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EV - 115 Automation and Utopia with John Danaher Nov 07, 2019

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My guest this week isJohn Danaher, author of Automation and Utopia: Human Flourishing in a World Without Work. We go long to do a deep dive into every word in that title, and a few other topics as well. I really enjoyed John's book and highly recommend it to folks interested in the map of possible futures.

Automation and Utopia: https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674984240

Invocation: Aaron's fevered mind

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

Music by GW Rodriguez

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Next week: Zhuangzi and Scientific Realism with Aaron Novick

EV - 114 Neuro-Yogacara with Bryce Huebner Oct 31, 2019

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My guest this week is Bryce Huebner (@distributedcog), a Provost's Distinguished Associate Professor in Philosophy at Georgetown University. We discuss the distributed nature of cognition from both an analytic and Yogacara buddhist perspective, plus we talk meditation and metal!

Bryce's personal page: https://brycehuebner.weebly.com/

Yogacara: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogachara

Invocation: Rachel Sontag, House Rules

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Next week: Automation and Utopias with John Danaher

EV - 113 Expressivist Kantianism with Florence Bacus Oct 24, 2019

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My guest this week is Florence Bacus (@morallawwithin), a grad student in the Tufts terminal masters program and an impressive consumer of great philosophical works. We discuss some of her recent work on epistemology as well as a deep dive into Kantian ethics and expressivist metaethics, with the tantalizing idea that maybe they're compatible in some way.

Florence's Curious Cat page: https://curiouscat.me/morallawwithin

Invocation: Avatar, the Last Airbender

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

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Next week: Automated Utopias with John Danaher

EV - 112 Leftist Martial Arts with Sam Yang Oct 17, 2019

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My guest this week is Sam Yang (@StuffFromSam), cohost of the Southpaw podcast and a strong advocate for more leftist philosophy in the world of marital arts. We grapple with the challenges in that Joe Rogan dominated community. Sam does a great job pinning down some tricky points.

Southpaw Podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/must-triumph/southpaw-2

Invocation: Jean-Luc Godard (suggested by the great Michael Morenko)

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Next week: Kantian Expressivism with Florence Bacus

EV - 111 Plato v Aristotle v Nagel with Fabien-Denis Cayer Oct 11, 2019

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My guest this week is Fabien-Denis Cayer (@OldAristocles), a PHD student at the University of Ottawa and a writer at buriedincontemplation.com. He joins me to dive deeper into our discussions on Plato, Aristotle, and Nagel. All favorites!

Fabien's work: https://buriedincontemplation.com/

Invocation: The Changing Room

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Music by GW Rodriguez

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Next week: Leftist martial arts with Sam Yang

EV - 110 Community Atheism with Stephanie Zvan Oct 03, 2019

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My guest this week is Stephanie Zvan, cohost of the Minnesota Atheists’ radio show and podcast, a regular contributor at The Orbit, and a board member of Secular Woman and Minnesota Atheists. She graciously cheers me up about the direction of the atheist movement.

The Orbit: https://the-orbit.net/

Invocation: The Book of Genesis

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Next week: Plato, Aristotle, and Nagel with Fabien-Denis Cayer

EV - 109 Human Biodiversity with Kevin Bird Sep 26, 2019

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My guest this week is Kevin Bird (@itsbirdemic), a PhD student in evolutionary systems biology. Kevin helps guide me through the level of hell that is learning about the Human Biodiversity "Movement". Careful what you say about this one on twitter. They're listening.

Kevin's Website: https://kevinabird.github.io/

Invocation: Lovecraft's "Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family"

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

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Next week: Skeptical community organizing with Stephanie Zvan

EV - 108 Logical Positivism with Dr. Liam Bright Sep 19, 2019

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My guest this week is Dr. Liam Bright, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the London School of Economics and a thought leader on philosophy twitter (@Lastpositivist). Liam joins me for an informal installment in our "better know a philosopher series" where he puts in a heroic effort to rehabilitate my dim view of the Logical Positivists.

Liam's Page: https://www.liamkofibright.com/

Study on replication and political bias: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/330935931_Is_the_Political_Slant_of_Psychology_Research_Related_to_Scientific_Replicability

Invocation: Carnap

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

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Next week: Human Biodiversity with Kevin Bird (@itsbirdemic)

EV - 107 Gender Wars in the Void with Dr. Rachel McKinney Sep 12, 2019

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This week I'm joined by Dr. Rachel McKinney, Program Director for Politics, Philosophy & Economics at
Suffolk University and Assistant Professor in Philosophy at Suffolk University. Dr. Mckinney studies the relationship between language, knowledge, and power. She also deals with the realities of communication every day debating the issue of trans rights and the science of gender on twitter. We discuss how these interests connect and dive into the historic background of the gender critical/TERF position.

Dr. McKinney's Website: https://sites.google.com/site/rachelannmckinney/

Follow Dr. McKinney on Twitter @rachiestar

Invocation: Nietzsche

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

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Next week: Logical Positivism with Liam Bright

Aaron's Sydney Skeptics Moral Luck Talk Sep 07, 2019

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Hey friends, here's the audio from my talk in Sydney at Skeptics in the Pub. We've got video but it needs a bit of editing together so in the meantime hope you enjoy. Thanks again to Sydney skeptics in the pub for having me, and if anyone else is interested in a skeptics themed ethics talk send me a message through a social media!

Editing by Brian Ziegenhagen, check out his pod: http://youarehere.libsyn.com/s02e02-rex-manning-day?fbclid=IwAR2L2_YIJvQpcw0nx6nTSfz0GmyJ1DtWsF--vvdI9W1ug3XW7IAtU6dQ36s

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