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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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46:36

S01E12 - Season 12 Premiere

Park Bench Ontology ·

2023/02/06

We're back and happy to be here. This first episode Daniel Grant & Gavin Stephens discuss a few topics including Black Canadians feeling all work place anti-racism is tied to the economy.

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42:08

S11E10: Tanya Vividly talks local elections

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/10/24

This week we welcome Tanya Vividly to the show to talk municipal elections. Tanya is a Community engagement advocate , also a part of a few collective organizations and creator of artful things.

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40:57

S11E09: The Woman King

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/10/17

We've both watched the Viola Davis action movie, The Woman King, and now we want to talk about it. Gavin & Daniel sit down to discuss all the controversies surrounding this movie and have a good time doing it.

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39:49

S11E08: Kanye West...again

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/10/10

That's right your man Ye is at it again, and we discussed all his anti-black antics briefly on this episode. As well as the phenomenon dubbed "quiet quitting" by mainstream media, and so much more.

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43:30

S11E07: is Jeff Dunham uncancellable?

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/09/26

This week in our main topic, we took a look at the fight by two anti-racism activists in St. Catherine's who resigned after trying to cancel Jeff Dunham's tour stop, citing a lack of support from their city council.

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39:13

S11E06 - The Conservatives have a new Leader

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/09/19

On this week's episode, we took a look at the new P.C leader, Pierre Poilievre. We also talked about some personal experiences that affected us throughout the week, and so much more.

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39:17

S11E05: BLM VS. BLM

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/09/12

So last week we found out that the grassroots BLM organization is suing BLM international, for miss appropriated funds, so as part of our conversation this week, we focused on the neo-liberalism of social justice movements.

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41:18

S11E04 - FN MEKA is this the future of art?

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/09/05

On this week's episode, Daniel & Gavin took a look at the controversial rapper known as FN Meka. Created by white men and signed (and quickly released) by Capitol Records we asked the question what does this mean for art and exploitation of race?

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34:26

S11E03 - Anti-racism has been cancelled

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/08/29

Gavin & Daniel spent this week talking about the Canadian Liberal party's decision to cancel an anti-racist program because of Consultant Laith Marouf's alleged racist tweets. They also talked about Joe Rogan's calling Canada a "communist country".

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47:32

S11E02 - No more pronouns in Wisconsin

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/08/22

Gavin & Daniel talk about the Wisconsin school board's decision to eliminate all pronouns in emails. (A normal move). As well they took a look at Canada's foreign policy and how its roots in anti-blackness hurt countries like Hati. That and so much more on this week's episode of Uncolonized.

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47:52

S11E01 - The spectacle of Trauma

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/08/15

We're back! This week Gavin & Daniel talk about the themes in Jordan Peele's new film, NOPE. They discuss how we exploit trauma for profit and how the machine makes it all envitable.

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44:38

S10E10: Season Finale

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/06/13

In our final episode of the season, We talked about the ever-growing corruption in America's police departments, its effect on the Breonna Taylor case, & how HBO's We own this city depicts how inevitable it is in this current system.

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41:42

S10E09: Breaking down the Provincial election

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/06/06

The Ontario provincial results are in, however in this episode (recorded last week) we wanted to go through each parties platforms, because frankly we didn't hear much from any of them.

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45:35

S10E08 - What people are missing about great...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/05/23

This weeks episode we took a look at the tragedy of 10 people being murdered in a Buffalo grocery store, and how the great replacement theory isn't just a fringe talking point for "extremist" white people. On a side note we will be taking next week off, but back for the following week.

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49:36

S10E07 - Did we need to talk about Bill Cosby?

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/05/16

In this week's episode, Gavin & Daniel took a look at the W. Kamau Bell HBO documentary, We need to talk about Cosby, They also touched on the eventual monoplization of the pot dispensary industry in Ontario, and much more

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46:08

S10E06 - Telling fascists they're fascist isn't a...

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/05/09

So there was another 'Freedom' convoy. This time because of COVID mandates being lifted almost completely, these bikers road for something else. Gavin & Daniel talked about it, and how to Ottawa police, calling someone fascist is now a hate crime. Speaking of hate crimes, Hamilton is not only on top for them, but it's getting worse. This and much more on this week's episode of Uncolonized.

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41:27

S10E05 - The Anti-Woke Festival

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/05/02

What is an anti-woke festival? Why is Peter Thiel investing in it? This week on the podcast Gavin & Daniel took a look at the one-time festival, its origins and what a tech billionaire has to do with it. Here's the article from BuzzFeed News https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/peter-thiel-anti-woke-film-festival-trevor-bazile

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44:15

S10E04: Christians on a plane

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/04/25

This week Gavin & Daniel discussed the now-viral video of Christians hijacking a plane full of people to sing they songs. They also talked about oil companies and their appeal to patriotism to push the price gouging at the pumps.

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42:59

S10E03: Ryan Coogler and Batman and Louie CK

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/04/11

On this weeks Gavin & Daniel discuss Ryan Coogler racial profiling situation. They also discuss the privilege displayed in the new Batman movie, and the silence on Louie CK's Grammy win

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49:45

S10E02: The Slap!

Park Bench Ontology ·

2022/04/04

On this weeks episode Gavin & Daniel had to talk about the slap heard around the world. Gavin hates the Oscars, but even he had to get in on this one.

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