Embrace The Void
Embrace The Void
Welcome friends, to a podcast for a darker timeline. Maybe the darkest of all timelines. Definitely not one of the good timelines. Maybe it’s always been a dark timeline, maybe the Hadron collider screwed us over. Science may never know. What we do know is that we live in the void. The void, a place where a chittering mass of void crabs can infest a person suit and win the presidency. The void, a place where we're just clever enough to know that climate change is happening, but not quite clever enough to do anything about it. The void seems terrible and cruel, but it loves you, in its own ironic way.
Episodes
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Nov 19, 2018 • 1h 3min
EV - 068 TERF's and Trans Athleticism
Today we are lucky to have Dr. Rachel McKinnon to talk about the term TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) and Trans Athletes. Rachel, herself, is a philosopher who's very qualified to speak about TERF, and is a world class cyclist who knows an immense amount about Biology as it relates to non-cis athletes.Trans Athletes LectureQueerMealsOpening Invocation:Angel
Nov 2, 2018 • 56min
ETV - 067 Better Know Mary Wollstonecraft
Today episode we dive into Mary Wollstonecraft, a philosopher from the enlightenment period. We look at her writings and take a macro look at how her work set the pace for later feminist writings leading up to the suffrage movement. Opening Invocation:FalloutHero of the Week:Stacy Abrams (Running for Georgia's Governor)
Oct 25, 2018 • 1h 4min
EV - 066 You Done Messed Up A-Aron!
he wonderful world of pedagogy. In this episode we discuss different teaching philosophies, class models, grading, and education systems. Both Aaron and GW dive into their personal teaching techniques.Opening Invocation:Underoath - The Created VoidHero of the Week:Brian Banks
Oct 18, 2018 • 1h 1min
EV - 065 Voidy Outcasts
Today we're joined by Felicia Entwistle where Aaron struggle to pronounce her name. If that isn't enough reason to listen to this episode, well we also talk about her work with Utah Outcasts.Opening Invocation:Torsten PihlHero of the Week:Renia
Oct 12, 2018 • 56min
EV - 064 Better Know: Simone de Beauvoir
In our latest installment of Better Know a Philosopher we talk about Simone de Beauvoir. A French philosopher who lived during the Suffrage movement and had interesting ideas about Feminism.Opening Invocation:Source: Thomas Smith's QuestionHero of the Week:The Philosopher Queens
Oct 6, 2018 • 1h 3min
EV - 063 Unreasonable Doubt
Today we bring on the host of Habeas Humor Podcast, Charone Frankel. We discuss the philosophy of "beyond a reasonable doubt". Is it appropriate? What does it actually mean?References:https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-02/trump-says-it-s-a-very-scary-time-in-america-for-menhttps://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=fss_papersOpening Invocation:Suggested by: Daniel Source: "The Book of Disquiet" by PessoaHero of the Week:Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
Sep 28, 2018 • 58min
EV - 062 Innocence in the Void
Presumption of innocence in the law vs. society. He said, she said, but apparently only "he" is telling the truth?In this episode we go to where the rubber of philosophy meets the road of our daily lives. We discuss the Judge Kavanaugh hearings from a philosophical angle, and of course, more about octopi.Opening Invocation:AaronHero of the Week:Octopuses on MDMA
Sep 20, 2018 • 57min
EV - 061 This Is Where The Suffering Begins
We are once again fortunate enough to bring on Jesse Rabinowitz for this discussion on Mind Body Dualism. This time we jump right into the weeds so think you can't see the tails from the Velociraptors.Opening Invocation: Jesse
Sep 13, 2018 • 40min
EV - 060 Better Know Angela Davis
For this months segment of Better Know A Philosopher, we talk about Angela Davis. A highly dynamic figure who's still making speeches and continuing her activist path from the Black Panthers, to Occupy Wall Street.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSIm2RXN4oOpening Invocation:"The Book of Disquiet" by PessoaHero of the Week:This thing: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bnpv85/the-emerging-fetish-of-laying-alien-eggs-inside-yourself
Sep 6, 2018 • 1h 1min
EV - 059 A Philosopher Named Desire
For this weeks episode we welcome on Alonzo Fyfe, a philosopher and proponent of Desirism. We discuss this ethical model and how it relates to morality.References: Desirism Facebook Atheist Ethicist DesirismOpening Invocation: Ben ThompsonHero of the Week: John McCain
