Back Of The Class

This week at the back of the class, Preston is joined by Ashley Hermalin to talk about HEDONISM!  Other philosophical topics covered in this episode: Epicureanism, Ontology, Utilitarianism, and the Felicific calculas.

With side conversations featuring subjects like: Monks, the dentist, playing Octagon in class, improv about bullying, chess games, math on your hands, the word Infamy, childcare, Divergent and Hunger Games, online shopping addictions, the pressures of parenthood, LISTS, empathy vs. Sympathy, highway 413 (super gross), Avenue Q, and the fact that the modern day school system has normalized the idea that students should be in a constant state of mental overexertion.

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Let’s talk about Utilitarianism! Jade Aspros calls Preston to “spice-ify” a conversation about the ethical practise that looooves using numbers.

Side conversations are always welcome at the back of the class, and between the two of them they find time to cover it all. 

Such as: Monopoly, phone contacts, syllabus induced tears, ASMR, calculating happiness, generation gaps and wars, overpopulation, cannibal sailor stories, yucky math, and the Lion King.

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Welcome to season 4: Consequentialism! To start off the season, Preston is joined by her good friend Aaron in an episode dedicated entirely to being an introduction into consequentialism.

This episode Is filled with laughs as the two stumble upon conversation like: composting, sophomore science, the butterfly effect, fast fashion, the casper test, childhood fame, First Aid story-times, ethics in law, beeping and Booping, 20 dying babies, and strawberry ice cream.

Featuring a brief recap of season 3 (13:17 - 14:29), and if you still need a reason to press play: listen to hear Preston sing multiple sentences with no explanation or warning.

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This week we bring you the cross-continent chocolate-vanilla swirl that is 'Preston and Kirchy'. Recorded over Zoom, Kirchy calls us all the way from Trinidad to discuss Aristotles 11 virtues.

Along the way we find time to cover minor topics including: student leadership, getting ID’d, the platinum rule, talents and skills, good habits, putting yourself first, classic Disney plot lines, the Island life, high school tech teams, Canadian care packages, and bravery when it comes to learning new things

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Preston and Ben return to the back of the class to finish their meta-ethical conversation they started last last week. They focus on three popular ethical “ism’s”: Absolutism, Relativism, and Universalism.

Along the way they find time to cover topics like: Defining culture, the United Nations, hungry judges, bad representatives of Christianity, validity of beliefs, immigrant ethics, the Declaration of Human Rights, being Jewish, intersectionality, racist inconsistency in the justice system, and the plot of Les Mis’.

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In episode 11, Preston is joined by Layla (LaLa) Bender to discuss the topic of Stoicism and the (unplanned) subject of therapy.

Side conversation they stumble upon include: Gingers, control issues, appropriate-ness, Mean Girls Mathletes, apathy, lecture halls, war hero memorials, agreement with nature, sticking it to the man, impulses, Father Jamoo, societal advancement, Cadbury Cream Egg McFlurries, criminology, Emperor Nero, manipulative emotions, life in the very 1st century, indifferent things, dogs in wheelchairs, and the difference between egalitarian and equestrian (because they are not the same).

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GUESS WHO’S BACK! BACK! BACK!  My brother Jake returns to the back of the class, for a very strange conversation about a very strange man. Today’s discussion was all about Cynicism, with a large focus on Diogenes of Sinope, and we even play a little game near the end, to keep you entertained.

Some other topics we stumble upon include: Emo Kidz, anti-materialism, when people started cooking meat, greed, Captain Phillips, Pythagorean theorem, our spoiled dog, Human suffering, life after agriculture, Satirical burns, the homeless, cosmopolitan magazine, the different types of anti-vaxer’s, worthless desires, sl*tty biblical Eve, and hypothetical slides lined with very uncomfortable things.

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The first episode of Season 3 (an introduction into Ethics) features Zoe Weiner as our guest host, in a discussion about “The Good Life”.

We focus on ethics through the eyes of Socrates and Plato (AKA the Original Gangtsahz), and get sidetracked with conversations about: balconies, A Chorus Line, the Justice system and G*D, John Stamos, The Good Place, peeing in the sunlight, happiness, Psychology majors, the trial and death of Socrates, two-horse chariots, Greek words, and even "the most famous quote to exist of all time ever”.

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In this bonus episode, Preston looks back at behind the scenes and cut-out content from seasons 1 and 2, and drops a HUGE announcement you won’t want to miss!

We look behind the scenes at first introductions and goodbyes, technical issues, messed up notes, cute stranger giggles, difficulty reading big words out loud, all things ADHD, hidden ASMR, naming the podcast, and the many types of interruptions.

Some of the cut out conversations included revolve around: Disney blue ray dvd’s, future Harvard lectures, Yurts, my doubts in Space, the benefits of curvy couches, exercise induced mouth sweat, kids in matching snowsuits, ratatouille the musical, and the tiny FBI agents the live inside our phones.

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