Embrace The Void

My guest this week is Cory Clark (@ImHardcory), a visiting scholar in social psychology at University of Pennsylvania and cohost of Psyphilopod. We discuss her work studying belief in free will across political groups and its relationship to the desire to assign moral responsibility. Convocation: Ann Radcliffe - "A Sicilian Romance" Cory's Website: https://www.coryjclark.com/ Editing by Lu Lyons,...

My guest this week is Phrost (@Phrost), founder of the Bullshido website for debates among martial artists. We discuss his approaches to debating guys with fragile masculinity issues. 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://0gphilo...

My guest this week is Lillian Cicerchia (@LILCICERCH), a postdoc in social philosophy at Free university of Berlin and cohost of What’s left of philosophy pod. We discuss her work on social economy and she helps me parse the relationship between agency talk in theory work and free will talk in analytic philosophy. Convocation: A Scanner Darkly postscript Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing...

My guest this week is William Paris (@WilliamMParis), the Frank B Weeks Visiting Assistant Professor at Wesleyan,  starting assistant professor as University of Toronto, and cohost of the What’s Left of Philosophy podcast. We discuss the role of utopia in the work of Du Bois and how it allows the possible to permeate the actual. Convocation: Utopia by Thomas More Editing by Lu Lyons, check ou...

My guest this week is Néstor de Buen (@nestor_d), a new chicago MA graduate and a writer who has been published at Merion West and Quilette. We discuss Equity vs. Equality and how poorly the distinction has faired in the culture wars. Convocation: Rick Riordan, The Red Pyramid Equity vs. Equality Article: https://nestor-d.medium.com/on-equity-and-equality-of-outcome-7fae6b3c3942 Grievance Hoaxer A...

My guest this week is Kirbmarc (@kirbmarc), who recently helped me understand better the ties between paleoconservatism and parts of the anti-woke movement. We discuss several individuals related to the dark enlightenment, including Nick Land and Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin.  Convocation: Menscius Moldbug  Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! htt...

My guest this week is Gil Morejon (@gdmorejon), an adjunct at Dupal and co-host of the What’s Left of Philosophy Podcast. We discuss his work on Deleuze and Spinoza concerning determinism and joyous revolution.  Convocation: Deleuze What's Left of Philosophy podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/whats-left-of-philosophy/id1544487624   Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing p...

My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part one we discussed his articles on starmanning, selfishness, and merit. In part two we cover his articles on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter. Convocation: Yehuda Berg Angel's website: http://angeleduardo.com...

My guest this week is Angel Eduardo (@StrangelEdweird), a writer, musician, photographer, and designer in NYC who has been published in Aero, CFI, and Newsweek. In part one we discuss his articles on starmanning, selfishness, and merit. In part two we'll cover his article on the power of words and his article on the Harper's Letter. Convocation: Rock and Roll Suicide by Bowie Angel's website: http...

My guest this week is Joshua Blanchard (@philoshua), a visiting assistant professor in philosophy at Oakland University with a focus in ethics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion. We discuss his paper "The Problem of Unwelcome Epistemic Company" and how it might bear on our internet lives. Convocation: Patricia Highsmith Joshua's Website: https://www.joshuablanchard.net/ Problem of Unwelcome...

My guest this week is Matthew Remski (@matthewremski), an expert in cults and cohost of the Conspirituality podcast. We discuss how cults have evolved radically in the online world and what it means for culture war, politics, and our own little ironic cult. Convocation: Anonymous Matthew's Website: http://matthewremski.com/wordpress/ Conspirituality's Website: http://conspirituality.net/ Editing b...

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 Prin...

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:...

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_Al...

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...

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://defaultv...

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   Reference...

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:...

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: B...

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: ht...

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...

My guest this week is my good friend and Philosophers in Space cohost Thomas Smith. He joins me to help thank all the ETV patrons for their support and general chillness as the show continues to evolve. Y'all are the best, the void wouldn't exist without you. Convocation: Wareframe Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing podcast Filmed Live Musicals! http://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/podcast.ht...

My returning guest this week is Eiynah (@NiceMangos), host of the Polite Conversations and Woking Up podcasts. We follow up on the State of the IDW episode with a deep dive on Sam Harris. Eiynah makes some solid arguments that we shouldn't give Harris too much credit for his recent symbolic break with the IDW. Polite Conversations: https://soundcloud.com/politeconversations Woking Up: https://soun...

My returning guest this week is C Thi Nguyen (@add_hawk), a philosophy professor at University of Utah with a special interest in gaming and porn. We discuss porn, cheap talk, value capture, conspiracy theories and just so much other stuff. Highly recommend listening back to C Thi's first episode as we basically pick up where we left off there: https://voidpod.com/podcasts/2019/6/19/ev-094-echoes-...

My guest this week is Chris Kavanagh (@C_Kavanagh), a cognitive anthropologist/social scientist and cohost of the Decoding the Gurus podcast. We assess the state of the Intellectual Dark Web post election and discuss why conspiracy theories appear to be rampant in the IDW. Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/ Invocation: Alan Moore Editing by Lu Lyons, check out her amazing...