and set up the talkPOPc's tent. We listen. Here are some of those conversations.
talkPOPc's Podcast
Episode #132 R.P. Tyler Olds talks with talkPOPc participant Kendall about philosophy, power, and freedom
Timestamps:
00:10 Introductions
01:10 Philosophy and the Lives and Legacies of 20 Unsung Women Who Contributed to Philosophy
02:30 What is the nature of power? How does it work in society? Power exists in every interaction
03:45 How is power operating in marriage vs the workplace vs government? Consent and systemic control
04:55 Leading and following, a natural start to power vs a social invention
06:25 How should we think of power in the world? Idealistically, we have a say in it
08:20 Have we consented to the constitution by being born into this country? Citizenship and consent, purely by existing here
09:45 Institutional power gives us the freedom to fight against it, the right to rebel and its link to ego
12:20 "I didn't ask to be born!" and the obligations to live up to your role in society
14:30 If power pops up inevitably, should the goal be libertarian freedom?
16:15 Retaining the feeling of freedom, ultimate freedom, the power to stop people
19:45 What if everyone stopped jobs they didn't like? Waste management as an exploration of freedom