EV - 161 CRT Diversity Training with Casey Petersen pt.1

My guest this week is Casey Petersen (@CaseyAPetersen), a research and development electrical engineer at Sandia National Labs who took issue with the diversity and racial awareness training at the National Labs. We discuss his video challenging Critical Race Theory and its use in diversity training and school curriculums.

 Casey's Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyNW9nlFDBk 

Study on bias perpetuation through AI lending: https://news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/mortgage-algorithms-perpetuate-racial-bias-in-lending-study-finds/

Brookings Age Racial Disparities in Covid Deaths: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/06/16/race-gaps-in-covid-19-deaths-are-even-bigger-than-they-appear/ 

Racial Disparities in Covid Deaths: https://voxeu.org/article/racial-disparity-covid-19-deaths 

Fryer Story: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/12/upshot/surprising-new-evidence-shows-bias-in-police-use-of-force-but-not-in-shootings.html 

Response to Fryer: https://scholar.harvard.edu/jfeldman/blog/roland-fryer-wrong-there-racial-bias-shootings-police 

DHS Violent White Supremacist Threat: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/08/politics/white-supremacy-dhs-draft-assessment/index.html 

DHS Violent White Supremacist Definition: https://www.dhs.gov/publication/reference-aid-us-violent-white-supremacist-extremists 

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Recent Appearances: I was on The Philosophy Guy podcast discussing whether Social Justice is a Religion (it's not). https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/92

Next week: CRT in Federal Diversity Training with Casey Petersen pt.2

EV - 160 Vaxxer Conspiracies with Matt Browne

My guest this week is Matt Browne (@ArthurCDent), a psychology professor at central Queensland Australia and cohost of the new Decoding the Gurus podcast. We discuss conspiracy theories within the Anti-vaxxer community and what they can tell us about a world inundated with conspiracy theories.

Matt's Vaccination Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29863949/

Decoding the Gurus: https://decoding-the-gurus.captivate.fm/

Convocation: Richard Hofstadter's The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Harper Magazine 1964

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Recent Appearances: I was on The Philosophy Guy podcast discussing whether Social Justice is a Religion (it's not). https://thephilosophyguy.fireside.fm/92

Next week: CRT in Federal Diversity Training with Casey Petersen

Rebroadcasting ETV101+102: Social Progress in the Void with Bo Winegard pt.1

My guest this week is Bo Winegard, Assistant Professor at Marietta College, cohost of the psyphilopod podcast, and frequent contributor to Quillette. We've engaged in several disagreements on twitter and thought it could be valuable to debate some of these issues on the show. We focused our debate on the question "should society attempt to promote social progress by changing human nature". The argument is naturally wide ranging.

Invocation: The Tower of Babel

Bo's article on Progressivism and the West: https://quillette.com/2019/03/09/progressivism-and-the-west/

Psyphilopod: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psyphilopod/id1446215479

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: Part two of my discuss with Bo.

Rebroadcasting ETV11+12: Trump's Malignant Narcissism

Taking a two week break to commune with the void. In the meantime enjoy this double wide rebroadcast of our discussion of Trump's narcissism and diagnosing at a distance.

Here's a link to the DSM-5 definition of narcissism:
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder/basics/symptoms/CON-20025568

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Next week: Rebroadcast ETV101+102 Social Progress in the Void with Bo Winegard

EV - 159 Racial Capitalism with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

My guest this week is Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò (@OlufemiOTaiwo), assistant professor at Georgetown university with an interest in pan African community action. We discuss a recent exchange that he and Liam Bright had with Michael Wazler on the issue of Racial Capitalism.

Wazler's article: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-note-on-racial-capitalism

Liam and Femi's response article: https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/a-response-to-michael-walzer

Femi's website: http://www.whyeverythingcostsmoney.com/

Convocation: John Holloway, Crack Capitalism

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Next week: Rebroadcast ETV11 Trump's Narcissism with Jesse Rabinowitz

EV - 158 The Tragedy of the Epistemic Commons with Kevin Dorst

My guest this week is Kevin Dorst (@kevin_dorst), a philosopher at Oxford University and University of Pittsburg with a particular interest in polarization and irrationality. We discuss why current polarization involves elevated levels of demonization and if there's any way to break out of this spiral.

Kevin's Website: https://www.kevindorst.com/ 

Convocation: The Tower of Babel

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Next week: Racial Capitalism with Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

EV - 157 GPT-3 with Raphaël Millière

My guest this week is Raphaël Millière (@raphamilliere), a philosopher of mind and cognitive science at Columbia university’s Center for Science and Society. We discuss the new natural language processor GPT-3 and it's potential benefits and risks to various parts of society.

