Embrace The Void

My guest this week is Kai Whiting (@KaiWhiting), a researcher on sustainability and stoicism at UC Louvain and the author of Being Better: Stoicism for a World Worth Living In. We discuss what skepticism brings to the activism table.Convocation: SenecaKai's work: https://stoickai.com/Aaron's non-believer stereotype workshop: https://evergreen.humanitru.com/web/campaigns/the-innerwork-center~winter-spring-2022?attend=id%3A4465&sharer_id=3509&medium=&notes=Listing+Card&remote_id=RSgyMusic 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: I was on Beyond Atheism talking about moral realism for non-believers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dZHGosvPMNext week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

My guest this week is Brittany Talissa King (@KingTalissa), a freelance writer, journalist, and writing instructor at Indiana University host of American Shade. We discuss black heterodoxy in politics and the work she's doing to provide a genuine perspective at American Shade.Convocation: Brittany Talissa KingAmerican Shade: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVlAwsrGCKLA-3pUudSRjQ"Free Black Thought" https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/dubois-washington-black-lives-matter "I Am Not Gonna Let You Finish, Kanye." https://www.thedailybeast.com/no-kanye-west-im-not-gonna-let-you-finish "Our Skin Problem: America's Toxic Bias of Color." https://medium.com/@brtking.7/our-skin-problem-americas-toxic-bias-of-color-f4c6b432ef4a "Racism-19, our other pandemic." http://www.therepublic.com/2020/06/05/racism19_our_other_pandemic/ "Banning Books Bans Freedom of Speech: Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’ Isn’t Porn. It’s About Pain." https://zora.medium.com/banning-books-bans-freedom-of-speech-toni-morrisons-the-bluest-eye-isn-t-porn-it-s-about-pain-e124f69946f0?sk=906ded10600db7314eab9fcf86ec1cee"Why ‘The Activist’ Should Not Shock You" https://zora.medium.com/why-the-activist-should-not-shock-you-f2dea3a6ca41?sk=f46e0e545a0c5fec0b82ac2372bafacf"I Am Not Your #Hashtag: Why I Am Critical About White Allyship." https://medium.com/@brtking.7/iamnotyouhashtag-why-i-am-critical-of-white-allyship-b39e5d676f72Editing 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: I was on Beyond Atheism talking about moral realism for non-believers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dZHGosvPMNext week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

My guest this week is Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor), a political consultant, ghostwriter, and columnist. We discuss the black conservative economist Thomas Sowell and try to reconcile his actual work with his reputation.Convocation: Thomas SowellFour types of black conservatives: http://ivoexplains.com/the-four-types-of-black-conservatives/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!Recent Appearances: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

My returning guest this week is Rod Graham (@roderickgraham), a YouTuber and writer on Substack. We discuss his recent post “how moral panics help maintain immoral practices” and how progressives can engage with the right without playing into moral panics.Rod's Article: https://rodgraham.substack.com/p/how-moral-panics-help-maintain-immoralEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Post-tribal Black Identity with Brittany Talissa King

My guest this week is Krista Thomason (@kkthomason), an associate professor of philosophy at Swarthmore college and Philip Quinn fellow at national humanities center, author of Naked: The Dark Side of Shame and Moral Life and a chapter on online shaming in the Oxford handbook of Digital Ethics. We discuss the potential harms of online shaming and how to criticize while not contributing to the problem.Krista's chapter: https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198857815.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780198857815-e-8Editing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Resisting Moral Panics with Rod Graham

My guest this week is Chris boutté  (@TheRewiredSoul), host of The Rewired Soul and author book Canceled: Inside YouTube Cancel Culture. We discuss his experiences with addiction and cancelation and where he's at on the culture war journey. Convocation: PoeEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Online Shaming with Krista Thomason

My returning guest this week is Toby Buckle, host of the Political Philosophy Podcast (@PolPhilPod) and Editor of the New Book What is Freedom? We discuss the concept of freedom and America's troubled relationship with that concept. What is Freedom?: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/what-is-freedom-9780197572221?cc=us&lang=en&Convocation: GoetheEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Neo-Rationalism with George Hemington

My guest this week is Jesse Singal (@jessesingal), cohost of the Blocked and Reported podcast and a contributor New York mag and a range of other places, primarily Substack. We compare two recently published articles on detransition, Turban (2021) and Littman (2021).Article citing Turban (2021): https://fenwayhealth.org/new-study-shows-discrimination-stigma-and-family-pressure-drive-detransition-among-transgender-people/Turban (2021): https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10.1089/lgbt.2020.0437Criticism of Turban: https://medium.com/@JLCederblom/the-lukewarm-perjury-of-jack-turban-a85903109051USTS 2015 Transgender survey: https://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports?fbclid=IwAR2uVJUhljZ1SQcVaLNAHCjtHqzuz-VrEXUzQiq139hB39i2oJk-YaIDWh0#USTSTurban (2020): https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/01/21/peds.2019-1725/tab-e-letters?versioned=trueJesse's thread announcing Littman: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1450504856666509317?s=20 Littman (2021): https://t.co/F9eKSCcbUj?amp=1Twitter thread from Littman (2021) participant: https://twitter.com/reclaimingtrans/status/1450528282038898692Twitter thread showing recruiting info for Littman (2021): https://twitter.com/ImplausibleGrrl/status/1261328400360275970DysphoricWomen subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/DysphoricWomen/Criticism of Littman recruitment strategies during the survey: https://www.reddit.com/r/ftm/comments/5ighgz/recruitment_call_individuals_who_received/Call for participants on Cari Stella's blog: https://guideonragingstars.tumblr.com/post/159584327846/hi-id-like-to-announce-recruitment-for-a-newComplete list of Littman (2021) questions: https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/view/Ns7EzZRCESHMqtDttHThtc9hM+D2cewT84ojyqZBG5Q/Correction to Littman (2018): https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0214157Littman's defense of her methods: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01631-zConvocation: George TakeiEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Freedom with Toby Buckle

My guest this week is Adam Gurri, founder and editor in chief of liberal currents. We discuss why we still identify as liberals, his recent article on cancel culture narratives, and whether those narratives are an unavoidable part of liberal society.The Case Not Made: https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-case-not-made-a-response-to-anne-applebaums-the-new-puritans/Convocation: ZizekEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Gender Affirming Treatment for Trans Youth with Jesse Singal

My guest this week is Dr. Michael Grenke, a tutor at St John’s College and author of the introduction to the recently released Warspeak: Nietzsche’s victory over nihilism. We discuss Nietzsche's worldview, the risks and insights in that view, and how we wrestle with nihilism and meaning in the modern world.Warspeak: https://www.amazon.com/Warspeak-Nietzsches-Victory-over-Nihilism/dp/1895131499Convocation: NietzscheEditing 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: I was on a panel discussing Chapelle's recent special and why I believe it was an objectively transphobic set, whether or not it was funny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCXuy7S75MNext week: Liberal Currents with Adam Gurri