Park Bench Ontology

Comedy

is a low-stakes existential crisis disguised as a comedy podcast for people quietly losing faith in the script of modern life. Each week, comedian and writer Gavin Stephens dissects the absurd machinery of capitalism and culture — from sitcoms to...

Episodes

f Guilt Can't Cross Generations, How Does the House?

What Is Legacy... Really? | Park Bench Ontology S03E01

The Bench Is Still Here — A Note Before the Break

Grocery Store Security Guards and the Collapse of Abundance

Childs Was Right

“Elbows Up, Davos, and The Shock Doctrine

Why Does Society Feel Like an Art Gallery?

The Real Housewives of the Overlook Hotel

State & Revolution at the Dinner Table | Park Bench Ontology S2E3

EPISODE 2 - Enframing & Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Burnout Is a Feature, Not a Bug

Simulation / Spectacle: The Real Satanic Panic

Necropolitics: Living Isn’t the Point Anymore

Necropolitics: Living’s Not the Point Anymore

Psychopolitics: How Control Got Cute

Hauntology - The Future Isn't Coming

Capitalist Realism & My Old Navy Malcolm X Shirt

Racecraft: The Making of Whiteness

The Sopranos & The Denial of Death

Welcome to the Collapse