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EV - 224 Teaching During a Moral Panic with Heather Redmond Leise Dec 31, 2021

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My guest this week is Heather Redmond Leise, my civics teacher from Atlee High School. We discuss her 2+ decades teaching high school and her experiences with the rise of the CRT moral panic in Virginia.

Convocation: Langston Hughes

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=RSgy

Music by GW Rodriguez

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Recent Appearances: I was on Beyond Atheism talking about moral realism for non-believers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dZHGosvPM

Next week: Reconsidering Reparations with @OlufemiOTaiwo

EV - 223 Stoic Activism with Kai Whiting Dec 24, 2021

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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: Seneca

Kai's work: https://stoickai.com/

Music by GW Rodriguez

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Recent Appearances: I was on Beyond Atheism talking about moral realism for non-believers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dZHGosvPM

Next week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

EV - 222 American Shade with Brittany Talissa King Dec 17, 2021

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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 King

American 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-b39e5d676f72

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 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=M8dZHGosvPM

Next week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

EV - 221 Better Know Sowell with Brandon Bradford Dec 10, 2021

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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 Sowell

Four 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.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pod Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

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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=msCXuy7S75M

Next week: CRT in Virginia schools with Heather Redmon Leise

EV - 220 Addressing Moral Panics with Rod Graham Dec 03, 2021

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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-immoral

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/

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Next week: Post-tribal Black Identity with Brittany Talissa King

EV - 219 Online Shaming with Krista Thomason Nov 26, 2021

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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-8

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/

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Next week: Resisting Moral Panics with Rod Graham

EV - 218 Addiction and Cancelation with Chris boutté Nov 19, 2021

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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: Poe

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/

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Next week: Online Shaming with Krista Thomason

EV - 216 Freedom with Toby Buckle Nov 05, 2021

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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: Goethe

Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

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Next week: Neo-Rationalism with George Hemington

EV - 215 Detransition Research with Jesse Singal Oct 25, 2021

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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.2020.0437

Criticism of Turban: https://medium.com/@JLCederblom/the-lukewarm-perjury-of-jack-turban-a85903109051

USTS 2015 Transgender survey: https://www.ustranssurvey.org/reports?fbclid=IwAR2uVJUhljZ1SQcVaLNAHCjtHqzuz-VrEXUzQiq139hB39i2oJk-YaIDWh0#USTS

Turban (2020): https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2020/01/21/peds.2019-1725/tab-e-letters?versioned=true

Jesse's thread announcing Littman: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1450504856666509317?s=20

Littman (2021): https://t.co/F9eKSCcbUj?amp=1

Twitter thread from Littman (2021) participant: https://twitter.com/reclaimingtrans/status/1450528282038898692

Twitter thread showing recruiting info for Littman (2021): https://twitter.com/ImplausibleGrrl/status/1261328400360275970

DysphoricWomen 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-new

Complete 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.0214157

Littman's defense of her methods: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10508-020-01631-z

Convocation: George Takei

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/

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Next week: Freedom with Toby Buckle

EV - 214 Liberal Currents with Adam Gurri Oct 22, 2021

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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: Zizek

Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

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Next week: Gender Affirming Treatment for Trans Youth with Jesse Singal