
Philosophers In Space
Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for tantalizing hypotheticals and gear-stripping questions in a space odyssey of meaning and amusement.
Latest episodes

Aug 11, 2023 • 1h 20min
Bluey “Rug Island” 2.10 and “Camping” 1.43 and Play
Lets play a game! Lets pretend we're podcasters and you're listeners and we're playing a fun game called "enjoying our show and reading these notes and thinkings this is all deep and insightful and then realizing that this literally how we live our entire lives and now you're free". We can use this cute show Bluey for our building blocks. Ready?! Bluey: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVzLLZkDuFGAE2BGdBuBNBg Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover alllllll the bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Listener Qs!!!!!

Aug 1, 2023 • 1h 32min
Cabinet of Curiosities ep7: The Viewing and Intersectional High Weirdness
Well, my unconventional conventionalists, I hope it's clear by now why I've assembled you here. Your minds and orifices have all been primed and gooed in anticipation of the main event, the mind fuck du jure, the sparkling diamond of gear strippers. We watch one of the best hours of art ever made and luxuriate in its splendid madness. Give yourself over to the new flesh, become one with the weird. The Viewing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15262254/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover alllllll the bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Bluey “Rug Island” 2.10 and “Camping” 1.43

Jul 14, 2023 • 1h 32min
Brand New Cherry Flavor Episodes 1-4 and Cronenbergian High Weirdness
Brand New Cherry Flavor Episodes 1-4 and Cronenbergian High Weirdness Brand new orifices! All about those orifices! And I guess transformative change and coping with trauma. THROUGH ORIFICES! We're discussing episodes 1-4 Brand New Cherry Flavor: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11343600/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Cabin of Curiosities Episode 7: The Viewing and Intersectional High Weirdness

Jul 7, 2023 • 1h 42min
A Color Out of Space and Lovecraftian High Weirdness
Sure it might seem weird to do record a piece of audio content about a color, but trust me when you see this color and start merging with your surroundings you'll thank us! We're covering the recent Nic Cage A Color Out of Space movie and discussing Lovecraftian influences on high weirdness. A Color Out of Space: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5073642/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Brand New Cherry Flavor eps1-4 and Cronenbergian High Weirdness

Jun 17, 2023 • 1h 38min
A Scanner Darkly and PKD High Weirdness pt1
You starting to peak yet? Tracers, maybe some time dilation? Maybe your sense of truth has started to come unraveled and you realize that the frames that society forces you to use to understand reality are actually systems of control meant to keep you from reaching the transcendent state of enlightenment that is your birthright as a child of light? Drugs are wild huh?! We're talking A Scanner Darkly and PKD High Weirdness. A Scanner Darkly: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405296/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: A Color Out of Space and Lovecraftian High Weirdness pt.2

Jun 2, 2023 • 1h 30min
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Objects pt2
What is...an object? Are these show notes an object? Is the podcast they fail to describe an object? Is our revulsion at being asked such questions an object? Are we objects? How can persons not be objects? Can we throw objects at philosophers until they stop talking about objects? Find out all this and more! Content: https://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Wild-Built-Monk-Robot/dp/1250236215 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: A Scanner Darkly and Philip K Dickian High Weirdness

May 19, 2023 • 1h 27min
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Solarpunk pt1
Dear friends, please pull up a cushion and enjoy a cup of warm herbal tea, freshly picked from the nearby forrest just this morning. Share your troubles with us and we'll lighten them with a story of monk and robit, their journey through the wilds, and there attempts to unravel what humans really need. We start with some delicious worldbuilding and show how that worldbuilding exemplifies the solarpunk mentality, one of the best of all possible ways to approach the future. Drink up! Content: https://www.amazon.com/Psalm-Wild-Built-Monk-Robot/dp/1250236215 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Psalm for the Wild-built pt2 and Objects

May 5, 2023 • 1h 60min
Lawnmower Man and Dis Crit with Elizabeth Barnes
Years of careful planning all leading to this, my chance to torture an actual expert philosopher with one of the most important and absurd movies ever made. We're covering Lawnmower Man and philosophy of disability professor Elizabeth Barnes has made the crossover from the void to join us and discuss whether this movie is a hate crime, a perfect critique of our approaches to disability, or both? Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104692/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Possible worlds and other Stories and marginalization in the multiverse.

Apr 20, 2023 • 1h 33min
Star Trek: Discovery and Panpsychism
Mushrooooooms! Mushroom mushroom! I'm in the mood to bend space and time with my mind, lets do this! We're talking about the first 5 episodes of Discovery and the joy of a fungus based universe. We also discuss this as one approach to panpsychism, and refresh on that view vs. other theories of consciousness. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Discovery Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Solarpunk pt1

Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 35min
The Things and Varieties of Uplifting
Since we couldn’t get enough bug love we’ve awakened the master from his hypersleep so that we can go straight to the source! We’ve got Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of the Children of Time series and other amazing scifi on to discuss The Things by Peter Watts, a piece that relates strongly to Children of Memory while giving us a nice chance to distinguish between assimilationist and non-assimilationist approaches to uplifting. Content: https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/watts_01_10/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you! Sibling shows: Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/ Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Recent appearances: Aaron and Callie were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/ Content Preview: Discovery 1.1-1.4 and Panpsychism