Philosophers In Space
270 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 214 ratingsWelcome 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.
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The Pod Generation and Naturalness
April 08, 2024 21:14 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBDear listeners, there are few joys as wonderful as providing y'all with unknown little gems filled with quirky body horror and a deep commitment to the bit. This movie made my transhumanist orifices quiver with joy. Enjoy our discussion of the extremely mid concept that is "naturalness". The Pod Generation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15768848/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at ...
Monolith and Viral Memetics
March 22, 2024 13:57 - 1 hour - 93.9 MBListeners, have we got a story for you. Two Lovecraftian podcasters so far up their own allegorical asses they do a podcast about a movie about a podcaster doing a Lovecraft. It's meta all the way down folks, so naturally we're talking memetics and the ethics of content creation. Enjoy! Monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_(2022_film) Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at...
Sense8 and TERFs
March 08, 2024 23:35 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBWe're keeping the theme going from Barbie with some weird mind connection gender stuff! We discuss the first two episodes of Sense8 and what they show us about the philosophy of TERFs, how that might be different from gender critical, and what the future is that TERFs seem to want. Enjoy! Sense8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: htt...
Barbie
February 23, 2024 15:38 - 1 hour - 86.6 MBIs Barbie really a Barbie girl? And in what way is this really a Barbie world? How do we assess whether life in plastic really is fantastic, not to mention the questionable principles of consent inherent in the idea that you can undress her everywhere. Most importantly, is Barbie feminist, and if so, what kind of feminist? These earworm questions and more on this weeks instalment of Alienating your Audience! Enjoy! Children of Memory: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Memory-Adrian-Tchaikov...
Children of Memory and Objective Personhood pt.1
February 02, 2024 12:59 - 1 hour - 83.2 MBWe're childish, we sorta have memories. What more do you need?! This book, you need this book. Holy birdbrains, a beautiful third installment in easily one of the best sci-fi series of all time. Meet our new friends the "uplifted" corvids and learn about the mystery of Imir as we learn about the mystery of personhood and why we're never gonna be done figuring out what it is! Children of Memory: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Memory-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316466409 Listener Survey: htt...
Listener Qs 36
January 13, 2024 16:41 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBWe diiiiiiid it! I knew we could do it. And y'all made it possible. So thanks again, and see you back in the abnormal show! 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/ ...
Q and A 35
January 05, 2024 16:19 - 1 hour - 105 MBYou Q'd, we A'd. The pact is renewed for another cycle. May the void have mercy on all our nonexistent souls. Thanks for your sacrifice! 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/985828...
Silo and Conspiracy
December 29, 2023 14:56 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBWelcome to the Apple TV Silo! Why are we trapped in this strange and artificially limited space? Why can't anyone learn about the before times or openly worry that we're not getting the full story? Why do we all accept this illusion of freedom while being kept in cages? I'm for sure talking about the plot of this show and not the current state of online prescription streaming. And We're fore sure talking about conspiracy theories and why talking about them makes us all sad if we do it right....
Gideon Pt 3 and Anti-Meritocratic Pedagogy
December 16, 2023 14:01 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBPart three of our trip to BONE TOWN! Time for all our hot space lesbians to come together and learn that teamwork makes the dream work. We're discussing anti-meritocractic pedagogy, but lets all be honest, you're here for the pool scene discourse. Gideon the Ninth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_the_Ninth Dramatis Personae: https://thelockedtomb.tumblr.com/post/639866100132315136/gideon-the-ninth-names Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0C...
Gideon Pt 2 and Meritocratic Pedagogy
December 01, 2023 06:43 - 1 hour - 89.1 MBPart two of space nun boogaloo! It's the first day of elite necromancer school and the mean girls are immortal litches who are THERE for the drama. Whatever your preferred gender performance arrangement for a love triangle, we got it. Also, a scathing critique current educational approaches and how they drive everyone to toxic burnout and conspicuous production. Also, very sexy soul draining. Sorry, philosophy, focus. Don't think about the pool scene in part three don't think about the pool ...
Gideon pt1 and Queer Theory
November 21, 2023 00:19 - 1 hour - 94.1 MBFuck yes mother fuckers, grab your girly mags and hide your corpse brides, it's fucking Gideon time people. You know that that means? Fucking boning! Bones for days. Just an endless sea of bones and bone related humor. Truly, this is one of the best series of all time and I cannot wait to inflict it on all of you. Enjoy our discussion of queer theory, cause shit's about to get hella-gay. Gideon the Ninth: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon_the_Ninth Queer Theory: https://en.wikipedia.o...
