

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 enough to do anything about it. The void seems terrible and cruel, but it loves you, in its own ironic way.
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Jul 17, 2020 • 1h 17min
EV - 151 Critical Studies in the Current Climate with Johnathan Flowers
My guest this week is Dr. Johnathan Flowers (@shengokai). Dr. Flowers teaches a range of topics at Wooster State university including asian and africana philosophy and aesthetics when he gets the chance. We discuss the role that critical studies is and should be playing in our current period of social transition.Convocation: General IrohEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Criminal justice reform with Barry Lam

Jul 9, 2020 • 1h 3min
EV - 150 Sovereign Nations and the Grievance Hoaxers
Welcome to a very special episode 150! No guest this week, it's sadly a solo episode where I take a deep dive down a dark rabbit hole that I've been stuck in for some time. I hope y'all find this valuable in understanding the culture wars.Convocation: YeatsReferenced Materials:https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker/status/1183297385830797313https://sovereignnations.com/2019/08/09/grievance-scholars-trojan-horse-social-justice-faith-academics/https://sovereignnations.com/2020/05/13/alchemy-health-equity/https://sovereignnations.com/2020/06/30/trans-civilization-cult/Editing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Critical Studies in the Current Climate with Jonathan Flowers

Jul 2, 2020 • 1h 11min
EV - 149 White Fragility with Rod Graham
My guest this week is Rod Graham (@roderickgraham), Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. We discuss Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility and why it's so hot right now.White Fragility: https://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/viewFile/249/116Rod's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoderickGrahamConvocation: Litany against fear from DuneEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Sovereign Nations and the Grievance Studies Hoaxers

Jun 25, 2020 • 1h 6min
EV - 148 Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.2
My guest this week is Reid Nicewonder (@ReidN), president of Street Epistemology International (@501c3forSE) and host of Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel (@CordialCurious). We continue our discussion of street epistemology, its connections to the grievance studies folks, and social justice.SE International: https://streetepistemologyinternational.org/Letterwiki referenced: https://letter.wiki/conversation/166Convocation: Barnett NewmanEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: White Fragility with Rod Graham

Jun 18, 2020 • 1h 9min
EV - 147 Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.1
My guest this week is Reid Nicewonder (@ReidN), president of Street Epistemology International (@501c3forSE) and host of Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel (@CordialCurious). We discuss street epistemology, its connections to the grievance studies folks, and social justice.SE International: https://streetepistemologyinternational.org/Letterwiki referenced: https://letter.wiki/conversation/166Convocation: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K DickEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.2

Jun 12, 2020 • 1h 8min
EV - 146 Revising the Chinese Room with Daniel Estrada
My guest this week is Daniel Estrada (@eripsa), a Lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he teaches on engineering ethics, AI, and philosophy of mind. We discuss his critiques of the Chinese room and why he prefers Lady Lovelace's objection to Turing.Daniel's Website: https://www.madeofrobots.com/Invocation: Aaron's Chinese RoomEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.1

Jun 5, 2020 • 1h 10min
EV - 145 Void Crossing with James Croft
My guest this week is James Croft (@CroftSpeaks), host of the Ethics and Chill podcast and the leader of the Ethical Society of St. Lewis. We try to say profound things about coping with the void through pop culture content, but mostly it's a lot of jokes about Animal Crossing and some advice on how to get that cult money.Ethics and Chill: https://ethicsandchill.org/Ethical Society of St. Lewis: https://ethicalstl.org/Invocation: Animal CrossingEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Confucian Filial Piety in Abusive Families with Janelle Shiroshita-Wawrzyniak

May 28, 2020 • 1h 14min
EV - 144 Conservative Postmodernism with Matt McManus
My Guest this week is Matt McManus (@MattPolProf), a professor of philosophy at TEC De Monterrey. Matt is the Solo or co-author of Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson and The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism. We discuss his understanding of postmodernism and how he thinks it can sometimes fruitfully be applied to the right as well.Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085WB8FXF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism: Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X5KX2BY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Matt's Website: https://left2right.webflow.io/Invocation: They Might Be Giants Whistling in the DarkEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Pop Culture Void Coping with James Croft

May 21, 2020 • 1h 9min
EV - 143 Better Know Mary Astell with Simone Webb
My guest this week is Simone Webb (@SimoneWebbUCL), a PhD student in gender studies at UCL. We do another of our many many parts better know a philosopher series. We focus on the early conservative feminist philosopher Mary Astell, with a little Foucault appetizer.Simone's website: https://simonewebb.weebly.com/Invocation: Rishi SanghaniEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Right Wing Postmodernism with Matt Mcmanus

May 14, 2020 • 1h 5min
EV - 142 Nonreligious Life in America with Alison Gill
My guest this week is Alison Gill, vice president for Legal and Policy at American Atheists (@AmericanAtheist). American Atheists recently completed the largest survey to date compiling and analyzing the experiences of nonbelievers living in America. The results were pretty shocking on the discrimination and stigmatization fronts. Content Waring: Discussions of violence and abuse.Reality Check: Being Nonreligious in America: https://www.secularsurvey.org/American Atheists Analysis: https://www.atheists.org/2020/05/reality-check-being-nonreligious-in-america/Invocation: 21 Pilots Car RadioEditing by Brian ZiegenhagenMusic by GW RodriguezSibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoidIf you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversationsNext week: Better Know Mary Astell with Simone Webb