@gavinbstephens.substack.com
Comic. Podcast host Park Bench Ontology. JUNO-nominated. CBC opinion contributor. Caribbean-Canadian. Working class. Marxist. Albums: All-Inclusive Coma, Park Bench Ontology. 🔗 https://gavinstephens.ca/connect
I’ve been untangling a lot — ideology, identity, collapse, and why clarity only shows up when everything else burns off.
I wrote about the conclusions I’ve come to lately.
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#LoFiOntology
#AfroAbsurdism
#Philosophy
Season 1 of Park Bench Ontology is officially wrapped.
Thanks for watching me unravel, rebuild, and rant into the void with purpose.
Season 2 starts in January—until then, enjoy the peace before the next collapse.
#ParkBenchOntology
#Comedy
#Philosophy
Keep a Straight Face — Art + Comedy Tour
This weekend at the Art Gallery of Hamilton.
Nov 17–19 · 6:30–7:30 PM
Tickets required.
www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/aghfest/
#AGHFest #AGHFest25 #Hamilton #ArtComedy
Keep a Straight Face — Art + Comedy Tour
A guided art tour that refuses to behave.
Nov 17–19 · 6:30–7:30 PM
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Tickets required.
www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/aghfest/
#AGHFest #AGHFest25 #Hamilton #ArtComedy
They said D&D was satanic.
But if Satan wanted an army — would he really choose
https://youtube.com/@parkbenchontology?si=ddq6ZUiSS6BhdLB9
#TheDevilsArmy #ComedyOfCollapse #ParkBenchOntology #ExistentialComedy #DarkHumor
Keep a Straight Face — Art + Comedy Tour
A guided art tour that refuses to stay serious.
🗓️ Nov 17–19 | 6:30–7:30 PM
📍 Art Gallery of Hamilton
🎟️ Tickets required.
www.artgalleryofhamilton.com/aghfest/
#AGHFest #AGHFest25 #ArtMusicFood #Comedy #Hamilton
He walked in, touched my stomach, and blamed my pain on my body.
That’s not medicine — that’s necropolitics in action.
🎙 Park Bench Ontology — Ep. 7
#Necropolitics #ComedyPodcast #Philosophy #ExistentialComedy #BlackAbsurdism #CriticalTheory
What if the freedom we chase is just another form of control?
Originally uploaded as ‘Necropolitics.’ Correct title: Freedom From Freedom
🎙 Episode 6 – Freedom From Freedom: To Be Free of Freedom
#FreedomFromFreedom #ComedyOfCollapse #ParkBenchOntology #ExistentialComedy #AfroAbsurdism
Some people treat “freedom” like it’s a weapon — their right to ignore everyone else.
🎙 From Park Bench Ontology
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#Necropolitics #WhosEntitledToExist #Freedom #ComedyOfCollapse #ExistentialComedy #ParkBenchOntology
It’s going to be a thing
Unless ‘grumpy old man’ suddenly becomes trendy, I’m never gonna be a thing to achieve
A clip from Park Bench Ontology Ep. 5: Psychopolitics: How Control Got Cute
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Website: gavinstephens.ca
#comedypodcast #Capitalism #philosophypodcast
My generation didn’t understand gender.
We had Mr. Mom and Three Men and a Baby — movies that treated basic care like science fiction.
Hauntology isn’t just about ghosts. It’s about replaying confusion until it feels like culture.
pod.link/uncolonized
#Hauntology #GenderRoles
#FilmTheory
New Park Bench Ontology episode drops tomorrow.
Philosophy x pop culture x comedy X existential dread.
The Sopranos isn’t TV comfort food—it’s death whistling through the Bada Bing. 🍝⚰️
Full breakdown on the pod this Monday: The Sopranos & The Denial of Death
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Becker said we build little empires to hide from death. Tony built the mob. We build LinkedIn pages. Same energy, different suits.
Tony Soprano isn’t scared of the FBI. He’s scared of the void. 💀 Every panic attack is a jump scare from reality itself.
We need to talk about Mark Carney's approach to Middle East politics.
Because he just said something so unhinged it prompted Canada’s largest Muslim advocacy organization to demand an apology.
When you see the clip, you'll understand why.
Let's talk about that and more:
In Episode 25 of the Uncolonized, @yungguard.bsky.social talk about the film Sinners and the series Andor. On our bonus episode we discuss the concept of "vice signalling."
pod.link/uncolonized
patreon.com/theuncolonized
#UncolonizedPodcast #Sinners #Andor #CulturalCritique #PoliticalDiscussion
Just dropped a new solo ep of Uncolonized:
Working at a federal polling station confirmed what I already suspected—capitalism and democracy can’t coexist.
🎧 Listen + support: pod.link/uncolonized
#CanadaElection #Podcast #LeftistCanada #TheUncolonized #PoliticalCommentary
Colonialism didn't die — it just got a museum membership. We’re talking deportations, dirty boards, and outdated boomers. New Uncolonized up now @yungguard.bsky.social
pod.link/uncolonized
#Colonialism #Deportations #RoyalOntarioMuseum #DecolonizeNow #PoliticalPodcast
Season 16 Episode 21 with @gavinstephens.bsky.social is now available here: pod.link/uncolonized
The notwithstanding clause, climate change, public safety and international conflict, Poilievre’s missing security clearance, drama in the newsroom. Here are the five things @jenstden.bsky.social noted for @thetyee.ca during last night’s debate.
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As a Christian I do not feel under attack, but it’s good to know the conservatives are looking out for… wait I’m black. forget it
What happened to the "freedom of speech" types?
On this weeks eps of Uncolonized @yungguard.bsky.social & I unpack how power, race, and prestige shape the narratives around "genius"—while reviewing the film #Mickey17
pod.link/uncolonized
#Bourdieu #CulturalCapital #CriticalTheory #PostcolonialCinema #MarxistFilmTheory
#DeconstructingCinema
Back to talk about Mickey 17 and who “gets” to make quirky movies on S16E20 of Uncolonized Podcast with @gavinstephens.bsky.social
pod.link/uncolonized
I have feelings about a dude I had in an audience on tour. He was a #MAPLEMAGA and was entirely on board with Trump taking over. Ah, the authoritarian mindset.
pod.link/uncolonized
Part 2 of our episode is also out on HTTP://patreon.com/theuncolonzied
This weeks episode of Uncolonized Podcast I talked with Derek Forgie (The social about his up coming project #Parties?over.
pod.link/uncolonized
#podcast #political #canada
These people. I mean they have an entire province convinced that, this is they're identity.
