
Episode #145: Resident Philosopher Lewis Gordon speaks with author James Slater Simmons III on Freedom and Power
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talkPOPc (Philosophers' Ontological Party club), is public philosophy + cognitively-engaged art nonprofit founded by Dr. Dena Shottenkirk, who is both a philosopher and an artist. As a topic-based project (we are now on our fourth) talkPOPc sponsors one-to-one conversations between a participant and a philosopher (who always dons our amazing gold African king hat, along with our mascot Puppet!) These conversations are consensus-building conversations and feed back into Shottenkirk's related artworks and published philosophy. The conversations become collaborative acts of making both philosophy and art. Thus, each topic - #1. nominalism, #2. censorship, #3. art as cognition, and #4 power - has three "pillars" the associated artworks, the published philosophy book, and podcast conversations. Various philosophers participate (see our website talkpopc.org for the list of philosophers) and these conversations happen in various places. For example, we go into bars and have one-to-one conv
Dena Shottenkirk hosts talkPOPc's Podcast, a arts show with 140 episodes published.

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Timestamps: 00:10: Intros 00:50: The will to compromise vs freedom to deliberate 05:00: Listen vs compromise, the constraints of consensus 10:15: Camouflage differences in value. Mental frameworks as a matter of agreemen

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 01:15: Power in leadership as a positive force 03:00: The loss of power, male loneliness, and the blowback against individual rights 05:00: Art as Power. The raw self 07:00: Suffering and

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Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 01:00: Exploring the idea of Power 02:30: Power and institutional structures vs. individual power 03:45: Power as a mental concept. The power of the ideas people share 07:15: Imagination

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 02:20: Power as it relates to art criticism. Kant, Wittgenstein, and the grounds of objectivity 05:50: The crisis of criticism. Speculative investment in the art world. 11:00: Standards,

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 00:45: Where there is power, there's abuse. 03:05: Imbalance of power is inevitable. If we don't share power, we hoard it 04:05: Can power ever be positive? To take action, we need power.

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 00:35: Organizing people and how it relates to power 02:05: How do we apply knowledge of Foucault to the real world? 03:55: Are people hesitant or afraid to use their power? 05:10: There'

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 00:40: Power is and has been based on violence 02:15: How do we define violence as it relates to power? Is it purely physical? 03:10: Power as better or worse, not necessarily good 04:40:

Timestamps: 00:10: Introductions 00:30: What do we think about power? Power comes in many forms, but not everyone is interested in it 02:40: Power plays a role in social dynamics. Cultivating a sense of power 03:50: Powe

Timestamps: 00:10 Introductions 01:00 Thoughts on Philosophy, ethics as a branch of Philosophy 02:05 Concern over monetary power, the world our children will inherit 03:05 Meritocracy, intelligence, and kindness. The Rep

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 interacti

Timestamps: 00:10 Intros 01:10 What do we think when we hear "Philosophy? // Interested bystanders 02:00 The nature of power in society // The power of common connection 03:00 Power dynamics as an inevitability, how is p

Timestamps: 00:10 intros 01:20 setting the stage and outfit talk 01:55 What is philosophy? The thought about thought // Power is ability, the ability to do things and influence 03:15 Power and influence, the connection t

1:00 They discuss how government censorship, particularly in banning books, restricts access to knowledge and different perspectives, questioning why the government has the authority to control what information people ca

2:00 They reflect on the notion of free speech in their personal life, noting that as Americans, they feel relatively unrestricted in their ability to express themselves. While they believe in the importance of free spee

1:00 The conversation begins with a focus on free speech and censorship, prompting them to share their thoughts on whether these concepts are prevalent in society. 5:00 They discuss the potential social consequences of e
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