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Embrace The Void

Embrace The Void

Welcome friends, to a podcast for a darker timeline. Maybe the darkest of all timelines. Definitely not one of the good timelines. Maybe it’s always been a dark timeline, maybe the Hadron collider screwed us over. Science may never know. What we do know is that we live in the void. The void, a place where a chittering mass of void crabs can infest a person suit and win the presidency. The void, a place where we"re just clever enough to know that climate change is happening, but not quite clever

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01:11:31

EV - 176 Wrestling with Conspiracy Theories with Dr....

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2021/01/22

My guest this week is Dr. Ami Palmer (@FilosoferzBLike), a philosophy professor at Ohio Northern University. We discuss the ongoing epistemic crisis, the limits of models for addressing causes of the crisis, and where we're likely to go from here.Dr. Palmer's anti-science propaganda article: https://wrestling-with-philosophy.com/2020/01/08/how-and-why-anti-science-propaganda-works/Convocation: Ben FranklinEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals

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01:14:04

EV - 175 Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop with Jennifer...

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2021/01/15

My guests this week are Jennifer Foster (@philoso_foster), a philosophy Ph.D. student at the University of Southern California, and Cassie Finley (@Angry_Cassie), a philosophy Ph.D. student at the University of Iowa. They’ve come together to organize the Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop Series. We discuss the workshop and community organizing within philosophy twitter.Cogtweeto conference info: https://www.cogtweeto.com/Daily Nous writeup:

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EV - 174 American Pragmatism with Joseph Clark

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2021/01/08

My guest this week is Joseph Clark (@clarkjosephf), a journalist and critic currently embedded with Philosophy Twitter. We discuss American Pragmatism and it's implications for epistemology and ethics.Joseph's Opinionated Introduction to Pragmatism: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XyGkGX2Ndb6zpxs1DzXgRDzXzCT6Pw45z65kx_frvAc/editHayden Bruce on twitter: https://twitter.com/HaydenSBruceHayden Bruce's podcast: https://pragmaticchristian.com/podcastJeffery Howard on twitter:

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01:18:05

EV - 173 Patron Thanks Q and A with Thomas Smith

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2021/01/01

My guest this week is my good friend and Philosophers in Space cohost Thomas Smith. He joins me to help thank all the ETV patrons for their support and general chillness as the show continues to evolve. Y'all are the best, the void wouldn't exist without you.Convocation: WareframeEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at

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01:08:42

EV - 172 Woking Up with Eiynah

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2020/12/25

My returning guest this week is Eiynah (@NiceMangos), host of the Polite Conversations and Woking Up podcasts. We follow up on the State of the IDW episode with a deep dive on Sam Harris. Eiynah makes some solid arguments that we shouldn't give Harris too much credit for his recent symbolic break with the IDW.Polite Conversations: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversationsWoking Up: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/woking-up-1Convocation: Tao Te ChingEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her

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01:07:20

EV - 171 Cheap Talk with C Thi Nguyen

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2020/12/18

My returning guest this week is C Thi Nguyen (@add_hawk), a philosophy professor at University of Utah with a special interest in gaming and porn. We discuss porn, cheap talk, value capture, conspiracy theories and just so much other stuff. Highly recommend listening back to C Thi's first episode as we basically pick up where we left off there: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/6/19/ev-094-echoes-in-the-void-with-c-thi-nguyenC Thi's Website: https://objectionable.net/Invocation: Aaron's VoidEditing

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01:17:21

EV - 170 State of the IDW with Chris Kavanagh

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2020/12/11

My guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), a cognitive anthropologist/social scientist and cohost of the Decoding the Gurus podcast. We assess the state of the Intellectual Dark Web post election and discuss why conspiracy theories appear to be rampant in the IDW.Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/Invocation: Alan MooreEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling

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01:05:39

EV - 169 Carceral luck with Emma McClure

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2020/12/04

My guest this week is Emma McClure, a parole solicitor who frequently works with prisoners with mental health issues. We discuss the role of luck in the criminal justice system, possible reforms, and the impacts of Covid.Invocation: Watership DownEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you

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01:11:05

EV - 168 Philosopher Queens with Rebecca Buxton and...

