{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68dd16d5d5c8a1f9b35af421/68dd27f8597bc7d53ff363b7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Good Place is Autistic","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68dd16d5d5c8a1f9b35af421/1759323932468-04f38899-b20c-4641-b9ec-24971062313c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of The Autistic Culture Podcast, hosts Dr. Angela Kingdon and Matt Lowry, LPP dive into the afterlife with NBC’s hit show <em>The Good Place</em>—unpacking its autistic-coded characters, neurodivergent themes, and the profoundly autistic joy of moral philosophy.</p><p><br></p><p>🎧 What You’ll Learn:</p><ul><li>Chidi Anagonye as one of TV’s most autistic-coded characters—his special interests, concrete thinking, anxiety, and devotion to personal morality.</li><li>Eleanor Shellstrop as potentially autistic, with her direct communication style, perspective-taking challenges, and trauma-filled backstory (common among late-diagnosed autistic women).</li><li>Jason Mendoza through an ADHD/autistic lens—his monotropic focus and passionate interests.</li><li>Janet’s journey as an AI echoing autistic unmasking: developing preferences, boundaries, and autonomy beyond “the programming.”</li><li>Tahani Al-Jamil’s story as an allegory for masking exhaustion—with real-life parallels to actor Jameela Jamil’s co-occurring conditions.</li><li>Michael the architect’s autistic tendencies—fascination with humans, concrete examples, and system-level thinking.</li><li>Why the show’s obsession with philosophy feels so deeply autistic.</li><li>Around 53:24, Angela spontaneously demonstrates elements of autistic culture in real time (listen for it!).</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Resources:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://a.co/d/fSfc4Op\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to Be Perfect by Michael Schur</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIcUsxZsvJQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How to be perfect with \"The Good Place\" creator Michael Schur</a></li><li><a href=\"https://aureliaundertheradar.wordpress.com/2022/01/11/chidi-anagonye-the-autistic-nerd-character-done-right/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Chidi Anagonye, the Autistic Nerd Character Done&nbsp;Right</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/9/26/20874217/the-good-place-series-finale-season-4-moral-philosophy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">How The Good Place taught moral philosophy to its characters — and its creators</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/600054/the-good-place-moral-philosophy-concepts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">5 Moral Philosophy Concepts Featured on The Good Place</a></li><li>Character analysis <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@reberrabon_bon/video/7221282950434786606?_r=1&amp;_t=8ji6B83nHQd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">It’s literally all of them</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p>Related Episodes:&nbsp;</p><p><a href=\"https://autisticculture.substack.com/p/episode-20-sesame-street-is-autistic#details\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sesame Street is Autistic</a></p><p><a href=\"https://autisticculture.substack.com/p/episode-24-temple-is-autistic#details\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Trouble with Temple Grandin</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>🌟 Connect With Us</p><p>📱 Follow us on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/autisticculturepodcast/?next=%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p>🎧 Find us on <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-autistic-culture-podcast/id1653171456\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Podcasts</a> and <a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/6wyddJdKhPr0b74563fsFl?si=44b458376d0947b7\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify</a></p><p>🛍️Our Autism-affirming <a href=\"https://store.dftba.com/collections/the-autistic-culture-podcast?srsltid=AfmBOooZpStgFz-IgohwbyvOoZq5KAnWMIEneY9MEQPJcYf1AF5sN5Y_\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">merch shop</a></p><p>🌐 Learn more at<a href=\"http://www.autisticculturepodcast.com/subscribe\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> www.autisticculturepodcast.com</a></p>","author_name":"Autistic Culture Podcast Network"}