My guest this week is Phrost (@Phrost), founder of the Bullshido website for debates among martial artists. We discuss his approaches to debating guys with fragile masculinity issues. Convocation: Fight Club 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 Re...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 193
My guest this week is Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCH), a postdoc in social philosophy at Free university of Berlin and cohost of What’s left of philosophy pod. We discuss her work on social economy and she helps me parse the relationship between agency talk in theory work and free will talk in analytic philosophy. Convocation: A Scanner Darkly postscript Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music by GW Rodriguez S...
May 14, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 192
My guest this week is William Paris (@WilliamMParis), the Frank B Weeks Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan, starting assistant professor as University of Toronto, and cohost of the What’s Left of Philosophy podcast. We discuss the role of utopia in the work of Du Bois and how it allows the possible to permeate the actual. Convocation: Utopia by Thomas More Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music by GW Rod...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 191
My guest this week is Néstor de Buen (@nestor_d), a new chicago MA graduate and a writer who has been published at Merion West and Quilette. We discuss Equity vs. Equality and how poorly the distinction has faired in the culture wars. Convocation: Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid Equity vs. Equality Article: https://nestor-d.medium.com/on-equity-and-equality-of-outcome-7fae6b3c3942 Grievance Hoaxer Article: https://merionwest.com/2020/08/21/clarifying-my-comments-on-lindsay-pluckrose-and-boghossian...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 190
My guest this week is Kirbmarc (@kirbmarc), who recently helped me understand better the ties between paleoconservatism and parts of the anti-woke movement. We discuss several individuals related to the dark enlightenment, including Nick Land and Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin. Convocation: Menscius Moldbug 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://0gp...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 189
My guest this week is Gil Morejon (@gdmorejon), an adjunct at Dupal and co-host of the What’s Left of Philosophy Podcast. We discuss his work on Deleuze and Spinoza concerning determinism and joyous revolution. Convocation: Deleuze What's Left of Philosophy podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whats-left-of-philosophy/id1544487624 Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pod Phi...
Apr 16, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 188
My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part one we discussed his articles on starmanning, selfishness, and merit. In part two we cover his articles on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter. Convocation: Yehuda Berg Angel's website: http://angeleduardo.com/ Starmanning: https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/how-to-star-man-arguing-from-compassion/ Selfishnes...
Apr 09, 2021•1 hr 18 min
My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part one we discuss his articles on starmanning, selfishness, and merit. In part two we'll cover his article on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter. Convocation: Rock and Roll Suicide by Bowie Angel's website: http://angeleduardo.com/ Starmanning: https://centerforinquiry.org/blog/how-to-star-man-arguing-from-com...
Apr 02, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 186
My guest this week is Joshua Blanchard (@philoshua), a visiting assistant professor in philosophy at Oakland University with a focus in ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. We discuss his paper "The Problem of Unwelcome Epistemic Company" and how it might bear on our internet lives. Convocation: Patricia Highsmith Joshua's Website: https://www.joshuablanchard.net/ Problem of Unwelcome Epistemic Company: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/episteme/article/abs/problem-of-unwelcom...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 185
My guest this week is Matthew Remski (@matthewremski), an expert in cults and cohost of the Conspirituality podcast. We discuss how cults have evolved radically in the online world and what it means for culture war, politics, and our own little ironic cult. Convocation: Anonymous Matthew's Website: http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/ Conspirituality's Website: http://conspirituality.net/ Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/po...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 184
My guest this week is Stephen Dause (@StephenDause), host of the You Might Have a Point podcast and blog. We discuss moderate conservatism and dive into a few examples of "wokeness run amok". Stephen's Website: https://www.youmighthaveapoint.com/ Convocation: William Gladstone Princeton Letter: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfPmfeDKBi25_7rUTKkhZ3cyMICQicp05ReVaeBpEdYUCkyIA/viewform Princeton analysis: https://paw.princeton.edu/article/faculty-members-propose-anti-racism-agenda Middleb...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 183
My guest this week is Jay Shapiro (@jay_shapiro), host of the Dilemma podcast documentary filmmaker Islam and the Future of the Tolerance. We discuss wokeness on college campuses, conspiracy theories in the IDW, and how to de-escalate the culture wars. Jay's Website: https://whatjaythinks.com/ Convocation: James Baldwin 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: h...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 182
My guest this week is Oliver Traldi (@olivertraldi), a philosophy PhD student at Notre Dame Spencer who frequently publishes at ArcDigi and Heterdox academy. We discuss a range of topics from the role of the objective/subjective divide in the culture wars to the vagaries of conspiracy theories on the right and left. Website: https://olivertraldi.weebly.com/ Convocation: Culture War Rap by @Matt_Allan78 Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlive...
Feb 25, 2021•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 181
My guest this week is Spencer Bradley (@CafeSinister), a public defender with a background in critical legal theory. We discuss the origins of CLT, its relationship to the more famous Critical Race Theory, and how we can apply it in free speech debates. Spencer's comment on Free Speech Absolutism: https://ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/dlr/vol123/iss2/6/ Convocation: Aaron's free expression Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/pod...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 180
My guest this week is Joey Tuminello, an assistant professor of philosophy at McNeese State University, a program coordinator for the nonprofit orgs Farm Forward and Better Food Foundation, and one of my very closest IRL philosophy brothers. We talk food, drugs, applied ethics, really all that is good in life. Joey's website: https://josephtuminello.academia.edu/ DefaultVeg: https://defaultveg.org/ 2021 Jonathan Safran Foer Virtual Visit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GNSTLP2 Convocation: Olive...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 179
My returning guest this week is Donnchadh O' Conaill, a post-doc at University of Fribourg in Switzerland, where he does work on metaphysics of the self. We try to explain what metaphysics and why you need it in your life. Donnchadh's Website: www.donnchadhoconaill.com Donnchadh's letterwiki with Naomi Thompson on carving reality at the joints: https://letter.wiki/conversation/723 Referenced materials: David Armstrong is Universals: An Opinionated Introduction (Westview Press, 1989) The one by G...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 178
My guest this week is Rabbi Josh Yuter (@JYuter), my interlocutor in a letterwiki on secular and religious ethics. We discuss Josh's experiences with Jewish orthodoxy and how it contrasts with secular ethics. The letterwiki is a valuable companion piece but necessary to enjoy the episode. Josh's website: https://joshyuter.com/ Our Letter Exchange: https://letter.wiki/conversation/832 Convocation: Hillel the Elder Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www...
Jan 29, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 177
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 Franklin Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.film...
Jan 22, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 176
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: https://dailynous.com/2021/01/06/new-workshop-series-brin...
Jan 15, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 175
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/edit Hayden Bruce on twitter: https://twitter.com/HaydenSBruce Hayden Bruce's podcast: https://pragmaticchristian.com/podcast Jeffery Howard on twitter: https://twitter....
Jan 08, 2021•59 min•Ep. 174
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: Wareframe 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...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 173
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/politeconversations Woking Up: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations/woking-up-1 Convocation: Tao Te Ching Editing by Lu Lyons, check out ...
Dec 25, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 172
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-nguyen C Thi's Website: https://objectionable.net/ Invocation: Aaron's Void E...
Dec 18, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 171
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 Moore Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music by GW Rodriguez ...
Dec 11, 2020•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 170
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 Down 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 ...
Dec 04, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 169
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 Nussbaum Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast...
Nov 27, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 168
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 Filme...
Nov 20, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 167
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 Heinlein Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 166
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 Butler The Man-not: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B072Q2JXW9/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html Music b...
Nov 06, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 165
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 S1E7 I 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.html Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Support us at ...
Oct 30, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 164