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2020/11/27

My guests this week are Rebecca Buxton (@RebeccaBuxton) and Lisa Whiting (@lisawhiting_), the editors of this year's best philosophy book, Philosopher Queens. We discuss the overlooked history of women in philosophy and cutting edge work they did dealing with totalitarianism and reply guys.Philosopher queens: https://unbound.com/books/philosopher-queens/Invocation: Martha NussbaumEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals

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01:08:03

EV - 167 Masculinity and Morality with Tom Curry

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2020/11/20

My guest this week is Tom Curry (@dissonance_pod), co-host of the Cognitive Dissonance pod and one of the hive of villainy on the Citation Needed pod. We discuss Tom's letters to his sons and how to teach healthy masculinity.Tom's Blog: https://dangerousletters.wordpress.com/Cog Dis: https://dissonancepod.com/Citation Needed: http://citationpod.com/Invocation: https://dangerousletters.wordpress.com/2020/11/05/you-are-not-a-good-person/Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live

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01:05:44

EV - 166 Cancer Pseudoscience with Alice Howarth

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2020/11/13

My guest this week is Dr. Alice Howarth (@AliceEmmaLouise), co-host of the Skeptics with a K podcast and postdoc in pharmacology at the University of Liverpool. We discuss cancer treatment and pseudoscience alternative medicines that are targeted at cancer patients.Alice's Blog: https://dralice.blog/Skeptics with a K: http://www.merseysideskeptics.org.uk/category/podcast/skeptics-with-a-k/Invocation: Robert HeinleinEditing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals

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01:19:36

EV - 165 Black Male Studies with DR. TJ Curry

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2020/11/06

My guest this week is Dr. TJ Curry (@DrTJC), chair of Africana studies and Black Male Studies at Edinburgh University. We discuss violent decolonialization, intersectionality, and Black Male Studies.Invocation: The book of the Living, from Parable of the Talents by ButlerThe Man-not: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q2JXW9/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW

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01:09:09

EV - 164 The Far Right Wing with Daniel Harper

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2020/10/30

My guest this week is Daniel Harper, co-host of the I Don't Speak German Podcast. We discuss the many flavors of the far right and where that energy is headed after the election.Invocation: Fantasy High S1E7I don't Speak German Podcast: https://idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at

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01:06:53

EV - 163 Animal Consciousness with Jeff Sebo

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2020/10/23

My guest this week is Jeff Sebo (@jeffrsebo) director of the NYU animal studies MA program and author of Chimpanzee rights and Food, Animals, and the Environment. We discuss animal consciousness and the implications for animal ethics.Invocation: The AarononomiconJeff's website: https://jeffsebo.net/Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space:

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01:11:48

EV - 162 CRT Diversity Training with Casey Petersen pt.2

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2020/10/15

My guest this week is Casey Petersen (@CaseyAPetersen), a research and development electrical engineer at Sandia National Labs who took issue with the diversity and racial awareness training at the National Labs. We discuss his video challenging Critical Race Theory and its use in diversity training and school curriculums. (NOTE: This discussion happened prior to the release of Breonna Taylor's grand jury testimonies)Casey's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNW9nlFDBkStudy on bias

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EV - 161 CRT Diversity Training with Casey Petersen pt.1

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2020/10/08

My guest this week is Casey Petersen (@CaseyAPetersen), a research and development electrical engineer at Sandia National Labs who took issue with the diversity and racial awareness training at the National Labs. We discuss his video challenging Critical Race Theory and its use in diversity training and school curriculums.Casey's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNW9nlFDBkStudy on bias perpetuation through AI lending:

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01:08:06

EV - 160 Vaxxer Conspiracies with Matt Browne

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2020/10/02

My guest this week is Matt Browne (@ArthurCDent), a psychology professor at central Queensland Australia and cohost of the new Decoding the Gurus podcast. We discuss conspiracy theories within the Anti-vaxxer community and what they can tell us about a world inundated with conspiracy theories.Matt's Vaccination Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29863949/Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/Convocation: Richard Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Harper

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02:22:38

Rebroadcasting ETV101+102: Social Progress in the...

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2020/09/25

My guest this week is Bo Winegard, Assistant Professor at Marietta College, cohost of the psyphilopod podcast, and frequent contributor to Quillette. We've engaged in several disagreements on twitter and thought it could be valuable to debate some of these issues on the show. We focused our debate on the question "should society attempt to promote social progress by changing human nature". The argument is naturally wide ranging.Invocation: The Tower of BabelBo's article on Progressivism and the

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01:39:37

Rebroadcasting ETV11+12: Trump's Malignant Narcissism

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2020/09/18

Taking a two week break to commune with the void. In the meantime enjoy this double wide rebroadcast of our discussion of Trump's narcissism and diagnosing at a distance.Here's a link to the DSM-5 definition of narcissism:http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/symptoms/CON-20025568Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.htmlMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space:

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01:05:53

EV - 159 Racial Capitalism with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

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2020/09/11

My guest this week is Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@OlufemiOTaiwo), assistant professor at Georgetown university with an interest in pan African community action. We discuss a recent exchange that he and Liam Bright had with Michael Wazler on the issue of Racial Capitalism.Wazler's article: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-note-on-racial-capitalismLiam and Femi's response article: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-response-to-michael-walzerFemi's website:

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