Embrace The Void
294 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★ - 168 ratingsWelcome 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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Street Epistemology International with Anthony Magnabosco
March 27, 2024 17:27 - 1 hour - 115 MBMy guest this week is Anthony Magnabosco, co-founder of Street Epistemology International. Street Epistemology is an approach to difficult dialogue aimed at helping individuals better understand why they believe what they believe. Anthony and co recently released a website called Navigating Beliefs, an easy way to learn how to do Street Epistemology. We discuss the evidence for the effectiveness of Street Epistemology, ongoing research on its effects, and concerns with the approach. Street ...
Street Epistemology with Anthony Magnabosco
March 27, 2024 17:27 - 1 hour - 115 MBMy guest this week is Anthony Magnabosco, co-founder of Street Epistemology International. Street Epistemology is an approach to difficult dialogue aimed at helping individuals better understand why they believe what they believe. Anthony and co recently released a website called Navigating Beliefs, an easy way to learn how to do Street Epistemology. We discuss the evidence for the effectiveness of Street Epistemology, ongoing research on its effects, and concerns with the approach. Street ...
What's Left of Meritocracy with Gil Morejón
March 16, 2024 15:14 - 67.8 MBMy guest this week is Gil Morejón, a historian of ideas currently teaching at Grenell college, one of the 4 amazing hosts of the What’s Left of Philosophy? Podcast. We discuss leftist takes on meritocracy, possible alternatives, and the differences between doing politics and ethics. Enjoy! What's Left of Philosophy: https://www.leftofphilosophy.com/ Gil's Website: https://gilmorejon.wordpress.com/about/ Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libs...
Debating Moral Realism with Chris Kavanagh
February 29, 2024 15:20 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBMy guest this week is Chris Kavanagh, cohost of Decoding the Gurus and a cognitive anthropologist working at the psychology department at Rikkyo university in Japan. I have him on to discuss a recent episode of theirs about metaethics and debate the case for moral realism. Plus we talk about their recent free will episode in the VIP segment. Enjoy! Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy....
Camp Omni with Megan Pike
February 21, 2024 19:34 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBMy guest this week is Megan Pike, director of Camp Omni, formerly Camp West. Megan is a lifetime educator and camp participant. We discuss Camp Omni's developing focus and how the camping world in general is adapting, as well as some pedagogical nerdery. Enjoy! Camp Omni: https://www.campomni.org/ Music by GW Rodriguez The Paradox of Secularism: https://nyupress.org/9781479809523/the-secular-paradox/ Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Support us at Pa...
The Secular Paradox with Joseph Blankholm
January 25, 2024 22:35 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBMy guest this week is Joseph Blankholm, a religious studies scholar and associate professor at UC Santa Barbara. We discuss his recent book The Secular Paradox, where he unpacks several internal conflicts facing secular community organizers. We get into the nature of religion, the secular mindset, and how movement secularism might be able to grow past this seeming paradox. Music by GW Rodriguez The Paradox of Secularism: https://nyupress.org/9781479809523/the-secular-paradox/ Sibling Pod...
Warhammer 40k and Gamergate with Danny Fortuna
December 30, 2023 21:13 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBMy guest this week is Danny Fortuna, a Warhammer 40k lore master and founder of the Facebook group Warhammer Heresyposting. Danny founded the group as a space for anti-woke 40k fans after he was banned from several other groups over debates around female space marines and other identity politics issues. We discuss whether 40k is satire, whether female space marines are compatible with 40k lore, whether the lore should change if they're not, and the argument around "go woke, go broke". Enjoy!...
Conspiratorial Thinking and Just World Belief with MRX Dentith
December 20, 2023 16:33 - 63.1 MBMy returning guest is M.R.X Dentith, a philosophy professor at BNUZH’s Center for international philosophy, with a focus on conspiracy theories, secrecy, and fake news. They’re also cohost of the podcaster’s guide to the conspiracy and recently published a spicy article called “I know it when I see it”- Motivating examples in the social psychology of conspiracy theory theory. They frequently provide nuanced criticism of the research on these issues in ways I find very compelling, so I’m exci...
