Ep16:🌖♍️ {Squid Game} & Satisfiability w/ Kevin

(This episode contains spoilers for seasons 1 and 2 of Squid Game)

How can I connect and hold space for someone who is moved by a story that I refuse to watch?  How does capitalism thrive in binary/hierarchical thinking: good vs bad, guilt vs innocence, us vs. them? Is consent and free will even possible in capitalism? In what ways is Squid Game a metaphor for reality shows like Love Island?  How can a practice of satisfiability and finding your “enough” disrupt the insatiable momentum of capitalism? How can we create the world we prefer while also fighting against unjust systems?

This episode flips roles asKevinsits Kristyn down to give a synopsis of Season 1 and Season 2 of Squid Game.  Then together they riff on how the puritanical obsession with innocence and perfection has kept us immobilized from just doing less harm and feeling more satiation in unjust systems of exploitation and “never enough.”  

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Grateful for the learning alluded to in today’s episode:

-Toi Smith 

-Carmen Spagnola’spodcast with Toi Smith, courses on Attachment and Contact Nutrition on theNuminous Network
-Ruben Anderson and the #smallanddeliciouslife

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Thankful for the musical inspiration for the theme song:

Hadestown by Anais Mitchell, specifically“Our Lady of the Underground” andOrpheus’ Song

“Hedwig’s Theme” by John Williams

Shout out for the artistic assistance of:

Matt Schubbe (Logo)

Kevin Carlow (Music and sound editing)