Key Thinking (Aloud)
Keith, thinking aloud. About the issues of our times.
About the show
Casual philosophy & cultural criticism with Keith Telfeyan. Keith is a writer and artist born in California, living in Berlin. He takes a contrarian perspective toward triggering topics, but with curiosity and compassion. Support Keith on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/keithtelfeyan
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Episodes
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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
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I Voted (for Myself)
4 November 2020 | 36 mins
centrism, contrarian, culture, philosophy, politics, thinking
Thoughts on the day after the election
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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
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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?
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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?
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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
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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