Welcome back to another episode of The Things You Can't Touch ...

We are so grateful, excited, and pleased to bring to you our very first collaboration !!

In this special episode celebrating World Philosophy Day, The Things You Can't Touch collaborates with The Black Curriculum to unpack how education shapes our understanding of knowledge, identity, and justice. We challenge traditional ideas of philosophy, explore the transformative power of a Black-centered curriculum, and reimagine who gets to define wisdom.

Join us for an eye-opening discussion that celebrates diverse perspectives and calls for a more inclusive future for education and philosophy. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe to keep the conversation going !

00:00 - Intro

02:43 - Is Knowledge Power ?

03:55 - Is Information Knowledge ?

05:25 - Cognitivism

07:48 - Definitions

09:22 - Which Comes First ? Knowledge Or Power ?

11:00 - Why Is The West The Gold Standard ?

15:56 - Who Decides What Knowledge Is ?

17:50 - Why Do We Need To Know Black History ?

20:28 - The Race Riots

22:40 - Decolonising Knowledge

24:55 - Power Is Knowledge

25:30 - USA vs. UK

28:04 - Power Structures

30:35 - Africans Are Savages

33:04 - Knowledge Is A Structural Weapon

37:50 - Internalisation

39:45 - New Labour Government

41:00 - Recap

44:15 - Buzzwords

45:22 - Outro

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The Black Curriculum:

Website: https://theblackcurriculum.com/

Instagram: @theblackcurriculum

TikTok: @blackcurriculum

Twitter: @CurriculumBlack

LinkedIn: The Black Curriculum

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Substack: Letters With Roots

TikTok: @a.reidyyy

Instagram: @a.reidyyy

#WorldPhilosophyDay #Philosophy #TheBlackCurriculum #DecolonizeEducation #TheThingsYouCantTouch

Welcome back to another episode of The Things You Can't Touch.

November is Men's Mental Health Month, a time to shed light on the often-silent struggles men face. As a podcast dedicated to diversifying the world of philosophy, we believe that exploring mental health is crucial - not just through the clinical lens, but as part of broader philosophical dialogues about identity, resilience, and vulnerability.

This month, we dive into topics that challenge stereotypes, reflect on how cultural expectations impact men’s mental well-being, and encourage open conversations.

Please follow the conversation below:

00:00 - Intro

01:29 - If We Alter Our Mental Health, Does That Alter Our Identity ?

03:40 - Define The Question

05:27 - Identity As An Amalgamation

06:13 - Personality

07:05 - Mental Health And Mind

09:44 - Identity Is A Process

11:54 - Your Mental Health Is Your Personality ?

14:30 - A False Version Of You

18:52 - Thought Experiment: The Teleportation Paradox

38:20 - Change

41:05 - Some Philosophical Theories

41:18 - John Locke

45:49 - Existential And Phenomenological Perspective

49:20 - Paul Ricouer

54:38 - Does Your Mental Health Add To Your Story ?

55:55 - Outro

Make sure to follow our guest, Ife Alabi, on all his socials !

TikTok: @corporateia

Welcome back to another episode of The Things You Can't Touch !

How do you like our new set up ?

Today, we are honoured to have the incredible @3thadon as our guest !

Get ready for an episode packed with insight, laughter, and all the things you didn’t know you needed to hear.

Follow the conversation with the chapters below:

00:00 - Intro

01:30 - What Do We Owe Each Other If Anything At All

03:18 - Define The Question

04:22 - Categories Of People

07:05 - Relational Ethics

11:25 - Three Ways Of Owing

13:05 - That Golden Rule

15:09 - Human Beings Are Innately Selfish

18:26 - Certain Theologies / Beliefs / Practices

20:17 - A Means In Themselves

23:30 - Common Sense ?

27:50 - Do You Owe People The Truth ?

34:56 - "Ought"

38:15 - Do You Owe People An Explanation ?

