Embrace The Void

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EV - 213 Warspeak with Michael Grenke Oct 15, 2021

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My guest this week is Dr. Michael Grenke, a tutor at St John’s College and author of the introduction to the recently released Warspeak: Nietzsche’s victory over nihilism. We discuss Nietzsche's worldview, the risks and insights in that view, and how we wrestle with nihilism and meaning in the modern world.

Warspeak: https://www.amazon.com/Warspeak-Nietzsches-Victory-over-Nihilism/dp/1895131499

Convocation: Nietzsche

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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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: Liberal Currents with Adam Gurri

EV - 212 The Conspiracy Handbook with John Cook Oct 08, 2021

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My guest this week is John Cook (@johnfocook), a research fellow at Monash Climate Change Committee Research Hub, author of the book Cranky Uncle Vs. Climate Change and coauthor of The conspiracy Handbook. We discuss the common features of conspiracies and the challenges of applying this analysis in the modern world.

Conspiracy handbook: https://www.climatechangecommunication.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/ConspiracyTheoryHandbook.pdf

Convocation: Christopher Hitchens

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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Recent Appearances: Aaron was on The Rewired Soul podcast discussing all sorts of fun stuff: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bonus-embracing-the-void-with-aaron-rabinowitz/id1566130091?i=1000535921668

Next week: Warspeak with Michael Grenke

EV - 211 Applied Effective Altruism with Alex Arnett Sep 30, 2021

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My guest this week is Alex Arnett, a longtime friend of the show who recently did some serious applied effective altruism. We discuss his experience.

Live Kidney Donations: https://www.kidneyregistry.org/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwwNWKBhDAARIsAJ8Hkhd-35ozChkW5Wcq_ybNfyO63FsaExgbta4OoiFSrNonLwettyE011kaAgg4EALw_wcB

Convocation: William McCaskill

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: Warspeak with Michael Grenke

EV - 210 Naturalness with Alan Levinovitz Pt2 Sep 24, 2021

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My guest this week is Alan Levinovitz (@AlanLevinovitz), a professor of religion and science at James Madison University and the author of Natural: How Faith in Nature’s goodness leads to harmful fads, unjust laws, and flawed science. We discuss the role of naturalness in our political debates.

Alan's Website: https://www.alanlevinovitz.com/

Convocation: John Burroughs

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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If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent Appearances: Got some stuff coming soon but have me on to chat in the meantime!

Next week: Live Kidney Donation with Alex Arnett

EV - 209 Naturalness with Alan Levinovitz Pt1 Sep 17, 2021

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Alan's Website: https://www.alanlevinovitz.com/

Convocation: Mark Edwards

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: Got some stuff coming soon but have me on to chat in the meantime!

Next week: Naturalness with Alan Levinovitz Pt.2

EV - 208 White Christian Nationalism with Philip Gorski Sep 10, 2021

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My guest this week is Philip Gorski (@GorskiPhilip), a professor of sociology at Yale and co-author of the forthcoming book The Flag and the Cross. We discuss white christian nationalism, why the white part really matters, and what this growing problem means in American Politics?

Philip's website: https://www.philipgorski.com/

Convocation: The Empty Man

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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Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4

Next week: Naturalness with Alan Levinovitz Pt.1

EV - 207 Qanon After Q with Travis View Sep 03, 2021

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My guest this week is Travis View (@travis_view), co-host of the Qanon Anonymous Podcast. We discuss conspiracism tracking, epistemic poverty tourism, and what comes next for Qanon Anonymous now that Q has gone silent.

Qanon Anonymous: https://www.qanonanonymous.com/

Convocation: Luke 8.17

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: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4

Next week: White Christian Nationalism with Philip Gorski

EV - 206 Longtermism with Tyler John Aug 20, 2021

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My guest this week is Tyler John (@tyler_m_john), head of research at Longview Philanthropy. We discuss Effective Altruism and in particular Longtermism as an approach to ethics.

Tyler's Website: https://tmjohn.wixsite.com/tylermjohn

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 Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent Appearances: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4

Next week: Qanon after Q with Travis View

EV - 205 Pseudoscience Conspiracism with Melanie Trecek-King Aug 13, 2021

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My guest this week is Melanie Trecek-King (@Thinkingpowers), a teacher at a community college who teaches a course on distinguishing between science, non-science, bad science, and pseudoscience. She also developed a website devoted to same issues called Thinking is Power. We discuss the challenges of pedagogy in the post truth world and how to help students learn how to think vs. what to think.

Melanie's website: https://thinkingispower.com/

Convocation: Void Original

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: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4

Next week: Longtermism with Tyler John

EV - 204 The Immoral Non-Believer Stereotype with Will Gervais Aug 06, 2021

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My guest this week is Will Gervais, (@wgervais), an assistant professor of social psychology and senior lecturer at the center for culture and evolution at Brunel University London. We discuss his work studying the persistent stereotype that non-believers are less morally reliable and how this stereotype plays a role in the continued marginalization of non-believers.

Will Gervais: http://willgervais.com/

Convocation: Mehmet Murat ildan

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: Aaron and former guest Sam debated some anti-CRT folk and it was a barn burner! Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBumyFsVfP4

Next week: Pseudoscience Pedagogy with Melanie Trecek-King

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