Today, Aaron and GW discuss relevant topics like the terribleness of Black Face, and why you shouldn't blindly trust 23andMe. We look at not only the privacy issues, but the philosophical issues with a DNA database.
Open Invocation:
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
Hero of the Week???:
Philosophers in Space / Embrace The Void Facebook group
And now the continuation of our interview with Massimo.
Opening Invocation:
Evan Matthews and Ben Oldham
Hero of the Week:
Why we shouldn't use the word Hero.
In this installment we bring on a very special guest Massimo Pigliucci to discuss Stoicism. He has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee.
Opening Invocation:
Seneca, On Earthquakes
Time for another installment of our Better Know a Philosopher serise. We dive into Judith Jarvis Thomson, author of the famous Trolly Problem thought experiment and has an interesting thought experiment on abortion.
Opening Invocation:
Absurdist Existentialism
Hero of the Week:
Teachers
This week we're joined by Marie D'Elephant from Everyone's Agnostic Podcast. Marie talks about leaving her religion and how that impacted her to this day. We also discuss a myriad of topics relating to religion, death, and polyamory.
Opening Invocation:
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here by Weezer
Hero of the Week:
Marie's cat (and our pets in general)
A Quiet Place vs Birdbox. Aaron and GW evaluate each of these very void'y movies in terms of their believability, how they approached essentially the same story differently, and go over parts that may be problematic in some ways.
Opening Invocation:
Shardik thanks to Eric Brewer and Shannon Slayton
Hero of the Week:
Nancy Pelosi
We ring in the new year with Jon from the Wayward Willis Podcast as we discuss a range of topics surrounding religion. We focus quite a bit on Jon's experience growing up in a very Christian household, and then later raising a child in a secular household.
Hero of the Week:
People Losing Their Heros
Aaron and GW review the cult classic Cabin In The Woods. The satire and tentacles make it a prime Voidy movie.
Opening Invocation:
Mary Elizabeth Frye (last couplet lovingly added by Aaron)
Hero of the Week:
Greta Thunberg
Continuing with Peter Coffin.
Opening Invocation:
The Resistible Rise of Auturo Ui
Hero of the Week:
Nadia Murad
This is part one of a two part episode with Peter Coffin. A YouTube Documentarian, Author, and self-proclaimed Marxist. We first dive into capitalist systems, the open source movement, humans as labor, the state vs. the government, pokemon as a commentary on society, and so much more.
Opening Invocation:
Gestalt Buddhism
Let's get to know Epicurus who is definitely not Epictetus. This is the first time we've taking a close up look at one of the old Greek philosophers.
Opening Invocation:
South Wales Wassiling folk custom
Hero of the Week:
Luo Xixi
We're joined by the esteemed Michael Marsh Marshall of the Be Reasonable podcast. Aaron and Marsh dive into many areas including: the Socratic method, placebo affect, skepticism, and cannibalism.
Opening Invocation:
The Holocaust
With GW not being around, Bethany Furtrell joins Aaron to talk about the election results. They also talk about Aaron's woes of Monster Island and how the finical crisis is about to start its reunion tour.
Opening Invocation:
Kobe Bryant
Hero of the Week:
Eileen and Todd
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 Lecture
QueerMeals
Opening Invocation:
Angel
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:
Fallout
Hero of the Week:
Stacy Abrams (Running for Georgia's Governor)
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 Void
Hero of the Week:
Brian Banks
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 Pihl
Hero of the Week:
Renia
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 Question
Hero of the Week:
The Philosopher Queens
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-men
https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=fss_papers
Opening Invocation:
Suggested by: Daniel Source: "The Book of Disquiet" by Pessoa
Hero of the Week:
Dr. Christine Blasey Ford
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:
Aaron
Hero of the Week:
Octopuses on MDMA