In today's episode I interview Femi Oluwole! Femi is a British political activist and one of the most prominent voices in the anti-Brexit movement. He co-founded the group Our Future Our Choice (OFOC), which aimed to mobilize young people against Brexit, advocating for a second referendum on the UK's membership in the European Union. He's also a unique individual in that he straddles both traditional and social media in spreading awareness about Brexit, as well as conducting debates. I really enjoyed this interview and hope you will too!


00:00:00 Intro
00:01:29 Podcast begins with me mumbling
00:01:39 How would Femi describe what he does?
00:01:59 Femi's journey to political activism
00:04:40 Femi's experience of the Brexit vote result
00:07:24 Our Future Our Choice
00:09:17 How has Brexit damaged the UK?
00:12:27 How to avoid echo chambers
00:16:29 Do the Tories believe their own rhetoric?
00:21:09 What informs Femi's values?
00:23:09 What defines 'Good' to Femi?
00:27:47 What forms of online activism are most effective?
00:30:49 How can the left combat outrage content?
00:36:29 What politicians do Femi like?
00:38:49 Alternative Voting Referendum
00:39:53 How do comment sections differ on different platforms?
00:47:16 How does Femi deal with online racism and vitriol?
00:49:04 Removing anger as TV prep
00:50:34 Is sunlight the best disinfectant?
00:52:33 How does one develop cool-headedness in debates?
00:55:31 What other changes would Femi like to see in UK politics?
00:58:37 What ways would Femi like people to engage with politics?
01:02:24 Is Just Stop Oil ineffective activism?
01:05:18 What is a message that Femi would like everyone to know?
01:07:29 What do those disenchanted with politics need to reengage?
01:12:09 How can one educate themselves in Politics?
01:15:37 A really good Reality TV idea
01:16:34 For some reason I start talking about edibles
01:20:29 How can people support Femi?
01:21:59 Closing thoughts on Buffy the Vampire Slayer


For all of Femi's stuff:
https://www.instagram.com/femi_sorry/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/@Femi_Sorry
https://www.patreon.com/femi_Sorry
https://www.tiktok.com/@femi_sorry?lang=en
https://twitter.com/Femi_Sorry

For my stuff:
https://www.instagram.com/jack.lawro/ for IG
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.lawrofor TikTok
https://www.Jacklawrence.net for my website

Godesulloh is a philosopher, teacher, podcaster, musician and lover of bubble tea. In this interview we discuss African Philosophy, Kierkegaard, Stoicism vs Broicism, Effective Altruism and much more

Timestamps:
01:15 Who is Godesulloh and why is he in my flat
02:38 Challenges making educational philosophy content on Tiktok
05:00 How would Godesulloh explain African Philosophy
09:40 Where African Philosophy sits in Academia
16:14 The African Logic Conversation
20:44 Why does Godesulloh like Kierkegaard so much
24:25 Reviewing some Kierkegaard quotes
27:35 Living to avoid regret
35:01 Does everything work out for the best?
39:15 Living in harmony with Nature is bad
43:10 Longtermism and its faults
47:09 Effective Altruism
50:25 Godesulloh on Longtermism
59:09 Effective Altruism issue
1:03:45 Mr Beast Philanthropy
1:06:33 Capitalism pros and cons
1:09:45 Do we want a FAIR or GOOD society?
1:13:38 Philosophy as self help
1:15:35 Stoicism vs Broicism
1:24:15 Where to find out more about Godesulloh

Godesulloh has all of his links through here: https://msha.ke/godesulloh
His youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@vibesestvida

And my socials are:
https://www.instagram.com/jack.lawro/ for IG
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.lawrofor TikTok
https://www.Jacklawrence.net for my website

Hello! WE'RE BACK

In this episode the wonderful Godesulloh J. Bawa (philosopher, podcaster, teacher, musician and all round cool guy) and I sit down and try and answer the top questions of all time from the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/askphilosophy/

We get side-tracked a bit talking about relationships and end it with a discussion on the morality of killing baby Hitler - good times!

Timestamps:
02:15 Why is it so hard to think beyond Capitalism?
06:32 Why are there so many cringe Stoicism videos?
08:52 Why does suffering sometimes foster growth, and sometimes embitter or traumatize people?
15:55 Relationships on tiktok
31:36 Why isn't the field of philosophy more interested in communicating its ideas to the public?
36:48 How can you be confident in your beliefs if there is an infinite amount you don't know that might affect your beliefs?
44:03 How do you overcome philosophy paralyzing your ability to say anything?
48:52 Would you kill baby Hitler?


Godesulloh has all of his links through here: https://msha.ke/godesulloh
His youtube channel is here: https://www.youtube.com/@vibesestvida

And my socials are:
https://www.instagram.com/jack.lawro/ for IG
https://www.tiktok.com/@jack.lawrofor TikTok
https://www.Jacklawrence.net for my website