Episode #131 R.P. Tyler Olds talks with talkPOPc participants Jenn and Katherin about social power, power structures, and relationships

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Timestamps:
00:10 Intros
01:10 What do we think when we hear "Philosophy? // Interested bystanders
02:00 The nature of power in society // The power of common connection
03:00 Power dynamics as an inevitability, how is power negotiated? Power can be taken away or moved around
04:00 Should we want power to be a stationary concept, should it remain dynamic?
05:05 What would count as the optimal form of power? How should power be distributed in society?
06:35 Small scale: Figuring out how to balance power in individualistic relationships. Can we distribute power evenly?
07:50 Family, can we make the power dynamics explicit? Leveraging power underneath the surface
09:25 Do we explicitly name power in order to deal with it and navigate?
10:55 Explicit power structure, feeling empowered when power is tangible
13:20 What kinds of structures do we want to make? We don't have to replicate what we already know
15:30 The necessity of will and means for power
16:45 Summoning forth the will to enact power over the world, or the right place, right time
18:50 The will to fight all the time. Allowing yourself to play a role in the structure of power
22:00 Changing society is changing our understanding of loving each other

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1. Episode #131 R.P. Tyler Olds talks with talkPOPc participants Jenn and Katherin about social power, power structures, and relationships (00:00:00)

2. Introductions (00:00:10)

3. What do we think when we hear "Philosophy? // Interested bystanders (00:01:10)

4. The nature of power in society // The power of common connection (00:02:00)

5. Power dynamics as an inevitability, how is power negotiated? Power can be taken away or moved around (00:03:00)

6. Should we want power to be a stationary concept, should it remain dynamic? (00:04:00)

7. What would count as the optimal form of power? How should power be distributed in society? (00:05:05)

8. Small scale: Figuring out how to balance power in individualistic relationships. Can we distribute power evenly? (00:06:35)

9. Family, can we make the power dynamics explicit? Leveraging power underneath the surface (00:07:50)

10. Do we explicitly name power in order to deal with it and navigate? (00:09:25)

11. Explicit power structure, feeling empowered when power is tangible (00:10:55)

12. What kinds of structures do we want to make? We don't have to replicate what we already know (00:13:20)

13. The necessity of will and means for power (00:15:30)

14. Summoning forth the will to enact power over the world, or the right place, right time (00:16:45)

15. The will to fight all the time. Allowing yourself to play a role in the structure of power (00:18:50)

16. Changing society is changing our understanding of loving each other (00:22:00)