Trying Our Best: A Mother-Daughter Good Place Podcast

30/01/2021

We're excited for Season 3 for many reasons, but it's the Peeps chili that really gets us.

15/01/2021

We'll be back with weekly episodes to discuss the philosophy, ethics, and life lessons in Season 3 of The Good Place. Join us starting January 30 with new episodes each Saturday!

07/11/2020

That's a wrap on Season 2!

We'll be taking a little break and then coming back with an exploration of Season 3. Until then, keep trying your best!

What do you do when following the rules is actually unethical? What happens when the whole system is broken? Also, what's the point of being good if there isn't a reward? These are the questions we

19/10/2020

Latest episode! We're taking next week off for a quick Fall Break, but then we'll be back to finish up Season 2.

The humans are trying a plan that's almost certain to fail, and one member is definitely not okay with lying . . . no matter the consequences. We talk about moral particularism and whether it's okay t

10/10/2020

What are we supposed to do with all of these feelings we have? When is it time to 'fess up when you get caught in your own deception?

Those are the topics in this episode of Trying Our Best: A Mother-Daughter Good Place Podcast.

Michael said he had a plan to get to the real Good Place, but it's falling apart quickly. What are we supposed to do with all these feelings, and when is it time to 'fess up when you've been deceiving

03/10/2020

Happy Saturday!

In this week's episode, we talk about what it means to change your mind about what you think you know about the world.

Know better; do better.

Michael gets everything he ever wanted, so why would he continue to help the humans he's always loathed now that there's nothing in it for him? We take a look at what it means to change your mind abou

26/09/2020

We're back! Our mid-season break is over, and today we're taking a look at Season 2, Episode 7 of The Good Place.

Is keeping a secret the same thing as lying? Is being ethical hard? What if you do something good but it has a bad side effect? These are the questions we dive into as we look at Season 2, Episode 7 o

12/09/2020

Can you lie without knowing it? Are good people necessarily easier to trick? Join us as we try to find out!

(P.S. We're taking a mid-season break and won't have a new episode next week, but we'll be back the week after that!)

Can you lie without knowing it? Are good people necessarily easier to trick? These are some of the questions we tackle as we take a deep dive into Season 2, Episode 6 of The Good Place.

05/09/2020

New episode! What makes an acceptable apology? Are thought experiments like the trolley problem even useful? Join us as we try our best to figure it all out.

Join us as we dive into Season 2, Episode 5 of The Good Place. What makes an acceptable apology? Does a relationship have to have a balance of niceness? We're trying our best to figure it all out!

29/08/2020

In this episode, we take a look at the importance of sadness and how to deal with it. We also examine how immortality might impact morality. Can you make good choices if you can just wait out the consequences of your actions?

We take a look at the role of sadness and how to deal with it as the humans of The Good Place try to figure out what morality means for someone who is immortal and has an infinite amount of time to ma

22/08/2020

When should you give up on a plan?

That's one of the questions Ayla and I try to answer as we dig into Season 2, Episode 3 of The Good Place.

We're a mom (Michelle) and daughter (Ayla) who LOVE the TV show The Good Place. We're recapping every episode and talking about the philosophical questions it brings up along the way.

15/08/2020

New episode!

As we dive into Season 2, Episode 2 of The Good Place, we wonder what it means to trust someone and if the enemy of our enemy is really our friend.

26/07/2020

Big news! After a (longer than expected) hiatus, Trying Our Best: A Mother-Daughter Good Place podcast is on its way back! Check out our trailer for the new season and join us on August 8 to hear the first episode on Season 2.

https://soundcloud.com/dayla-learning/good-place-s2-trailer

25/04/2020

The final episode of Season 1 is available now! If you want an easy way to share our show with your friends, here's the entire list of Season 1 episodes: https://soundcloud.com/dayla-learning/sets/trying-our-best-a-mother

Thank you for listening! We're taking a break, but we'll be back in about a month for Season 2.

We're a mom (Michelle) and daughter (Ayla) who LOVE the TV show The Good Place. We're recapping every episode and talking about the philosophical questions it brings up along the way.

18/04/2020

Our editor is hard at work on today’s episode!

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11/04/2020

Episode 11 is here! We discuss what it means to make a real apology and whether or not our intentions matter if we're doing the right thing.

We've only got two episodes left in Season 1, and we'd love to continue our project for Season 2. You can help us make the dream a reality by becoming a Patreon supporter or simply by sharing our podcast or rating it on the platforms you use to listen to it. Thank you so much!

We take a look at Season 1: Episode 11 of The Good Place. Does it matter why you do something? Or does it just matter that you do it? What makes an apology count? Please consider supporting us at ht

04/04/2020

We're getting so close to the end of Season 1! Join us as we talk about how to make a decision and when to make a confession.

The Good Place crew is still trying to find a way to save Eleanor, and in this episode they bring up some big questions about how to best make a decision and when you should confess to your beliefs or

20/03/2020

What makes someone a good person? And what happens if we don't get second chances? And why is it SO HARD to fess up when we've done the wrong thing? We take a look at all of these questions as we dive into Episode 8 of The Good Place.

In this episode, we think about what the world looks like if no one ever gets a second chance. We also wonder what it means to be a good person in the first place. If you like Trying Our Best, pleas

14/03/2020

Episode 7 asks is it ever okay to tell a little white lie. One of is more Chide-like than the other.

https://soundcloud.com/dayla-learning/episode-7-your-actions-need-to

We're a mom (Michelle) and daughter (Ayla) who LOVE the TV show The Good Place. We're recapping every episode and talking about the philosophical questions it brings up along the way.

01/03/2020

This one's been up a few days, but I forgot to share it. Enjoy Episode 5 where we talk about utilitarianism (or, as Ayla calls it because she can't say that word, "usefulism").

Don't forget to like us and rate us on your favorite podcast app and share our show with your Good Place-loving friends!

We're a mom (Michelle) and daughter (Ayla) who LOVE the TV show The Good Place. We're recapping every episode and talking about the philosophical questions it brings up along the way.

21/02/2020

We tackle Season 1, Episode 4 and wonder if we have such a thing as a true self.

14/02/2020

Episode 3 is available now on Soundcloud (and in a few hours everywhere else!)

We take a look at Season 1: Episode 3 of the Good Place and ask ourselves what we should do when we encounter someone who is better than us.

07/02/2020

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07/02/2020

Episode 2 is available now! (And it should hit your Spotify and other podcasting feeds in a few hours.)

We talk about Season 1, Episode 2: "Flying." Join us to figure out whether there is such a thing as perfect, if someone can really become a better person, and if you can do selfless things for selfish

01/02/2020

Here it is! Whether you're ready to rewatch after that amazing finale or are watching for the very first time, we hope you'll follow along on our journey back to the very first episode of The Good Place!

In our very first episode, we take a look at Season 1, Episode 1 of The Good Place. Do you have to be perfect to be a good person? Is it ever too late to start trying to make up for past wrongs? Why a

01/02/2020

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31/01/2020

TOMORROW!

Tune in for our first episode!

16/01/2020

Are you excited?! We are, and we've got the trailer to prove it!

We're a mother-daughter team launching a new podcast examining each episode of The Good Place. We're trying our best, and we invite you to join us!