Key Thinking (Aloud)
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
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 95
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Why I won't declare my pronouns
Trans activism has been simmering for a while. I've been paying attention, wondering what my role is as a well-intentioned person who cares about progress and justice. I've decided that it does not i…
Sex Crime
A difficult and explicit look at abhorrent behavior, especially depicted in various films.
- Why Irreversible is the most traumatic film I’ve ever seen
- It’s important that we calibrate our moral intu…
Libertarian Left
I'm embracing contrarian thinking. I've never thought of myself as controversial, but people tell me I am. I just appreciate nuance, and despise groupthink. It's important to seriously consider facts…
Fake News
Topics covered in this one:
- Podcasting as writing
- What is real? What can we trust?
- Covid news, election controversies
- The Social Dilemma and our individual realities
- Fake news masquerades generic …
My Mental Health
How are you feeling? I've been better, and I want to talk through it. Society doesn't really know how to address the topic of mental health - not intrapersonally, not interpersonally, not more broadl…
I Voted (for Myself)
Some thoughts post election:
I voted from Berlin, and I’m proud of that, even if my vote in New York doesn’t mean much.
I really expected Biden to win easily, so again I have to eat my words, as th…
The LA Dodgers are Baseball Champions
I'm not a big sports fan. I think sports are an imperfect entertainment, an emotionally draining investment and a poor substitute for narrative fiction. But we love sports as a society for deep psych…
Do I Really Have to Vote?
Civic duty is important. But how much is voting a civic duty, really? Maybe it depends... Depending on your particular circumstances, voting can be really tricky, actually. One might wonder if it's e…
Am I Getting Canceled?
I keep getting canceled. Not "officially" - I have no boss that can fire me. But I feel it all around, in so many of my social interactions and conversations. I feel the cold shoulder of prominent op…
End the War on Drugs
Our modern political fight is full of tired slogans, ambiguous chants and outlandish demands. Let's get specific, and target a true enemy of the people: the war on drugs. This policy - American and g…
Vote Biden I Guess
I'm looking forward to Donald Trump no longer being president, for many reasons. For that to happen, Joe Biden must be elected in November. If you live in a swing state, please vote for him. If you d…
More Bad Policing
This news story caught my eye today. I want to make a point about it: the police can be stupid, violent, poorly trained, misguided, aggressive and overly burdened... without being racist. Let's refor…
Feminism is too big a word
What is feminism? Are you or I am feminist? It depends on the meaning of this word, and on context. Let's explore the ideas of this political movement over time, and also ponder its more personal, ps…
White Fragility is Propaganda
Despite continual progress, the USA remains unequal and unjust across a variety of metrics. Insofar as race remains a major issue in the fight for social justice, we should be dealing with it. But is…
My Enneagram
The Enneagram is a model of nine personality types. It is commonly used in self-help, business management, and spiritual development.
Equality (Opportunity, Outcome and Morality)
The abstract concept of equality has become probably the number one virtue for many of us, especially in the current protest movement. But what is equality, exactly? How do we do we measure it? And a…
Critical Race Theory
We need to think openly and collaboratively about the hard issues surrounding race inequality. We also need police reform. But the academic movement of Critical Race Theory asks us to do something el…
What can we know?
This is an epistemological look at current events: health, masks, epidemiology and ongoing virus issues - contextuslized as an ominous backdrop to the protest movement. What can we even know about th…
Police Brutality vs Race vs Class
We react to injustice with outrage, appropriately enough. But would it make sense to temper our enflamed emotions with some reason and rationality? I'm not sure, but I'm gonna put it out there.
Chernobyl (vs Coronavirus)
Chernobyl (2019) is an HBO miniseries about the 1986 Soviet nuclear power plant disaster. It's excellent. Here's why.
Note: the original file has been updated. The proper version is 58 min.