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The Podcast of Things

The Podcast of Things

By: Jake Loor
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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.

Jake Loor 2023 Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Human Nature (with Mikayla Bomba, Alex Kutchins, & Owen Vegas)

    Human Nature (with Mikayla Bomba, Alex Kutchins, & Owen Vegas)
    Mar 25 2025

    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 defined? And does it matter whether or not there is such a thing as human nature?
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • The Ivory Tower and its Home (with Alexander Cacciato and Maggie Ondrey)

    The Ivory Tower and its Home (with Alexander Cacciato and Maggie Ondrey)
    Mar 14 2025

    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 takes towards Hartford in order to truly support the city? More generally, how can people who want to make positive social change navigate the dual dangers of reformist institutional engagement and the anti-institutional projects that are limited by the absence of the vast resources that institutions possess?
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) with Reese San Diego, Anna Grant-Bolton, and Luka de Faria

    Students Against Mass Incarceration (SAMI) with Reese San Diego, Anna Grant-Bolton, and Luka de Faria
    Mar 11 2025

    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 future? What would a just America look like?
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    1 hr and 35 mins
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