Pragmatic Utopianism Ep 1 with Stephen Diehl

[rufuspollock]

Recorded an episode here https://zoom.us/recording/detail?meeting_id=yhYfM%2FrsS26%2F3xHGsM13HQ%3D%3D (Saved here on shared drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16c5ETWTWtbxaAlUr_kE3EeBgF5iTh8wf)

Info: A Dialog on Pragmatic Utopianism - political philosophy for the second renaissance.

Background reading: https://lifeitself.org/blog/2020/12/21/pragmatic-utopianism

Intention: get this material out so that we can share and see what folks think (every content counts!), so stephen can share too, so we have more material in the "ontological politics" "bucket"

Ship it fast, ship it raw!

Acceptance

• [x] Put on youtube
• [x] Cut off the first 1-2m (? need to check but there's a point we properly start) ✅ trimmed a little off both but no real point of starting
• [ ] Framing/Blurb (if any?)
• [x] Blog post? Just post on forum with same blurb
  • [x] Post the transcript in the body of the discussion post
  • [x] BONUS: image
• [x] Post video to our general chat
• [x] Post a discussion thread: https://github.com/orgs/life-itself/discussions/1006
• [x] Put transcript in discussion of Prag Utopianism

Bonus things we could do (but shouldn't 😉)

• [ ] Split into two (it's nearly 2h long or more)

Analysis

• [x] write out steps for getting videos out
  • which eliminate
  • which automate

Acceptance

• [x] Episode is live on YouTube
• [x] Episode is live on Spotify
• [ ] Episode is live on LI podcast page

Task

• [x] Create and publish Youtube video
• [x] Create Canva image
• [x] Publish audio on Anchor/Spotify
• [ ] Create RSS link for our page
• [ ] Draft blurb for episode for podcast page
  • [x] Adapt blurb for YouTube and Spotify
  • [ ] Add bio of Stephen Diehl

Process notes for rough and ready

• [ ] Download Zoom recording and save on shared drive
• [ ] Upload to Youtube
• [ ] Minor edits to videos i.e. trimming the beginning and the end (NB: processing the editing will take time)
  • [ ] No cuts/edits to the main video
• [ ] Write title, and short blurb (2-3 sentences)
• [ ] Set to public
  • [ ] EXTRA: IF want to include a timestamp on YouTube: run the zoom audio through Otter.ai and copy this across
  • [ ] Delete the summary sections so you are left with only the titles and timings
  • [ ] EXTRA: Create canva image using template and add as the thumbnail
• [ ] Set up a discussion thread with link to YouTube video, same blurb
  • [ ] EXTRA: If you have the transcript add this in
  • [ ] EXTRA: Image (not thumbnail) could be added
  • [ ] Announce in Whatsapp Chat
• [ ] Delete zoom recording from Zoom

Timing of the process: 1-2.5 hours

[rufuspollock]

@laurenwigmore we discussed this as something to get up asap and as a practice for testing how we can streamline our publishing ...

[laurenwigmore]

@laurenwigmore we discussed this as something to get up asap and as a practice for testing how we can streamline our publishing ...

Yes, it's the first thing I'll work on on Monday (15th).

[laurenwigmore]

Notes: Small few second edits done on YouTube video (minimal time) Same edits not done on Spotify podcast because it involves extra steps SRC link and LIpage to be updated once link is available on RSS site (takes a number of hours to sync)

Extra: To add a bio of Stephen Diehl

Number of hours to this point: 2.5

[rufuspollock]

@laurenwigmore confirming that this is pretty much done (just need to share to general chat with link to youtube plus the discussion forum).

[rufuspollock]

Forum post: First Dialog Exploring Pragmatic Utopianism and Political Philosophy by Rufus Pollock and Stephen Diehl

Idea was to to explore and elucidate pragmatic utopianism and political philosophy in general using dialog between two discussants who were sympathetic but with different viewpoints (at least on utopianism).

[rufuspollock]

Stephen sent me some context from his PoV that we could add as a note:

If you want a text to contextualize a discussion, Martin Wolf’s new book ‘Crisis of Democratic Capitalism’ is a compelling defense of incremental reform compared to utopianism. Very close to my worldview.

[laurenwigmore]

FIXED. All tasks done as per the meeting on 2024-01-16, and updated above. New context comment from Stephen also included in discussion thread. Process notes added above.