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EV - 183 Moderate Conservatism with Stephen Dause Mar 12, 2021

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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

Middlebury demilitarization of white bodies: https://www.middlebury.edu/events/event/middleburys-opportunity-facilitate-demilitarization-white-bodies

Woke Elementary School Activity: https://christopherrufo.com/woke-elementary/

David French on Critical Theory: https://frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/on-the-use-and-abuse-of-critical

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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If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: Here's pt2 of my debate with Casey Petersen on Trump's CRT EO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB2DC-l0U3E

Next week: Modern Culting with Matt Remski

EV - 182 De-escalating the Culture War with Jay Shapiro Mar 05, 2021

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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: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

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If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: Here's pt2 of my debate with Casey Petersen on Trump's CRT EO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB2DC-l0U3E

Next week: Moderate Conservatism with Stephen Dause

EV - 181 Culture War Metaphysics with Oliver Traldi Feb 25, 2021

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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.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

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

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If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: I debated former guest Casey Petersen about Trump's Critical Race Theory Executive Order. Here's part 1, pt 2 should be out soon: https://twitter.com/ETVPod/status/1360923952705638405?s=20

Next week: Pragmatic Christianity with Hayden Bruce

EV - 180 Critical Legal Theory with Spencer Bradley Feb 19, 2021

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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/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!

If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Next week: Culture War Metaphysics with Oliver Traldi

EV - 179 The Hermeneutics of Food and Drugs with Joey Tuminello Feb 12, 2021

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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: Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories

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 enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: I was on Daniel Schauer's podcast discussing pod life and failing to identify my own microphone https://www.dsmagic.us/democratizing-music-podcast-episodes/zon9318xu1tlzzvsqia4qjh0g0nybg

Next week: Critical Legal Theory with Cafésinister

EV - 178 What Even is Metaphysics? with Donnchadh O' Conaill Feb 05, 2021

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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.J. Warnock is English Philosophy Since 1900 (OUP, 1969)

Donnchadh's article on Monism - Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Peter Strawson's Individuals

Convocation: Aristotle's Metaphysics

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!

If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Next week: Farm Forward/Better Food with Joseph Tuminello

EV - 177 Secular vs Religious Ethics with Rabbi Josh Yuter Jan 29, 2021

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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.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

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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!

If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Next week: Metaphysics with Donnchadh O' Conaill

EV - 176 Wrestling with Conspiracy Theories with Dr. Ami Palmer Jan 22, 2021

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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.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.html

Music by GW Rodriguez

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

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

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If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk Monster Island. Show some cult love! https://dissonancepod.libsyn.com/episode-547-aaron-rabinowitz-v4c-2019-part-9?tdest_id=124104

Next week: Social media conspiracies with Ami Palmer

EV - 175 Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop with Jennifer Foster and Cassie Finley Jan 15, 2021

Show notes

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-bring-philosophy-philosophy-twitter/

Convocation: Amber Naslund

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!

If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk Monster Island. Show some cult love! https://dissonancepod.libsyn.com/episode-547-aaron-rabinowitz-v4c-2019-part-9?tdest_id=124104

Next week: Social media conspiracies with Ami Palmer

EV - 174 American Pragmatism with Joseph Clark Jan 08, 2021

Show notes

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.com/Jeffrey_Howard_

Jeffery Howard's podcast: https://erraticus.co/damn-the-absolute-podcast/

Convocation: William James

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!

If you enjoyed this and want to discuss more, start a conversation with me here: https://letter.wiki/AaronRabinowitz/conversations

Recent Appearances: Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk Monster Island. Show some cult love! https://dissonancepod.libsyn.com/episode-547-aaron-rabinowitz-v4c-2019-part-9?tdest_id=124104

Next week: Cogtweeto Philosophy Workshop Series with Jennifer Foster and Cassie Finley

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