The Things You Can't Touch

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  • E14 - What Is Womanhood ? WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH SPECIAL (PART I)

    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 !

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    56 min
  • 13 - Can Everyone Fall In Love ? (VALENTINE'S SPECIAL)

    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 :)

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    IG: thereluctantlovepoet

    1 hr 5 min
  • E12 - Will You Ever Understand Me ?

    Welcome back :)

    Thank you for clicking upon this video ! Please make your watching experience easier by following the chapters below:

    0:00 - Intro … Or Something

    2:10 - Will You Ever Understand Me ?

    3:44 - The Concept Of You And Me

    5:53 - Experience

    7:35 - How Language Works

    8:30 - Storytime (He Gets Punched Up)

    10:08 - Like Explaining Racism To White People

    11:27 - Context And Experience

    13:30 - The Feeling

    14:17 - Political Friction

    15:15 - Presumption

    17:05 - Life Is A Misunderstanding

    19:00 - Analogy Of The Rich And Poor Experience

    20:37 - The Rehabilitation Of Prisoners

    22:25 - Why People Kill People

    23:42 - I Don’t Want To Understand White People

    24:40 - Cognitive And Emotional Empathy

    25:46 - Shout Out The Terrorists

    27:16 - Similarities And Differences

    31:00 - Absurdism: Life Has No Intrinsic Meaning

    34:20 - The Physical

    36:26 - Shout Out Colonialism

    38:15 - The Weird One

    40:41 - Thought Experiment

    43:20 - Historical Materialism

    45:10 - Trust That We Understand

    46:01 - Friendships And Relationships

    50:38 - In Ceebo’s Head

    51:55 - Trying To Make It Relevant To Me

    52:55 - Gangster Boy x2

    55:30 - Some Gems

    56:30 - Misogynoir

    59:08 - The Nature Of Understanding

    59:47 - Victim Mentality

    1:01:30 - Not Trying To Understand

    1:03:15 - Last Comments

    1:05:05 - Outro

    The most important thing that you ought to do now that the video is over, is follow our guest upon all platforms !!

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    See you in the next one.

    1 hr 7 min
  • E11 - Do We Exist For Other People ?

    Hi everyone !! It's great to see you in the description :)

    One would primarily like to apologise for the disaster with the audio in today's episode. We aspire for it to not happen again.

    Regardless, we hope you were still able to enjoy the conversation !

    In the meantime, feel free to follow our train of thought below:

    00:00 - Intro

    00:40 - Do We Exist For Other People ?

    01:34 - It's Like There's Something Wrong ...

    01:50 - The Philosophy Will Take Us The Rest Of The Way

    03:20 - Everyone Has A Different Version Of You In Their Heads

    05:10 - Convince Me That The Purpose Of Me Is, Me

    05:58 - Identity And Social Constructs

    09:05 - I Don't Give A ****

    11:19 - Locke And 'Memory Whatever'

    11:45 - God Formed Me - Right ?

    13:37 - Blasphemy !

    15:11 - Can The Two Coexist ?

    17:57 - What Society Has Made Me

    20:26 - Who Are You ?

    21:56 - Is Fiyin, F Major ?

    24:45 - A Very, Very, Very Human Level

    26:59 - An Existential Crisis

    28:08 - X

    29:38 - The Meaning Of Life ...

    31:26 - Exhausting Conversation

    32:40 - Substance Dualism

    34:17 - You Can Become A Scholar

    37:21 - God Said "I'm Bored"

    40:25 - An Existential Crisis II

    44:15 - I'm Living In My Own Delulu

    46:42 - Do We Need To Know ?

    48:25 - Still Finding

    50:00 - Outro

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    52 min
  • E10 - Should We Care About What Other People Think ?

    Welcome to Season 2 of 'The Things You Can't Touch' !!

    Glance upon the chapters below to follow the conversation:

    00:00 - Introduction

    01:00 - Should We Care About What Other People Think ?

    03:10 - What Is 'To Care' ?

    05:30 - Would You Be Happier If You Stopped Caring ?

    07:30 - It Is Important To Take Correction ...

    08:52 - That's The Issue With Social Media

    09:55 - Pretty Privilage Works Two Ways

    11:15 - Where Do You Draw The Line ?

    14:55 - So ... Family Don't Mean Nothing ?

    21:34 - Is It About The Number Of People Who Have The Opinion ?

    24:38 - Chicken And Egg Situation

    29:04 - Other People Judge You By Their Own Standards

    32:59 - The Beauty Of Ageing

    37:00 - What Is Right

    38:01 - Why Do People Give Their Opinions ?

    41:41 - Hate Comments

    44:50 - Soooo Entitled To An Opinion

    47:22 - Constructive Hate Comments

    52:04 - Widely Accepted Opinions

    54:05 - RichieMama

    57:02 - "I Am A Troll"

    58:11 - Outro

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    1 hr 1 min
  • E9 - Does The Universe Speak To Us ?

    Guys this is it !! The end of Season 1. We want to say a big thank you to everyone who tuned in to this episode.

    "Does The Universe Speak To Us?" was an amazing question and Khadim provided us with even better answers.

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    #philosophy #podcast #theuniverse #blackpodcast #solarsystem #start #astronomy #signs

    1 hr
  • E8 - What Is Art ?

    We are so close to the end of Season 1 already ! We give you a beautiful conversation about the ins and outs of what it means for something to be considered 'art'.

    Try your best to keep up with Bolu's answer to "What Is Art?" - who knew that such a simple question would become so confusing so quickly...

    If you enjoyed this episode; stay tuned for the next one.

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    #philosophy #podcast #art #blackpodcast

    45 min
  • E7 - Are We Human Beings Or Human Doings ?

    Aneesa takes a seat at the TTYCT Table and unpacks the question: "Are We Human Beings Or Human Doings?"

    Whilst she keeps it short and sweet, her answer provides the depth we enjoy in all philosophical conversation :)

    If you enjoyed this episode; go check out the next one - it's already up ;)

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    #philosophy #podcast #humanbeings #darkphilosophy # existentialism #existence

    33 min
  • E6 - What Is The Root Of All Evil ?

    And here you have it. Episode 6 …

    Make sure to take in the intellect that Tumi shares when answering the question: “What is the root of all evil?”

    If you enjoyed this episode; stay tuned for the next one.

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    #philosophy #podcast

    53 min
  • E5 - What Is Good And What Is Bad ?

    This is Episode 5 ! Eden and Abdullah discuss one of the most basic, but fundamental topics within Ethical Philosophy - "what is good and what is bad?"

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    If there are any topics you’d like to hear Eden touch on or you would like to join her on the TTYCT table email us on: [email protected]

    Make sure to like, comment and subscribe! #TTYCT #podcast #philosophy #philosophypodcast #goodandbad #good #bad #ethics #ethicalphilosophy #blackpodcast #ukpodcast

    41 min

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The Things You Can't Touch is a podcast which demonstrates that philosophical discourse is not just reserved for ancient white men. It explores modern day issues, ethical dilemmas and trivial…