Helsreach and Grimdark Gamergate
November 05, 2023 17:33 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBIn the grim dark future, there is only show notes. Are you MAN enough to pick up an absurd set of sentences and hold the line alongside literally overwrought walking metaphors? We're covering Helsreach, a fan made movie in the Warhammer 40k universe, and discussing both the philosophy of Grimdark and the interestingly related philosophy of Gamergate. We discuss why 40k is one of the last major holdouts in the Gamergate wars. Helsreach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2WGE1L6WKs Grimdar...
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy and Meaningful Needs pt. 2
October 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBWell, at last we've come to our not super long or honestly all that taxing journey. We asked some hard questions that we felt no obligation to answer. We banged some hot blacksmiths and blew off our obligations to play with the phytoplankton. If this isn't the good life, there probably isn't one. Enjoy Prayer for the Crown-Shy pt. 2 and consider what real need for meaning still exists. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250236234/aprayerforthecrownshy Listene...
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy and Anarcho-Primitivism pt.1
October 09, 2023 01:06 - 1 hour - 88.6 MB::pocket computer pings:: Greetings siblings! Your favorite It and They are coming back to town and we know what you need. WHOLESOMECORE! We got your quirky robit questions, your quaint little inlets, your wicked hot space blacksmiths. Oh yeah, and we got anarcho-primitivists trying to tell us exactly how much of anything to have. So pull up a cushion, grab your favorite tea, and learn to accept that a meaningless life is just as good as a meaningful one. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: htt...
Dual and Flourishing in a Dehumanizing Society
September 22, 2023 04:05 - 1 hour - 88 MBWhat would you do if a slightly better version of you tried to steal your life, and you were legally allowed to fight them to the death? Can you tell yourself you wouldn't, you'd do something better? You'd let them kill you? Welcome to the world of Dual, where we're gonna talk about what it means to lead a good life in a dehumanizing society, or any society really! What do you owe to your future selves, your past selves? Anything? If you don't what does that mean for your ongoing projects of...
Listener Qs 34
September 05, 2023 02:19 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBThe only thing we like better than Ws is As. Huge Ships of Theseus full of As just rolling up on your ear holes like they never skipped leg day. Thanks for the support Ferda! 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): ...
Listener Qs 33
September 05, 2023 02:17 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBQQQQQQQQs! and AAAAAAAAAs! You love to hear it! Thank y'all so much as always for supporting the show. 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: philosop...
Bluey “Rug Island” 2.10 and “Camping” 1.43 and Play
August 11, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBLets 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 ...
Cabinet of Curiosities ep7: The Viewing and Intersectional High Weirdness
August 01, 2023 16:38 - 1 hour - 84.3 MBWell, 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.q...
Brand New Cherry Flavor Episodes 1-4 and Cronenbergian High Weirdness
July 14, 2023 05:01 - 1 hour - 84.4 MBBrand 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...
A Color Out of Space and Lovecraftian High Weirdness
July 07, 2023 19:57 - 1 hour - 93 MBSure 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 u...
A Scanner Darkly and PKD High Weirdness pt1
June 17, 2023 14:52 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBYou 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 ...
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Objects pt2
June 02, 2023 23:17 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBWhat 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: ht...
A Psalm for the Wild-Built and Solarpunk pt1
May 19, 2023 13:42 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBDear 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...
Lawnmower Man and Dis Crit with Elizabeth Barnes
May 05, 2023 01:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBYears 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...
Star Trek: Discovery and Panpsychism
April 20, 2023 05:00 - 1 hour - 85.4 MBMushrooooooms! 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 ama...
The Things and Varieties of Uplifting
April 07, 2023 07:03 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBSince 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...
Children of Ruin pt3 and The Problem of Unity
March 24, 2023 14:13 - 1 hour - 83.6 MBCurled up in a ball shaking and crying muttering to myself "there are no ends, there is always another adventure. There's always more novelty out there." Seriously, what a ride, loved all of this and hope y'all do to. We're wrapping up Children of Ruin and discussing how it's nice to come together, but not too much together. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_of_Ruin Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, chec...
