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Aug 20, 2021 • 1h 12min

EV - 206 Longtermism with Tyler John

My guest this week is Tyler John (@tyler_m_john), head of research at Longview Philanthropy. We discuss Effective Altruism and in particular Longtermism as an approach to ethics.Tyler's Website: https://tmjohn.wixsite.com/tylermjohnConvocation: Fight ClubEditing 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 enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Qanon after Q with Travis View
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Aug 13, 2021 • 1h 8min

EV - 205 Pseudoscience Conspiracism with Melanie Trecek-King

My guest this week is Melanie Trecek-King (@Thinkingpowers), a teacher at a community college who teaches a course on distinguishing between science, non-science, bad science, and pseudoscience. She also developed a website devoted to same issues called Thinking is Power. We discuss the challenges of pedagogy in the post truth world and how to help students learn how to think vs. what to think.Melanie's website: https://thinkingispower.com/Convocation: Void OriginalEditing 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 enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Longtermism with Tyler John
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Aug 6, 2021 • 1h 10min

EV - 204 The Immoral Non-Believer Stereotype with Will Gervais

My guest this week is Will Gervais, (@wgervais), an assistant professor of social psychology and senior lecturer at the center for culture and evolution at Brunel University London. We discuss his work studying the persistent stereotype that non-believers are less morally reliable and how this stereotype plays a role in the continued marginalization of non-believers. Will Gervais: http://willgervais.com/ Convocation: Mehmet Murat ildan Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4 Next week: Pseudoscience Pedagogy with Melanie Trecek-King
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Jul 30, 2021 • 1h 13min

EV - 203 Denialism with Mark Hoofnagel

My guest this week is Mark Hoofnagel, (@MarkHoofnagle), a surgeon and assistant professor of surgery at Wash U, as well as a skeptic activist. We discuss his work on the problem of denialism and how we're seeing that problem run rampant in our political and media landscapes.Mark's Website: https://surgery.wustl.edu/people/mark-hoofnagle/Convocation: ShunyaEditing 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 enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Marginalized Nonbelievers with Will Gervais
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Jul 22, 2021 • 1h 6min

EV - 202 Law of Identity Politics with Corvus

My guest this week is Corvus (@CorvusCoraxPC), host of the Corvus Corax podcast. We discuss the law of identity and the somewhat surprising roles it plays in political discourse.Corvus podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3xHSnWZ-Y1kahvfe5MPBIw?view_as=subscriberConvocation: Jhumpa LahiriEditing 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 enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Epistemic Crisis with Mark Hoofnagle
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Jul 15, 2021 • 1h 2min

EV - 201 Defining Racism with Nathan Alexander

My guest this week is Nathan Alexander (@NathGAlexander), a historian of racism and atheism and co-host of the Beyond Atheism podcast. We discuss the history of the term 'racism' and the role it's played in American politics.Nathan's Website: https://www.nathangalexander.com/Arcdigi article: https://www.arcdigital.media/p/confronting-the-moral-panic-overConvocation: Alan MooreEditing 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 enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Law of Identity Politics with Corvus
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Jul 9, 2021 • 52min

EV - 200 Education PhD Year One with Aaron Rabinowitz

This week I mark the 200th episode with an autoethnography of my first year in the Rutgers Graduate School of Education PhD program. I thought this might be helpful for folks who want to hear a less sensationalist approach to CRT in education.Convocation: Aaron' overeducated mindEditing 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 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/conversationsRecent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Conspiracism with Nathan Alexander
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Jul 2, 2021 • 1h 12min

EV - 199 Veteran Voidiness with Alex and Jim

My guests this week are Alex and Jim, hosts of the Pillow Scream Radio podcast (@PillowScreamPod). We discuss their experiences as veterans and the The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Ligotti.Convocation: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by LigottiPillow Scream Radio pod: https://anchor.fm/pillowscreamradioEditing 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 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/conversationsRecent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Education PHD Year One
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Jun 24, 2021 • 1h 2min

EV - 198 Moral Panics with Cathy Young pt.2

My guest this week is Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63), a writer who has published at ArcDigi, Reason, Atlantic, Newsday, Bulkwark, the week, and Quillette and many more. We discuss moral panics and their role in current political ecosystems.Convocation: Stanley CohenFrench bar story: https://www.bondyblog.fr/societe/bar-pmu-de-sevran-la-contre-enquete-du-bondy-blog/Gender affirmation therapy studies: https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/205157368_547217792951511_6760723772117657686_n.pdf/Bustos-et-al-Transition-regret-systematic-review-and-meta-analysis.pdf?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=0cab14&_nc_ohc=DcPhLYHQIugAX9RdjMx&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&oh=f165e29792f038d0fff5500baa37ed61&oe=60D30F32&dl=1https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/117801259_331614664863582_3972825502803736734_n.pdf/Wiepjes-et-al-Cohort-study-of-transition-regret.pdf?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=0cab14&_nc_ohc=pRYHNKD9QM8AX-HLJ4B&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&oh=4e1cf02c015ba78c74b893b6394204eb&oe=60D32F80&dl=1https://cdn.fbsbx.com/v/t59.2708-21/90784695_511439389806755_5728455164101132288_n.pdf/Turban-Ehrensaft-2018-Research-review-gender-identity-in-youth-treatment-paradigms-and-controversies.pdf?_nc_cat=100&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=0cab14&_nc_ohc=VGofYdwN0KQAX_3pJhc&_nc_ht=cdn.fbsbx.com&oh=30816ec62201f6759fac7d2dd36b5df2&oe=60D2AA6B&dl=1Genital Preference article: https://slate.com/human-interest/2019/11/ask-trans-women-about-their-genitals-while-dating.htmlTrans prisoners article: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/transgender-women-are-nearly-always-incarcerated-men-s-putting-many-n1142436?fbclid=IwAR15qg7X1OIo_PnkSkU_lg4Xi9ygixKHKQTOGaChhJ0epGPhQz_gkkzQyQgViral Racist Videos: https://medium.com/arc-digital/viral-racist-videos-gone-wild-b8f51aaee947Tim Hunt cancelation story: https://reason.com/2015/07/23/sexist-scientist-tim-hunt-the-real-story/Mckenna College woke backlash: https://www.thedailybeast.com/pc-police-tearing-apart-californias-claremont-mckenna-college?ref=scrollIDW article: https://quillette.com/2019/05/24/how-the-idw-can-avoid-the-tribalist-pull/Immigration article: https://quillette.com/2017/07/09/trumps-warsaw-speech-defending-west-defending-illiberalism/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 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/conversationsRecent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Veteran Voidiness with Pillow Scream Radio
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Jun 16, 2021 • 1h 19min

EV - 197 Moral Panics with Cathy Young

My guest this week is Cathy Young (@CathyYoung63), a writer who has published at ArcDigi, Reason, Atlantic, Newsday, Bulkwark, the week, and Quillette and many more. We discuss moral panics and their role in current political ecosystems.Convocation: Michael Rectenwald, Springtime for SnowflakesIDW article: https://quillette.com/2019/05/24/how-the-idw-can-avoid-the-tribalist-pull/Immigration article: https://quillette.com/2017/07/09/trumps-warsaw-speech-defending-west-defending-illiberalism/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 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/conversationsRecent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4Next week: Moral Panics with Cathy Young Pt.2

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