AI in Medicine with Bryce Eakin
November 10, 2023 05:50 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBMy guest this week is Bryce Eakin, an AI engineer currently working in the area medical ethics. We discuss the potential risks and benefits of AI in various parts of the medical process and where this technology is likely headed in the next few years. Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid If you enjoy the show, pleas...
Embracing the Manosphere with Debbie Ging
October 20, 2023 04:50 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBMy guest this week is Dr. Debbie Ging, Professor of Digital Media and Gender in the School of Communications at Dublin City University. Dr. Ging teaches and researches on gender, sexuality and digital media, with a focus on digital hate, online anti-feminist men's rights politics, incel subculture and the radicalisation of boys and men into male supremacist ideologies. We cover all of ETV's greatest hits in front of our first ever live audience! Debbie's website: https://www.dcu.ie/communic...
Professional Surrogacy with Barbie Dangond
September 28, 2023 19:27 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBMy guest this week is Barbie , co-founder of Lift Life Travel and a professional gestational surrogate. We discuss her motivation for helping women experience travel and many parts of the ethics surrounding surrogacy. Convocation: Nietzsche Lift Life Travel: https://www.liftlifetravel.com/?fbclid=IwAR3SjFa7P0x1V-sLMNiVSmjapGMNQFWyrQh-V7WqZU3WR73xps3hsgrfH4A Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www....
Triangle Freethought Society with Matthew Krevat
September 08, 2023 21:11 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBMy guest this week is Matthew Krevat, a secular and skeptical organizer with Triangle Freethought Society. We discuss his experiences with local organizing and trying to balance the interests of skeptics and atheists within a single group. Convocation: Schomburg Triangle Freethought Website: https://www.trianglefreethought.org/ Matt's podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@TalkingAboutTheBigStuff Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Fi...
Possible Worlds and Other Stories with Rachel Handley
August 09, 2023 18:24 - 4 minutes - 63.8 MBMy guest this week is Rachel Handley, a teaching fellow in philosophy at Trinity college Dublin, and author of a recent collection of sci-fi short stories entitled Possible Worlds and Other Stories. The book is a fun exercise in multiverse building that scratches that meta-itch a lot of us have, but it also has some lovely touching human moments. We discuss why possible worlds are having a moment, the gendered history of possible worlds, and a few of Rachel's possible worlds that I enjoyed s...
Heavy Metal Philosophy with David Burke
July 27, 2023 14:14 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBMy guest this week is David Burke, a PhD student at Bathe’s Spa University, with a focus on studying the philosophy of heavy metal. He has written on the Neitzchien elements of heavy metal and argues that metal should be taken seriously as a philosophical art form. Convocation: None Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheV...
Grassroots Secular Organizing with Devon Graham
July 24, 2023 14:13 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBMy guest this week is Devon Graham, one of the Assistant state directors for American Atheists in Florida. We discuss the challenges of secular organizing in deeply red territories and conflicts within movement secularism over the relationship between secular values and social justice. Convocation: None Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Pa...
GPT-4 Wrap-up with Callie Wright
June 25, 2023 14:15 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBMy guest this week is Callie Wright, host of the Queersplaining podcast and co-host of Philosophers in Space. They humor me while I try to exorcise my GPT demons and work through as many of the arguments about this technology as possible. Convocation: Fjords Vol. 1 by Zachary Schomburg Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceT...
The Language of Terrorism with Chris Kavanagh
June 09, 2023 17:28 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBMy guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), junior co-host of the Decoding the Gurus podcast and second author on a range of topics related to human behavior. We discuss his recent publications and what they tell us about the risks of stochastic terrorism from different communities. Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Convocation: Fjords Vol. 1 by Zachary Schomburg Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com...