Children of Ruin pt2 and Radically Distributed Cognition
March 10, 2023 14:01 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBEverybody get loose and do the excited Paul dance, cause it's OCTO TIME! We got a tiny taste of the tentacles in pt1 but this ep is all about our favorite squishy little escape bois. We discuss their beautiful weirdness and introduce the also truly wonderful Creature from Nod, and explore how these entities push the boundaries of our ability to comprehend forms of distributed cognition radically different from our own. ALSO! We hit our puppy hangout goal! So that will be starting this mont...
Children of Ruin pt1 and What It's Like to be a Portid
February 24, 2023 04:45 - 1 hour - 80.2 MBYesssssss, we're out of the Q and A wormhole and back into the Childrenverse, where the humans are terrible, the world building is amazing, and all the uplifted critters can totally give consent. We are starting our three part adventure through book two of the Children of Time series. PLEASE READ CHILDREN OF TIME FIRST! And ideally go back and listen to our episodes on it, cause Adrian is the master of using every part of the worldbuilding. For this first part we discuss the problem of figur...
Listener Qs 32
February 03, 2023 13:28 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBHi friends, sorry for the slightly late post. Been a busy week for ethics. 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, check out his amazing podcast with Lindsey Osterman: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Faceb...
Listener Qs 31
January 20, 2023 04:50 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBThank you all for the wonderful questions and your continued support. We're so excited for what's to come! 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, check out his amazing podcast with Lindsey Osterman: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter:...
Andor ep7-12 and the Flavors of Anti-fash
January 13, 2023 04:50 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBNO YOU'RE CRYING! We're coping with the emotional abuse that is the second half of Andor and talking about the flip side of the fash coin, your anarchisms and what not. I'm gonna go sit in the dark and think about the monologues from episode 12 and wonder what's a functional version of bricking a fash. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing po...
Pylon Pledge Drive!
January 05, 2023 04:13 - 3 minutes - 4.12 MBHey friends! To properly kick off our patron pledge drive, we've put together a little pylon promo audio. Hope y'all are enjoying all the changes and we really appreciate your continued listenership as we retrofit the show for season two goodness. If you feel like you could join our community for as little as $2 a month, we'd love to have you on board! https://www.patreon.com/0G Cheers, Aaron and Callie
Andor ep1-6 and the Flavors of Fash
December 30, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 64 MBHey, you look like a down-on-your-luck subject of a harmful government, could I interest you in a fun little heist story? We'll talk a bit about all the kinds of overbearing governments and I promise this totally won't end in you signing up for a revolution or anything. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9253284/ 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.filme...
Lower Decks: Strange Energies and Humanism
December 16, 2022 04:50 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBWriting show notes is the one true godlike power. The ability to shape the experiences of others, to craft a world that they run headlong into. It's pure strange energies. This week we're taking our first dip into Lower Decks, arguably the best of all Star Trek shows. we're covering season 2, episode 1, "Strange Energies", and exploring the humanist roots of Trek. Embrace the words of the show notes master! Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9207540/ Listener Survey: https://...
0G200: Crimes of the Future and Artistic Burnout
December 02, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBJust wild that this show has reached 200 episodes. 200 episodes worth of boxes and bug anuses. We've had a great run, hopefully folks will be happy with the coming changes. For our send off episode we cover the most recent Cronenberg creation and discuss what it says about art, authentic human connection, and the need to grow and try new things. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14549466/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedliv...
0G199: Orville: New Horizons episode 8 and Culture War Child Soldiers
November 19, 2022 01:03 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBFrom the personal to the political, we discuss the moral ups and downs of New Horizons' take on the culture wars. Are child soldiers good as long as the cause is just enough? Is it better to get wiped out doing the right thing or team up with space TERFs to fight space robo-nazis? All these question, plus a big announcement! Content: https://www.imdb.com/news/ni63699397 Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Suppor...
0G198: Orville: New Horizons episode 5 and childhood gender autonomy
November 04, 2022 15:02 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBIf you had told me 10 years ago that we'd be having this level of Star Trek adjacent content AND it would be getting super serious into issues of gender affirming care for young individuals AND AND Seth McFarlin was in charge, I probably would have been a bit nervous. But trust me, don't be nervous on this one, now that they're not under the thumb of Big Fox, they can get woke and explore the identity universe together. So today we're covering ep5 of the New Horizons season of Orville, and d...
