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What We Keep On The Commune

What We Keep On The Commune

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 Imagine we could start society over - if we could all just move to a utopian commune... what should we bring? And how would we get things there ethically? What would antibiotics look like without big pharma? Hot water without governments? Gyms without bro culture? Superheroes? Democracy? Coal mining? Porridge? This is the podcast that tries to imagine a better world tomorrow - and suggest some ways we can create it today. Please come with us to the commune, and remember to bring something with you. With Luke & Lauren Website: ⁠wwkocpod.com⁠ Music: Jay Richardson Artwork: Hayden PegWhat We Keep On The Commune Social Sciences
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  • Painkillers

    Painkillers
    Sep 10 2024

    Pain. Should we kill it? It's pretty obvious that we should... but how do you actually make painkillers? How do we avoid addiction and societal breakdown once we've manufactured them? And what even is pain, anyway?


    From rowing to willow trees, heartache to the opiate crisis, viagra to the "council of pain", we ask the question: should painkillers be in the commune? And how do we get them there ethically?


    Hosts: Luke & Lauren

    Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/WhatWeKeepontheCommune⁠

    Email: ⁠⁠wwkocpod@gmail.com⁠⁠

    Music: Jay Richardson

    Artwork: Hayden Pegues

    Website and show notes: wwkocpod.com
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    56 mins
  • Timekeeping - feat. Talia (Radical Ruptures)

    Timekeeping - feat. Talia (Radical Ruptures)
    Sep 3 2024

    How we keep time may seem like an obvious question, but it gets to the heart of who we are as communities - how we communicate with one another, what moral weight we attach to our tasks, how isolated we want to be, and fundamentally, how we want to live.

    So we checked in with Lauren’s childhood friend and Luke’s partner, Talia - host of the podcast Radical Ruptures - to explore the differences in timekeeping morality and practicality.

    From gongs to atoms, Seneca to Gandalf, LinkedIn to the Lakota people - part marriage counselling, part deep-dive into the meaning of life - in this episode, we ask the question: should timekeeping be in the commune? And how do we get it there ethically?

    Hosts: Luke & Lauren

    Talia (Radical Ruptures): https://open.spotify.com/show/1eR7179FRJyWtyABFF83mT?sik=7qTXLvM6R8uJwZ1AKIvNZQ

    Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/WhatWeKeepontheCommune⁠

    Email: ⁠⁠wwkocpod@gmail.com⁠⁠

    Music: Jay Richardson

    Artwork: Hayden Pegues

    Website and show notes: wwkocpod.com
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • The 10 Commandments

    The 10 Commandments
    Aug 27 2024

    An unsurprisingly sacrilegious one this week - in which we deep-dive into governance and morality, try to rewrite an ancient book of laws, explore the meaning of numbers, and try to ensure that neither of us will be going to heaven.

    From numerology to Mel Brooks, Hobbes to Hitchens, monadic mouths to boogying limbs, we ask the question: should the 10 Commandments be in the commune? And how do we get it there ethically?


    Hosts: Luke & Lauren

    Patreon: ⁠http://patreon.com/WhatWeKeepontheCommune⁠

    Email: ⁠⁠wwkocpod@gmail.com⁠⁠

    Music: Jay Richardson

    Artwork: Hayden Pegues

    Website and show notes: wwkocpod.com
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    54 mins
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