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Overthink

Anti-Maskers and American Individualism

Overthink

Ellie Anderson, Ph.D. and David Peña-Guzmán, Ph.D.

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

4.7550 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

On episode 3 of Overthink, Ellie and David delve into the rise of Anti-Mask protests across the country. The two discuss American individualism in our conception of freedom, the role of breath in the Judeo-Christian tradition, how much freedom we actually have when choosing lunch, and so much more!

Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here: 

 G.W.F. Hegel, The Philosophy of Right
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government
Simone de Beauvoir, America Day By Day and The Ethics of Ambiguity 
Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals
The Bible
Kate Manne, Down Girl
Deep Throat (adult film)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Ellie Anderson.

0:09.0

And I'm David Pena Guzman.

0:11.0

Welcome to Overthink.

0:13.0

The podcast where two friends who are also professors, put philosophy in dialogue with the everyday,

0:19.0

because big ideas are within everyone's reach.

0:24.6

Welcome to Overthink. I'm Ellie Anderson.

0:27.6

And I'm David Peña Guzman.

0:29.6

Hey David.

0:30.6

Hi, Ellie. How's it going?

0:32.6

Good. How are you?

0:33.6

I'm doing pretty well. And welcome to all of our listeners. David, you and are both

0:40.3

pretty into fashion. What kind of masks are you rocking during COVID? Oh no, the fashion statements have

0:46.6

died in the time of COVID for me. Nowadays, I'm rocking the sweatpants and the sweatshirts

0:52.7

and just tank tops and a very basic white or blue mask.

0:57.0

That's my fashion statement. It's norm core to the max. It's COVID core. Oh my God, that's amazing.

1:04.1

I feel like norm core masks are very on trend though. Like here in LA, the hippest people are always wearing just a basic surgical mask.

1:11.3

Or maybe an N95, if you were lucky enough to find one early in the pandemic.

1:16.1

I like the ones that have a rubber adjusting little thing on the side.

1:20.1

Because I like to sometimes have it very tight when I'm in public spaces that are crowded

1:26.1

and then loosen it up at other times. So I like the

1:28.9

versatility, umbers when it comes to my masks. Ooh, I like that. I, in retrospect, made a terrible

1:35.1

decision, which was getting a cartilage piercing in my ear in February. And so every time I put on or

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