0G197: Everything Everywhere All at Once and Modal Luck pt 2
October 21, 2022 06:50 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBBringing it all together, and putting it on breakfast carbs! Alphaverse Jess is back to get us through the second half of the story, with all its weirdness, and we talk formal philosophy with the modal theory of luck, and pick up some previous show threads on cultural literacy and the view from nowhere. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Pa...
0G196: Everything Everywhere All at Once pt1
October 07, 2022 06:50 - 1 hour - 61.5 MBThis ones a lot, it really is everything all at once, so we brought in some help. From the Alpha verse, the multidimensional paterfamilias Jesse Rabinowitz joins us to discuss the Buddhist philosophy behind EEAAO. In part one we discuss the first half(ish, it's a lot) of the movie and the problem of Everything. In part two we'll discuss their "solution". Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6710474/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.f...
0G195: The Boys Season Three and Hobbes' Leviathan
September 23, 2022 03:45 - 1 hour - 66.9 MBSeason two of the boys was some of the most messed up content I'd ever seen, until the first three episodes of season three. It's all brilliant, but yeah, hard to imagine a more Hobbesian Leviathan than Homelander. Homelander's Leviathan. Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com...
0G194: The Boys Season Two and White Christian Nationalism
September 09, 2022 12:31 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBTHE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN. THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN! Sorry, couldn't resist that one. We're back, and we're talking one of our favorite shows, The Boys! This episode we're focused on the Stormfront arc in season two, some of the best writing ever put to tv. We cover how perfectly the season unpacks the problem of white christian nationalism. Enjoy! Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1190634/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.film...
0G193: Archive and Advanced Philosophy of Digital Personhood
August 26, 2022 06:50 - 1 hour - 59.5 MBThe last of our digitally uploaded selves will now wind down for your listening pleasure. Our biological selves will again meet to create new digital versions, but for these ones, their time in stasis will be followed by a brief flash of existence before a return to the long dark. We discuss Archive and all the weird Frankensteiny possibilities and horrors beyond human comprehension we're likely gonna build because we can't just accept the sweet embrace of death for ourselves and our loved...
0G192: Consider Phlebas and Galactic Just War pt.3
August 12, 2022 06:50 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBWe survived, and yet like all Culture protagonists we've been fundamentally changed by the experience. Can we return to the safety and normalcy of other sci-fi after this? Will we eventually succumb to ennui and ask to be frozen in stasis until Banks is reincarnated and starts writing again? Guess we'll have to do another culture book to find out. In the meantime, here's a discussion of what happens when you try to just war theory at a scale that precludes the idea of mere survival as an obj...
0G191: Consider Phlebas and Philosophy of Scale pt.2
August 10, 2022 13:21 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MBA book so big we barely manage to cover even a piece of it in three episodes. Don't be deceived by the vaguely unsatisfying nature of the narrative on first reading, this book is a culture ship packed with philosophy. In part two our minds reel as we attempt to grasp the scale of the Culture and the space it inhabits. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Su...
0G190: Consider Phlebas and Critiquing the Culture pt.1
July 22, 2022 06:50 - 59 minutes - 54.4 MBA book so big we barely manage to cover even a piece of it in three episodes. Don't be deceived by the vaguely unsatisfying nature of the narrative on first reading, this book is a culture ship packed with philosophy. We start out, as the book does, with an attempt to steelbot the argument against the culture. Content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consider_Phlebas Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ ...
0G189: Three Robots Exit Strategies and Billionaire Preppers
July 08, 2022 06:50 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBCongrats, you've been selected to be a servant in my billionaire bunker. You'll be required to get an implant that will explode if you try to hurt me, but other than that you'll be totally free to survive the apocalypse and live out the rest of your life feeding me and cleaning up after me. Doesn't that sounds amazing?! Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20192958/ Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/ Support u...
Listener Qs 30
June 24, 2022 06:50 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBThank you all for the wonderful questions and your continued support. We're still having fun so glad y'all are too! Editing by Luisa Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals: http://www.filmedlivemusicals.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 u...
Listener Qs 29
June 10, 2022 06:50 - 1 hour - 57 MBThank you all for the wonderful questions and your continued support. We're still having fun so glad y'all are too! Congrats, you've been selected to be a servant in my billionaire bunker. You'll be required to get an implant that will explode if you try to hurt me, but other than that you'll be totally free to survive the apocalypse and live out the rest of your life feeding me and cleaning up after me. Doesn't that sounds amazing?! Content: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20192958/ ...