In service to our all-mighty listeners, this one's for you. We bring up a few listener questions to discuss, reevaluate our Patreon, and change how we do our hero of the week.
Opening Invocation:
Green Lantern
Hero of the Week:
Perman Hardy
Which financial donation model for Embrace The Void would you prefer?
http://www.strawpoll.me/14583227
Today we have a very special guest, and friend of the show, Abe. We discuss his journey and experience as a former edge lord and follower of Carl Sargon, and Milo Yiannopoulos. Examining what types of arguments convinced him, and what it was that got him to change his mind.
Opening Invocation
Philosophy of Personhood
Hero of the Week
Women from Project Veritas that tried to tell a fake Roy Moore story to The Washington Post
This episode we have a special guest: Dr. Kristi Winters. Starting from the basics we define the term which has been getting a lot of use lately: intersectionality. Diving into what it is and how it can help us understand the societies we live in.
References:
On Suicide
Weapons of Math Destruction
Dr. Kristi Winters:
https://www.youtube.com/user/drkmwinters
Opening Invocation:
Get Out
Hero of the Week:
Evangelical Pastors supporting Roy Moore
The world is on fire, and we didn't start it. Today we talk about some recent news regarding the recent indictments and update everyone with our doomsday predictions. In our main segment we dive into tribalism and talk about the good and the bad.
References:
Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them by Joshua Greene
Hero of the Week:
2 Mass-murdering douche canoe's
Opening Invocation:
Norse Mythology
In today's episode we explore what Buddhism is, and how the philosophy is the roots for a lot of void philosophy. We talk about the "self", Buddhist monks, why kneeling lives matter, why has nobody dealt with Flint, and what group is all to blame.
Cold Open:
Stopping by the Void on a Snowy Evening
With apologies to Robert Frost
By Anthoni Fortier
Hero of the Week:
Graham-Cassidy bill
In this weeks podcast, we're joined by Ris and Bethany of the Inciting Incident Podcast. Here we discuss what a purist position is, how it relates to politics and social issues, and how it can be damaging. We compare it to a pragmatist point-of-view.
Also, GW had a bad mic cable so some of the audio quality sucks. Send hate mail to GW via voidpod@gmail.com.
Joss Wheadon speeches
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDmzlKHuuoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn866ryQ5RY
Hero of the Week:
Joel Osteen