GPT-4 Alignment with Daniel Schauer
May 26, 2023 13:57 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBMy guest this week is Daniel Schauer, a lifelong computer nerd who currently works at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in their writing department to submit materials to the FDA but is here representing himself as a computer nerd with a bunch of fiddling experience with GPT-4. We discuss what GPt-4 can do especially with regard to ethical reasoning. Democratizing Music: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democratizing-music/id1546799293 Convocation: Warhammer 40k Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling P...
GPT-4 with Matt Browne
April 28, 2023 04:50 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBMy guest this week is Matt Browne (@ArthurCDent), professor of psychology at central Queensland, Australia, and senior co-host of the Decoding the Gurus podcast. We discuss how GPT-4 is a whole new thing compared to its predecessors, and the narratives aren't keeping up, including mine! I started playing with GPT-4 after this episode and honestly feel we downplayed it. More on that soon! Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Convocation: GPT-4 Music by GW Rodriguez ...
Ancient Aliens with Fredrik Trusohamn
April 14, 2023 04:50 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBMy guest this week is Fredrik Trusohamn (@DUAncientAliens) host of the Digging Up Ancient Aliens podcast, where he recently did a series on Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse materials on netflix. We discuss the overlaps in our research on Hancock and broader questions about the culture of racism and harmful conspiracism in the Ancient Aliens world. Fredrik's website: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/ Convocation: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five My UK Skeptic Mag article on Hanc...
Spiritual Emergence with Leah Prime
March 31, 2023 04:50 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBMy guest this week is Leah Prime (@leahprime) host of The Invisible Night School, author at sub stack, and working on a project called We Own the Night: The Legacy of Art Bell and Coast to Coast AM. Leah does work in exotic states of conscious and Spiritual emergence and AI ethics in tech. We discuss High Weirdness/Strangeness, spiritual emergence, conspiracism, and the tightrope of skepticism. Leah's site: https://bio.site/leahprime Convocation: Webb (https://link.springer.com/referencewo...
High Weirdness with Erik Davis
March 19, 2023 14:40 - 1 hour - 60 MBMy guest this week is Erik Davis (@erik_davis), author of High Weirdness and many other worthwhile reads on counterculture topics. We discuss the history of High Weirdness and how it has shaped our modern world for better and for worse. Erik Davis: https://techgnosis.com/ https://www.burningshore.com/ Convocation: Erik Davis Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcas...
Conspiracism Leadership with Ben Dow
March 03, 2023 05:45 - 1 hour - 62.5 MBMy guest this week is Ben Dow (@benjaminjdow), a professor of practice at Southern Methodist University with a focus in management studies. He recently sent me several papers he worked on with other folks about conspiracism and leadership, and we discuss what those papers suggest about the role of conspiracism in modern politics and other organizations. Ben's website: https://www.smu.edu/cox/Our-People-and-Community/Faculty/Benjamin-Dow Convocation: H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy Mu...
Conceptually Engineering Luck with Matthew Cull
February 19, 2023 16:26 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBMy guest this week is Matthew Cull (@MaattCuull), a philosopher postdoc at the University of Edinburgh, with an interest in social philosophy, particularly debates around the concept of conceptual engineering. We discuss the debate between classic approaches to defining terms and conceptual engineering. We also discuss whether my pedagogy of luck counts as conceptual engineering or not. NOTE ON VIP CONTENT FOR THIS WEEK: Sadly, we had some issues with the bonus content and Matt and I decide...
Antisemitic Conspiracism with Joshua Stein
February 03, 2023 05:50 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBMy guest this week is Joshua Stein (@thephilosotroll), a postdoc in philosophy at Georgetown. His interests include social ontology, political philosophy, collective responsibility, and today’s topic, antisemitic conspiracism. We discuss Ye's recent public spiral and what it says about the future of right wing politics. Joshua's Website: Convocation: Sartre Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www....
