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    <title>Key Thinking (Aloud) - Episodes Tagged with “Personal”</title>
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    <description>Casual philosophy &amp; 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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  <description>In preparation for a holiday to the Lesser Antilles, I thought I'd try and explain what this place even is.
This episode is in conjunction with a more detailed article, with maps: https://www.journalofthere.com/content/2019/the-caribbean 
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  <title>Keep abortion safe, legal and rare</title>
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  <description>Abortion is a political issue, but really, it's a personal issue. It's also a moral one, and a social one. Let's delve into the many aspects of this very complex topic, and figure out why things get so political. 
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  <title>National Security</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <description>Should the President be able to authorize military force against Al-Qaeda without Congressional approval?Should the US assassinate suspected terrorists in foreign countries? 
It's important to think carefully about complex issues. There's nuance to all of them, and even if the answer seems clear, I'd like to consider the other points of view.
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  <title>Welcome to the podcast</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>An introduction to me and my political identity. This will be a thinking-out-loud experience.</itunes:subtitle>
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