Keith Telfeyan

My Mental Health

12 November 2020  |  55 mins 8 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, depression, mental health, philosophy, politics, thinking

Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day

I Voted (for Myself)

4 November 2020  |  36 mins

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Thoughts on the day after the election

The LA Dodgers are Baseball Champions

28 October 2020  |  58 mins 43 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Keith thinks about sports, and his lifelong ambivalence for his favorite team

Do I Really Have to Vote?

21 October 2020  |  41 mins 9 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, election2020, philosophy, politics, thinking, vote

Civic duty is important. How much is voting a civic duty?

Am I Getting Canceled?

15 October 2020  |  59 mins 50 secs

cancel culture, centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Keith thinks through cancel culture, and his experiences with it

End the War on Drugs

5 October 2020  |  24 mins 31 secs

centrism, contrarian, crime, culture, drug war, drugs, end the drug war, homelessness, philosophy, policing, politics, thinking, war on drugs

The global drug war is an utter failure. It is a waste of time, money and human lives, and has done virtually nothing to curb the demand for drug use. It is especially terrible in the USA, where it disproportionately affects underprivileged communities. If you care about social justice, fiscal responsibility or civil liberties, help fight to end the war on drugs.

Vote Biden I Guess

17 September 2020  |  26 mins 42 secs

biden, centrism, contrarian, culture, democrats, philosophy, politics, presidential election, thinking

Keith thinks through difficulties of voting Biden

More Bad Policing

8 September 2020  |  33 mins 10 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Utah police shoot 13yo autist boy in response to mother's call for help

Feminism is too big a word

31 August 2020  |  57 mins 53 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Keith thinks through difficult issues of the day

White Fragility is Propaganda

22 August 2020  |  1 hr 16 mins

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, race, thinking, white fragility

"White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo furthers a strange and dubious political agenda.

My Enneagram

16 August 2020  |  55 mins 27 secs

centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking

Keith takes an enneagram test. He's a 7-5

Equality (Opportunity, Outcome and Morality)

30 July 2020  |  56 mins 28 secs

analysis, culture, keithtelfeyan, philosophy, politics

What do we mean by "equality"? Is it our master virtue? And at what cost?

Critical Race Theory

10 July 2020  |  1 hr 10 mins

Critical Race Theory asks us to introspect about our biases. Ok, let's do that.

What can we know?

29 June 2020  |  1 hr 2 mins

How much of our beliefs are based on actual knowledge? And how much is ideology? Is it also ok to not know certain things?

Police Brutality vs Race vs Class

4 June 2020  |  58 mins 53 secs

In light of recent events, mostly the death of George Floyd in May 2020

Chernobyl (vs Coronavirus)

4 May 2020  |  58 mins 48 secs

Commentary on a great miniseries, and how it relates to the current pandemic and shutdown