Defending the Public with Yassine Meskout
January 20, 2023 05:50 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBMy guest this week is Yassine Meskhout (@ymeskhout), a Public defender and infrequent host of The Bailey podcast. Yassine argues for anarchy perspectives also writes on substack and for Jesse Singal’s newsletter on topics related to the criminal justice system as well as some culture war issues. His articles include “Eleven Magic Words” and “I am here because of dumb luck”. Yassine's website: https://ymeskhout.substack.com/ Convocation: Ayn Rand Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philo...
Stoic Social Justice with Jonathan Church
January 06, 2023 05:50 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBMy guest this week is Jonathan Church (@jondavidchurch), a chartered financial analyst, government economist, and author. His recent books include Reinventing Racism: Why White Fragility is the wrong way to think about racial inequality, and Virtue in an age of identity politics: A stoic approach to social justice. From my perspective his works aim to provide substantive critiques of current approaches to marxism and social justice, or “Wokeness” my term not his, while also criticizing the w...
Feminism, Woke Religiosity, and Trans Rights with Helen Lewis
December 23, 2022 05:50 - 1 hour - 83 MBMy guest this week is Helen Lewis (@helenlewis), a staff writer at the Atlantic and author of the book Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights. Helen has a project with the BBC coming out December 19th about internet gurus. We discuss her book, her article on wokeness as a religion, and debates around trans rights and gender self-ID. Helen's Substack: https://helenlewis.substack.com/ Convocation: Difficult Women Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: http...
EV - 257 Atheist Experiences with Matt Dillahunty
December 09, 2022 05:50 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBMy guest this week is Matt Dillahunty (@Matt_Dillahunty), longtime activist for skepticism and atheism and former host of The Atheist Experience. Matt has engaged in public debates on contentious issues like religion and reproductive rights with contentious individuals like Ray Comfort and Jordan Peterson. We discuss his 16 year stint on the Atheist Experience and how the culture wars have impacted our community during that time. Matt's Patreon Feed: https://www.patreon.com/AtheistDebates ...
EV - 256 Deep Reckonings with Stephanie Lepp
November 26, 2022 13:02 - 1 hour - 69.1 MBMy returning guest this week is Stephanie Lepp (@stephlepp), a conceptual artist and the incoming executive director at the Institute for Cultural Evolution. We discuss her recent project, Deep Reckonings, a series of videos using deep fake technology to imagine what it would look like if famous individuals apologized for harms they've caused. Note: We recorded this episode twice in an attempt to have a productive conversation worth listening to. While I believe this final version is worth ...
EV - 255 Soft Compatibilism with Alfred Mele
November 12, 2022 20:05 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBMy guest this week is Alfred Mele, the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmesiter Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University, and author several books on free will, most recently Free Will: An Opinionated Guide. Mele argues for a soft compatibilism, claiming he's not convinced by either the compatibilist or incompatibilist positions, but feels the first is more likely to be true. We discuss the arguments for this position and whether it's livable. Free Will: An Opinionated Guide: https:/...
EV - 254 Woke Antisemitism with David Berstein
October 28, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBMy guest this week is David Berstein (@DavidLBernstein), author of Woke Antisemitism. In the book he argues that wokeness poses a threat to Jews because it promotes an illiberal society and the view that Jews are white oppressors. We discuss the merits and potential pitfalls of his argument. Woke Antisemitism: https://jilv.org/book/ Convocation: Fanon Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmed...
EV - 253 The Gadfly Papers with Todd Eklof
October 14, 2022 04:51 - 1 hour - 84.7 MBMy guest this week is Reverend Todd Eklof, author of The Gadfly Papers: Three Three inconvenient essays by one pesky minister. Rev Eklof was removed from fellowship with the Unitarian Universalist church as a result of complaints made by members of the church in response to his dissemination of The Gadfly Papers at a Unitarian Universalist Alliance in Spokane in 2019. We discuss his claims the UUA has succumb to safteyism and PC culture in a way that undermines the core UU principles of ques...
