Ch. 19: William Jackson Harper, Actor | Dr. Todd May, Philosophy Advisor

The Good Place: The Podcast

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Michael Schur, Tv Production, Behind The Scenes, Philosophy, Parks And Rec, Tv & Film, Nbc, Comedy Writing, Entertainment Comedy, Kristen Bell, Tv, Manny Jacinto, Brooklyn Nine-nine, Mike Schur, William Jackson Harper, The Good Place, Marc Evan Jackson, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, Good Place, D'arcy Carden, Writing, Good Place Podcast, Acting, Stories, Entertainment, After Shows, Comedy, Tv Writing

4.9 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Actor William Jackson Harper (Chidi) and philosophy advisor Dr. Todd May shoot the shirt with host Marc Evan Jackson. They talk about how philosophy informs Mike Schur and the writing team, where “the trolley problem” comes from, William's desire to complete the Kierkegaard rap and a shirt-ton more funny anecdotes and behind-the-scenes stories.

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0:00.0	Hi there! Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast.
0:06.7	Janet, what's a podcast?
0:08.9	A podcast is a thing humans invented to procrastinate from doing important things,
0:13.6	like actual work or spending time with their families.
0:16.9	Meet! Enjoy this week's episode.
0:19.7	Welcome to the Good Place, the podcast. I'm Mark Evan Jackson. I play Sean.
0:30.8	Today we're talking about Chapter 19, Season 2, Episode 5, The Trolley Problem,
0:34.9	directed by Dean Holland, written by Josh Siegel and Dylan Morgan, and including guest
0:38.8	cast, Dominic Burgess and Emma Vivian Garcia.
0:42.4	Cheedy teaches the group about a famous ethical dilemma, the trolley problem, but is having
0:46.1	trouble getting Michael to connect with the material.
0:48.6	Michael pretends to need a more realistic approach and takes Cheedy and Eleanor into
0:52.1	a series of hyper-realistic simulations of ethical dilemmas. Eleanor realizes that Michael
0:57.0	is backslid and is torturing them.
0:59.5	Michael attempts to give the group gifts to get their forgiveness, but ultimately gets
1:02.5	through to them with a sincere apology.
1:04.6	Tahani gets advice from Janet on her relationship problems with Jason, and her motivation to keep
1:08.8	their trist a secret.
1:10.2	Janet starts experiencing glitches as she helps them work through their issues, and she
1:14.0	confesses to Michael that it may make the neighborhood collapse.
1:18.0	Joining us for our first ever phone patch is one of the philosophy advisors to the show,
1:21.6	author and professor Dr. Todd May, and here with me in studio is William Jackson Harper,
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