Special Episode 6: The Good Place

 
 
The cover of Special Episode 6: Chidi looks anxious.

In Special Episode #6, “The Good Place,” Flourish and Elizabeth talk ethics. They’re both passionate fans of The Good Place and, as all podcast listeners know, deeply invested in moral action. Topics covered include whether Jason is a sweet psychopath; how Tahani could ever attain true goodness; if Elizabeth is truly like Chidi and if Flourish is truly like Eleanor; and how the Good and Bad Places relate to various Christian ideas of heaven. To listen or read the transcript, pledge to our Patreon!


Show Notes

[00:00:00] As always, our intro music is “Awel” by stefsax, used under a CC BY 3.0 license.

[00:02:47]

Chidi says, "Lies are like tigers. They are bad."

[00:02:58] This idea was originally proposed by Noelle Stevenson in a tweet which has (alas) been deleted. Fortunately, The Daily Dot covered it

[00:12:08]

[00:24:25]

A Twitter exchange culminating in @dog_rates telling @brant "They're good dogs Brent."

[00:27:20] Our interstitial music is “Moon Music” from Glitch (the game).

[00:28:59] We read “The Pure and Simple Truth” in Special Episode 3, “Fanfiction Book Club #1.

[00:31:07] The idea that evangelicals don’t attend church comes from Harvard’s Cooperative Election Study (as discussed in detail by Ryan Burge).

[00:35:06] Like all the other philosophy/ers cited throughout the show, Thomas Scanlon’s What We Owe To Each Other is a real book.

[00:40:45] “The Dead Do Not Improve: The Good Place’s Divine Justice System” by Dan Hornsby.

[00:56:43]

A screenshot from The Good Place reading "Attempt #333 - this is your soulmate, a golden retriever." The golden retriever is very cute.