40:40 - Do You Owe People Justice ?

43:18 - THOUGHT EXPERIMENT

58:08 - Rounding Up

59:32 - Outro

Make sure to check out our guest, Funmi, on her socials !

TikTok: @3thadonn

Instagram: @3thadon

Instagram: @mp3g.tmt

Empire:

TikTok: @empir3.tmt

Instagram: @empir3.tmt

YouTube: @EMPIR3TMT

Hi everyone !! Thank you for tuning in to another episode of The Things You Can't Touch :) Let's talk about death:

00:00 - Intro

02:15 - Should We Fear Death ?

03:40 - Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

05:20 - Destiny

07:40 - And Love

09:14 - God's Love

12:40 - How Significant Do You Have To Be ?

14:30 - Art Is The Best Way To Get Over Your Fear Of Death

16:35 - Young People Are Amateurs In Everything

20:30 - Meaning and Existence

22:15 - Slave Morality, Politics, and Religion

26:15 - Resentment Culture

28:35 - God Is Dead And We've Wiped The Horizon Away

30:05 - German Philosophers Are The Best

32:05 - British Culture 34:00 - Cancel Culture

35:40 - Philosophy Is Elevating

39:25 - The School Of Athens Painting

42:00 - We Haven't Answered The Question...

42:30 - Would You Intervene In Your Child's Cultural Interests ?

45:24 - Internet Drug Dealers

47:57 - Doom Scrolling

49:00 - Children And Social Media

52:00 - The Greatest Human Invention

55:00 - God's Death... Again

56:55 - Human Experience

1:00:20 - Psychology

1:02:45 - Power

1:04:10 - New Ideas

1:12:30 - Closing Statement

1:14:12 - Outro

Thank you for staying to the end of this episode !! Let us know your thoughts in the comments :)

Last but not least, and most importantly, make sure to follow our guest Riyad on TikTok ! @thelyceumandarts

He has amazing philosophical content that you can engage with ! See you next time ...

After a very short hiatus, The Things You Can't Touch is back with another episode ! Join our conversation about Schopenhauerism - a small element of the wider umbrella term of pessimistic philosophy ...

Follow the chapters below:

00:00 - Intro

02:16 - Should We Lose The Will To Live ?

03:30 - Pessimism

07:45 -"Delusion"

09:13 - Shopenhauerism

10:10 - The Force Within Us

11:27 - The Will To Live

15:01 - Should We Want To Be Happy ?

17:30 - Happiness As A Social Construct

20:27 - "Man Can Do What He Wills But He Cannot Will What He Wills"

23:56 - Solitude

27:08 - Intelligence Is Inversely Proportional To Social Interaction

29:16 - Drink Water

29:48 - Happiness Is Always Negative

31:00 - Struggle Meals And SFE

33:30 - Chocolate Cake 35:00 - Negativity Bias

38:13 - Happiness Leads To Boredom

40:14 - Dissertations

42:30 - Reduce Your Expectations

47:15 - Taking Everything Into Consideration

48:04 - Difference Between Achieving For Yourself And Achieving For Others

52:45 - Outro

Most importantly, remember to follow our guest !

TikTok: yef_ IG: yef.music

YouTube: @yef_

Link to ROCK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWNU3MgOwzU

Welcome back to another episode of The Things You Can’t Touch :)

Do we desire things because we think that those things will make us happy, or do those things make us happy because we desire them ???

DISCLAIMER: This is a philosophy podcast !

Here is the chapter list for you to peruse at your leisure:

00:00 - Intro

02:38 - Do We Desire Things Because Those Things Make Us Happy, Or Do Those Things Make Us Happy Because We Desire Them ?

04:01 - Confusion

06:04 - Your Likes Come From Socialisation ? Do You Have Mind Of Your Own ?

09:01 - A TikTok Aesthetic

10:53 - Can You Critique Something But Be The Thing You Are Critiquing ?