EV - 252 Animal Welfare with Dell Onnerth
September 30, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBMy guest this week is Dell Onnerth (@moarcowbelle), a longtime friend of the show who I finally got to meet in person at the American Atheists con. They own their own dairy farm, as well as working other jobs to afford that farm. We discuss the concept of animal welfare, comment attempts to define it and how modern agriculture is measuring up. Convocation: https://crohnsmonster.com/2013/06/03/what-you-risk-by-telling-your-story/ Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: ...
EV - 251 Mindfulness for Mensches with Jesse Rabinowitz
September 15, 2022 16:50 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBMy guest this week is Jesse Rabinowitz, a clinical psychologist and creator of Mindfulness for Mensches. We discuss his decades of experience using gestalt mindfulness in clinical psychology and how that's culminated in Mindfulness for Mensches. Mindfulness for Mensches: https://www.menschitude.com/ Convocation: Fritz Perls Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast....
EV - 250 Raised by Nazis with Brittany Page
September 02, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBMy guest this week is Brittany Page (@brittanyepage), a psychotherapist and co-host of the I Doubt it Podcast. We discuss her experience growing up in a neo-nazi family and how that impacts her work in psychology and politics. Convocation: Aryan Nation poem Music by GW Rodriguez I Doubt it Podcast: https://dollemore.com/ Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patre...
EV - 249 What We Owe The Future with Will MacAskill
August 19, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBMy guest this week is Will MacAskill, an associate professor in philosophy and research fellow at the global priorities institute at the University of Oxford. Will is one of the founders of the effective altruism and 80,000 hours, as well as a proponent of longtermism. His new book is “What we owe the future”. We discuss developments in longtermism and challenges like being co-opted or leading to undervaluing of present persons. Convocation: MacAskill What We Owe the Future: https://www.am...
EV - 248 Out and Proud Atheism in the Military with Ian Czora
August 05, 2022 04:50 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBMy guest this week is Ian Czora, a technical trainer who works as for a company that develops and deploys satellite technology primarily for the military. We discuss his experience as an atheist both in and working with the military system. We also talk about Wine. Convocation: Aaron's twisted psyche Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patre...
EV - 247 Philosophy of Conspiracism with M R. X. Dentith
July 15, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 66 MBMy guest this week is M R. X. Dentith (@conspiracism), a philosophy professor at BNUZH’s Center for international philosophy, with a focus on conspiracy theories, secrecy, and fake news. They’re also cohost of the podcaster’s guid to the conspiracy and have a recent paper out in Synthese open access called Suspicious conspiracy theories. We discuss debates around the definition of "conspiracy theory" and the challenges we face trying to quantify and address the growth of conspiracism in the ...
EV - 246 TikTok Atheism with Captain DadPool
July 01, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBMy guest this week is Captain DadPool (@Captain_DadPool), an Iraq war vet and TikTok atheist. We discuss his de-conversion, how he got into the world of TikTok, and why it seems like a valuable platform for atheist outreach. This episode unintentionally ended up being the second in an informal three part series of chats with former conservative christians who went into the military and also are now liberal atheists. I found the overlaps and differences between the stories really interesting....
EV - 245 Doubting Conservatism with Jesse Dollemore
June 17, 2022 17:22 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBMy guest this week is Jesse Dollemore (@Dollemore), host of the Dollemore Daily on youtube and cohost of the I Doubt it Podcast with Brittany Page. We discuss his experiences growing up in a conservative anti-governmental household, joining the military, and his transition from conservative to liberal activist. Convocation: Hunter S. Thompson YouTube feed: https://www.youtube.com/user/dollemore I doubt it podcast: https://t.co/vztGfOamBN Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers...
EV - 244 Semantics of Consciousness with Jacy Reese Anthis
June 09, 2022 11:56 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBMy guest this week is Jacy Reese Anthis (@Jacyanthis), a PhD student in machine learning at the University of Chicago, and the co-founder of the Sentience Institute. We discuss his recent paper arguing for a semantic solution to the hard problem of consciousness. Convocation: Tom Robbins Consciousness Semantics paper: https://twitter.com/jacyanthis/status/1507400426869694476?s=20&t=7ZHx-cYZvz9QUhMJPig_sQ Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.lib...
