The Podcast of Things
Jake Loor
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About This Podcast
Welcome to my podcast covering a wide range of topics through a philisophical lens, from politics to activism and from art to science; welcome to a podcast of things.
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Recent Episodes
S2E3 Human Nature (with Mikayla Bomba, Alex Kutchins, & Owen Vegas)
Is there such a thing as human nature, or is it just a story humans tell themselves to make sense of the world and justify various relationships of domination? If it does exist, how might it be…
S2E2 The Ivory Tower and its Home (with Alexander Cacciato and Maggie Ondrey)
What is the relationship between Trinity College and its host city of Hartford? How can Trinity students disrupt and work around the extractive, dominating posture that their institution necessarily…
S2E1 Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) with Reese San Diego, Anna Grant-Bolton, and Luka de Faria
What is SAMI? What do we realistically hope to achieve through this organization? How can we use a critique of mass incarceration to imagine a better future, and how can students work toward that…
S1E6 African Political Philosophy: Applying Nyerere's Ujaama to Malawi (Feat. Zobran Elias)
Are the differences between African and European political philosophy pronounced or exaggerated? How resonant is 'African Socialism' with actual African societies today in the Malawian context? And…
S1E5 Science and Categorization (feat. Rasheed Sarieh)
Why do we value the lives of humans over the lives of other animals? What is a species? How do we differentiate between categories that are socially constructed and those that are biological fact?
S1E4 The Problems with Prisons and Policing (feat. Anna Grant-Bolton)
Do prisons work as a remedy for violence? How should prisons and policing be understood as systems of violence themselves? Why are the current punitive systems considered "common sense"?
S1E3 Free Will? (feat. Eva Lekovic)
Do we have any agency over our lives? Is the universe predetermined or random? Does science tell us that destiny and fate are real?
S1E2 Monuments, Art, and Society (feat. Kalea Akenti)
Should we tear down monuments? Can art have objective value? What is art?
S1E1 Human Consciousness (feat. Luka de Faria e Castro)
What is consciousness? What is the self? Is the mind the same as the brain?
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The Podcast of Things has published 9 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in News, Philosophy.
The Podcast of Things is currently dormant with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 1h 21m.
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