12:01 - Self Segregation And Intersectionality

15:04 - For The Sake Of Other People

16:35 - Clarify The Difference

18:22 - Nature And Nurture

19:55 - Herd Mentality

22:48 - Nobody Is An Individual

25:33 - Trends In The 10th Century

27:00 - An Identity Crisis

29:00 - Gen Z

30:06 - Personhood

32:21 - The Big Three

34:40 - What Are They Selling Us ?

37:50 - Desert Island

38:33 - Why Are We So Hungry For Praise ?

40:14 - Black Girl Luxury Market

41:55 - Manufactured Happiness

42:52 - I Am Because We Are

44:54 - Boundaries

47:30 - A Digital Pangea

49:25 - Let's Circle Back

51:50 - Trends

52:27 - Black Women vs The Economy

55:31 - Designer And Wealth

57:55 - Our Generation Is Confused

1:00:50 - The People At The Top

1:02:45 - You And Your Man Together Running For TFL ?

1:04:29 - The Issues At Hand

1:11:20 - Outro

Make sure to follow our guest on her socials below !

TikTok: xniobe

Instagram: niobewaldron

And if you haven't already subscribed ... maybe do that now ...

We're back again !!

This is Episode 16 and we are excited to have you here :) Please join in on our conversation with the chapters below:

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Is Inequality Intrinsic To Society ?

03:40 - Definitions

05:30 - The World As A Blank Slate and Hobbes

07:05 - Inequality As A Product Of Human Behaviour

08:53 - Is Inequality Intrinsically Bad ?

11:11 - Capitalism Is Good And Inequality Is Necessary

13:07 - Is Inequality Economic ?

14:45 - Colonialism

17:05 - All Inequalities Come From Money

20:20 - How Christianity Links

23:13 - Relative Inequality

25:03 - Digital Inequality

31:42 - Rethink The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

33:49 - A Phone Is A Necessity

37:24 - Will Inequality Never Exist ?

39:17 - Let's Look At World Poverty

44:55 - In A Trivial Sense

47:38 - Equity

50:19 - Natural Selection

54:43 - The Bini Empire

56:38 - Abandon Western Principles

57:30 - Outro

Thank you for being here !

Please remember to follow and engage with our guest's content !!

IG: asisakadiri

TikTok: hermindonline

Substack: Her Issue

Welcome back to another episode of 'The Things You Can't Touch' ! Today's episode is special in many ways... Firstly, we would like to announce that we are celebrating 1 year of TTYCT ! This time, last year, we uploaded our first EVER episode on this channel. We had no idea what would become of us down the line. But over 12 months, we have grown so much in terms of guests, set up and content. We could not have done this without you all. Thank you for taking the time to engage in our videos :)

Next - as the month of March is coming to an end, this also marks the ending of Women's History Month, hence, we have provided you with Part II !

Our guest this episode is very special... if you take a look at EP1, you would find that you see a familiar face :)

Please sit back and enjoy this full circle moment whilst following the chapters below:

00:00 - Intro

01:33 - What Is Womanhood ?

02:00 - DeWOMANISATION

05:22 - The Chicken And Egg Víctims Of Hypermasculity

08:20 - Dehumanisation

10:15 - Relative Beauty Standards

11:25 - The Angry Black Girl

13:50 - Karens

15:33 - Testimonial Injustice

17:23 - Westernised Womanhood

18:32 - Body... Blaming ?

20:16 - African Womanhood

22:01 - Traditional Women VS Feminism

25:30 - Feminism Is Not For Black Women

28:30 - Cooking And Cleaning

31:20 - Radical Feminism

34:15 - This Is A Really Western Claim

35:32 - Gender Is A Social Construct

38:05 - You're Twenni ??

39:05 - What Constitutes A Woman ?

41:51 - When Do You Become A Woman ?