EV - 243 Back to Camp Quest with Sarah Miller
June 02, 2022 13:15 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBMy guest this week is Sarah Miller, Executive Director of Camp Quest. We discuss the camp's goals of providing outdoor summer experiences free of religious indoctrination, and how that project looks in a post pandemic world. Convocation: Aaron's personal experience Camp Quest: https://campquest.org/ Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patre...
EV - 242 Sensemaking with David Fuller
May 26, 2022 04:45 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBMy guest this week is David Fuller (@fullydavid), a journalist who’s made documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC and co-founded the Rebel Wisdom content platform. We discuss sensemaking and rebel wisdom, both the positives in terms of personal growth and the negatives in terms of potentially higher risk of conspiracism. Rebel Wisdom: https://rebelwisdom.co.uk/ Discussion with Aaron and Jim Rutt on Rebel Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nNk7fvxiGM An Easter Miracle article: https:...
EV - 241 Persisting White supremacy in movement secularism with Mandisa Thomas
May 19, 2022 10:36 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBMy guest this week is Mandisa Thomas (@mandy0904), founder and president of Black Nonbelievers. We discuss her recent American Atheist convention talk and the backlash it received. Black Nonbelievers: https://blacknonbelievers.org/ Convocation: Audre Lorde Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid If you enjoy the show...
EV - 240 Meta-analysis skepticism with Jonathan Jarry
May 12, 2022 12:30 - 1 hour - 59.6 MBMy guest this week is Jonathan Jarry (@crackedscience), a science communicator with McGill University’s Office of Science and Society, and cohost of the independent podcast The Body of Evidence. We discuss his article about common problems with meta-analyses and how to approach trying to understand controversial science claims. We also discuss anti-COVID Jade amulets and in the VIP room we talk the ethics of unfollowing me on twitter. Jonathan's website: https://t.co/e2xUQ4ClQw Meta-analys...
EV - 239 Open discourse in movement secularism with Seth Andrews
May 05, 2022 10:55 - 1 hour - 66 MBMy guest this week is Seth Andrews (@SethAndrewsTTA), host of the thinking atheist podcast and author of several books including most recently Christianity Made Me Talk Like an Idiot. We discuss freedom of expression and concerns about woke cancel culture in secular communities. Seth's podcast: https://www.sethandrews.com/ Impossible Conversations episode: https://www.thethinkingatheist.com/podcast-1/episode/79244081/impossible-conversations-the-best-and-worst-of-woke-culture Convocation:...
EV - 238 Movement secularism and far-right cultural collapse narratives with Martin Rooke
April 28, 2022 12:39 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBMy guest this week is Martin Rooke (@DrMRooke), a research fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School who’s currently studying the evolution of the far-right “cultural collapse” narrative. We compare notes on the role of movement secularism in the recent rise in those narratives. Martin's Substack: https://eftr.substack.com/ The Center for Technology and Social Change: https://shorensteincenter.org/programs/technology-social-change/ Convocation: Kristin Kobes DuMez Music by GW Rodriguez Sibli...
EV - 237 Defining "religion" with Chris Kavanagh
April 21, 2022 12:23 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBMy returning guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), a cultural anthropologist and co-host of the Decoding the Gurus pod. We discuss competing accounts of how to define "religion" and their implications for church and state conflicts. Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Chris's article about defining religion: https://aeon.co/essays/can-religion-be-based-on-ritual-practice-without-belief Convocation: Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog Music by ...
EV - 236 Reengaging LGBTQ nonbelievers with Callie Wright
April 07, 2022 04:49 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBMy guest this week is Callie Wright (@calliegetsit). We discuss the recent history of movement secularism and why it's struggling with a reputation issue amongst LGBTQ communities. Callie's podcast: http://www.queersplaining.com/ Convocation: Julian Ayala Music by GW Rodriguez Sibling Pods: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid If you enjoy the show,...