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Park Bench Ontology

is a low-stakes existential crisis disguised as a comedy podcast for people quietly losing faith in the script of modern life. Each week, comedian and writer Gavin Stephens dissects the absurd machinery of capitalism and culture — from sitcoms to wealth inequality, Baudrillard to people who talk in the movies — exposing the broken myths, invisible rules, and slow-motion collapse we all pretend isn’t happening.Presented by The Chonilla Network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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42:54

S010E01: We're back!

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/03/28

On this week's episode, Gavin & Daniel are back. They talk about evolving situation in Ukraine, Canada's current covid measures and the Netflix doc, Bad Vegan.

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47:55

S09E10: Joe Rogan and the apology no one asked for

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/02/14

This week Gavin & Daniel discussed Joe Rogan's apology for his blatant racism on his podcast. We also dove into what is becoming of the Canadian Conservative party, after the firing of their recent leader, Erin O'Toole.

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48:39

S09E09: Is it about "Freedom"? We talk about the...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/02/08

This week Gavin & Daniel weighed in on the "Freedom convoy". They had a lot of thoughts. Was this about freedom, and who did a town full of Liberals react to this disruption? This and much more on this week's episode.

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48:04

S09E08: Jordan Peterson rage quits. IT'S THE ETHNICS!

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/01/31

This week we took a look at a letter by Jordan Peterson published in the National Post. In it, our favourite "clean up your room" Dad, blames the ethnics for his decision to quit his position at the University of Toronto.

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43:24

S09E07: Who gets to speak for the black community?

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/01/24

On this week's episode, we talked about the controversy surrounding Desmond Cole, Royson James, the Toronto Star and a judge. Royson claims Desmond's activism has made them outsider amongst many in the black community. Do Royson's allegations have weight or is this just gatekeeping at it's finest.

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47:03

S09E06: Quebec's Tax on the Unvaxxed.

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/01/17

This week Gavin & Daniel discussed Quebec's recent proposal to tax unvaccinated people, and whether or not the government has gone too far. They also talked about Nicholas Campbell (CBC, The Coroner) and his use of the hard 'R'

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47:55

SE9E05: Why is Trudeau more worried about the left...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/01/10

This week Daniel and Gavin discussed a recent interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, where he expressed his concern towards the 'lefts casual cynicism. Despite having the right physically attack him, we wondered why the PM was aiming left, and how it relates to the Netflix film Don't Look Up.

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43:02

S09E04: The Alberta Education Curriculum Problem

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/12/27

I'll be honest finding out about the Alberta government trying to both sides Nazis in the education curriculum kind of scared me. This week Gavin & Daniel attacked this story and looked at the parallels of the education from right-wing governments in the US. The level of projection from the 'They're indoctrinating our kids" party is amazing.

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44:47

S09E03: Who is the Manhattan institute, and why are...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/12/20

This week Gavin & Daniel caught an interview with anti-anti racism linguistic professor John Mcwhorter. Mcwhorter believes anti-racism is a religion, and "wokeness" has gone too far. Gavin & Daniel wondered why this center-right talking point has always been accommodated on mainstream media, which took them down the rabbit hole that is the Manhattan Institute.

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41:51

S09E02: The White Aggrievement Industry.

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/12/13

We looked at a recent poll that showed White Conservative Christian Americans feel more oppressed than anyone else. We wanted to take a look at why this is and speculate on how to help these poor unfortunate souls.

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41:45

S09E01: The Rittenhouse Trial

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/12/06

Oh man we are back for another season. Gavin & Daniel are ready for another season of 10 episodes, we hope you are as well. We're kicking off, with our discussion on the Rittenhouse Trail. We had some thoughts.

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69:02

S08E10: They tried to mess with Masai Ujiri

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/11/01

This week we talked about a few things. Racist math teachers, and racist CEO's. It's the last episode of the season so we hope you enjoy it.

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70:48

S08E09: Kyrie and Texas and so much more.

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/10/25

This week on the podcast we had a conversation potpourri we talked about Texas and their CRT problem, Kyrie Irving and his vaccine problem and so much more. It was an interesting time had by Daniel and Gavin. Enjoy.

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70:11

S08E08- Dave Chapelle, The Closer?

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/10/18

We took at the new Dave Chappelle special, for the last time? Dave has come under fire for his trans views, and we feel it's all part of the plot.

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60:15

S08E07: The more things change, the more they stay...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/10/11

This week Gavin & Daniel discussed what's been going on with the recent Haitian migrants and the Texas white supremacist border patrol. We also didn't want to leave Canada out of this episode so we got into the controversy at Western University where 30 women allegedly were assaulted on frosh week.

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63:20

S08E06: Election Catch up

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/10/04

The baby is here, and we're back! Daniel and Gavin are back to finish off season 8 of Uncolonized. We kick off the post-break with a post-election breakdown.

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69:04

S08E05: FallingDown

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/08/30

This week's episode see's Gavin & Daniel reviewing the 1993 Micheal Douglas film, Falling Down. We were surprised with this one to be honest. Hope you enjoy it. Wikipedia: Falling Down is a 1993 American action film[3] directed by Joel Schumacher, written by Ebbe Roe Smith and released by Warner Bros. in the United States on February 26, 1993.[4] The film stars Michael Douglas in the lead role of William "D-Fens" Foster, a divorced and unemployed former defense engineer. The film centers on Foster

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67:54

S08E04: Adolph Reed, Race Reductionism, and Black Pop...

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2021/08/23

This week we discussed Adolph Reed Jr.'s work on race reductionism and an article written in Current Affairs by Bertrand Cooper. In it, Bertrand proposes that the current push for diversity in Hollywood is partially motivated by the slayings of Geroge Floyd, but those positions are all being filled by the 1%.Check out our reviews of the Amazon Prime series Them, on our Patreon @ Patreon.com/theuncolonized

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63:01

S08E03: Rich white men and their adventures in space

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/08/16

Rich white men are going to space off the backs of the working class, and we're here to take a look at all the nonsense. This week Gavin and Daniel talk about the new frontier and how it's only for the 1% and the problems the rest of us face right here on Earth.

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63:50

S08E02: The power of letting go.

Park Bench Ontology ·

2021/08/09

In this week's episode, Gavin and Daniel discuss the concept of letting go and allowing people to tell you who they are...and believing them. They get into personal stories of growth, acceptance, and allowing people to own their own choices.

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