44:26 - Adultification

50:00 - Hypersexualisation

51:35 - Intrinsic To Institutions

53:00 - I need To DRAG That Teacher

56:10 - Anecdote Part II

57:10 - Trigger Warning

59:15 - Sexy School Girl

1:02:28 - It Should Weigh Heavy On Your Conscience

1:03:50 - Her Education

1:05:10 - The Length Of A Girl's Skirt Unpacked

1:06:33 - Outro

1:07:04 - Outtakes

You know the drill ! Make sure to follow our guest on all her socials:

IG: @tee.xxvii

IG: @journalwithtee

Welcome to another episode of The Things You Can't Touch ! Your presence here is truly appreciated :)

In celebration of Women's History Month; today's conversation is centred around the idea of Womanhood.

Follow our conversation below:

00:00 - Intro

02:15 - Hopefully We Don't Get Cancelled

03:02 - What Is Womanhood ?

04:43 - Definitions

06:15 - Inherent Qualities Of A Woman

07:08 - "Femininity"

09:45 - The Glamorisation Of Femininity

11:44 - Is Our Current Perception Of Womanhood A Farce ?

13:23 - The Grime Of Being A Woman

14:55 - Our Own Trends

16:19 - The Definition Of A Woman

16:40 - A Hood

18:20 - Conflicts In Interest

19:03 - Everyone Is Too Different

21:35 - Allyship

22:45 - Women Don't Like Each Other

24:50 - Women On Women Crime

27:55 - Women Unite In Suffering

30:05 - (All) Men Benefit From The Patriarchy

31:15 - Lash Techs, Nail Techs ... You Lot Are Not Supporting Us Still ...

35:27 - Pickme Girls

38:30 - A Solid And Concrete Brotherhood

41:17 - Surface Level Brotherhood

42:49 - A Black Womanhood Does Not Exist

48:36 - Stereotypes (Women Have To Be Mothers)

50:15 - The Big Sisters Should Be Celebrated

52:00 - Stereotypes (Womanhood As Intrinsically Feminine)

53:45 - Stereotypes (Women And Struggle)

55:13 - Outro

Thank you for watching ! Stay tuned for part II coming out soon !

Importantly - remember to follow our guest on her social media platforms:

IG: tee.xxvii

IG: journalwithtee

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Welcome back everyone !!

This week’s episode is themed around Valentines ;)

Feel free to follow the trajectory of our conversation with the timestamps below:

00:00 - Intro

01:10 - Can Everyone Fall In Love ?

03:25 - I Just Don’t Agree

05:03 - Loving The Idea Of Love

05:30 - Certain Things All Humans Share

07:02 - Companionship

08:44 - A State Of Being

09:25 - The Media

10:50 - That TikTok Hotel Room Surprise

11:58 - Black Fathers And Familial Love

13:42 - A Negative Thing

15:06 - Black Fathers Who Leave

17:30 - The Circumstances That Led Us To This Point

18:59 - Serial Cheater 19:30 - You Will Be Converted

20:12 - Analogy Of The Swimmer

21:26 - Am I Just A Hater ?

22:37 - A Really Close, Really Intimate Best Friend

24:30 - Money 25:30 - Visceral Emotion

27:00 - Maybe It’s Fear

28:42 - Analogy Of Open Water … And Slaves

30:38 - You’re Delusional

33:55 - An Exam

34:52 - More An Emotion Than A Thing

35:45 - Point Of Revelation

37:45 - Analogy Of The Marathon

40:20 - Negativity Bias

43:24 - Western Love

45:50 - Place Of Privilege

47:56 - Monogamy And Polygamy

49:25 - Hate As A Form Of Love

52:00 - Love Intergenerationally

56:12 - Religion

57:15 - Generational Curse

58:00 - Relationships Are Toxic

1:01:40 - The New Me

1:03:03 - Outro

Most importantly !!! Make sure to follow our guest on all his socials :)

IG: mrbusoir

IG: thereluctantlovepoet