Raphaël's website: http://raphaelmilliere.com/

Convocation: GPT-3's Manifesto of Void Art

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Next week: The tragedy of the Epistemic Commons with Kevin Dorst

EV - 156 Convergence vs. Consensus Liberalism with Marcus Schultz-Bergin

My guest this week is Marcus Schultz-Bergin (@schultzbergin), a teaching professor in philosophy at Cleveland State University who’s interests include ethics and political philosophy. Marcus is also a former colleague of mine from the Colorado State masters program. We discuss different kinds of Liberalism and what the view can still bring to the table.

Marcus's Website: http://schultzbergin.xyz/

Convocation: Simón Bolívar

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Next week: GPT-3 with Raphaël Millière

EV - 155 Reviewing Cynical Theories with Sam Hoadley-Brill

My guest this week is Sam Hoadley-Brill (@deonteleologist), a grad student in philosophy at CUNY Graduate Center with interests in moral, social, and political philosophy. We discuss his forthcoming review of Cynical Theories by James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose.

Convocation:  Terry Pratchett

Helen Longino "Cognitive and Non-Cognitive values in science": https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-1742-2_3

Alison Wylie "Why Standpoint Matters": https://philpapers.org/rec/WYLWSM 

Charles Mills "Black Rights/White Wrongs": https://www.amazon.com/Black-Rights-White-Wrongs-Transgressing/dp/0190245425

Charles Mills "Black Radical Kantianism": https://simpsoncenter.org/sites/simpson/files/Charles-Mills-Black-Radical-Kantianism.pdf 

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Recent Appearances: Friend of the pod Thomas Smith had me on SIO to discuss the recent revelations around the ownership of New Discourses's, James Lindsay's laundering operation for for far right talking points and conspiracy theories. If you're lost on what this is about check out ETV150 first. https://seriouspod.com/sio250-james-lindsays-new-discourses-funded-by-far-right-christian-nationalist/

Next week: Consensus Liberalism with Marcus Schultz-Bergin

EV - 154 Better know Richard Rorty with Adrian Rutt

My guest this week is Adrian Rutt  adjunct at Cleveland state, editor at Liberal Currents, and the manager of the Rorty Stan Account on twitter (@Adrian_Rutt). Adrian helps me to better understand Richard Rorty and his roll in all of this ::gestures wildly at the culture war::

Convocation:  Richard Rorty

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Next week: Cynical Theory with Samuel Hoadley-Brill

EV - 153 Filial Piety and Abuse with Janelle Shiroshita-Wawrzyniak

My guest this week is Janelle Shiroshita-Wawrzyniak. We discuss Confucian views about filial piety and what that virtue means for people who come from abusive households.

Convocation:  Joshua Ray Derke

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Next week: Better Know Richard Rorty with Rorty Stan Account

EV - 152 Criminal justice reform with Barry Lam

My guest this week is Barry Lam (@ProfBarryLam), host of Hi-Phi Nation (@HiPhiNation). We discuss philosophy of justice and his recent coverage of criminal justice reform.

Hi-Phi Nation: https://hiphination.org/ 

Convocation: Jindrich Styrsky, Emilie přichází ke mně ve snu

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Next week: Filial piety in abusive households with Janelle Shiroshita-Wawrzyniak

EV - 151 Critical Studies in the Current Climate with Johnathan Flowers

My guest this week is Dr. Johnathan Flowers (@shengokai). Dr. Flowers teaches a range of topics at Wooster State university including asian and africana philosophy and aesthetics when he gets the chance. We discuss the role that critical studies is and should be playing in our current period of social transition. 

Convocation: General Iroh

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 Next week: Criminal justice reform with Barry Lam

EV - 150 Sovereign Nations and the Grievance Hoaxers

Welcome to a very special episode 150! No guest this week, it's sadly a solo episode where I take a deep dive down a dark rabbit hole that I've been stuck in for some time. I hope y'all find this valuable in understanding the culture wars.

Convocation: Yeats

Referenced Materials:

https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker/status/1183297385830797313

https://sovereignnations.com/2019/08/09/grievance-scholars-trojan-horse-social-justice-faith-academics/

https://sovereignnations.com/2020/05/13/alchemy-health-equity/

https://sovereignnations.com/2020/06/30/trans-civilization-cult/

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 Next week: Critical Studies in the Current Climate with Jonathan Flowers

EV - 149 White Fragility with Rod Graham

My guest this week is Rod Graham (@roderickgraham), Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Old Dominion University. We discuss Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility and why it's so hot right now.

White Fragility: https://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/viewFile/249/116  

Rod's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RoderickGraham

Convocation: Litany against fear from Dune

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 Next week: Sovereign Nations and the Grievance Studies Hoaxers

EV - 148 Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.2

My guest this week is Reid Nicewonder (@ReidN), president of Street Epistemology International (@501c3forSE) and host of Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel (@CordialCurious). We continue our discussion of street epistemology, its connections to the grievance studies folks, and social justice.

SE International: https://streetepistemologyinternational.org/

Letterwiki referenced: https://letter.wiki/conversation/166 

Convocation: Barnett Newman

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 Next week: White Fragility with Rod Graham

EV - 147 Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.1

My guest this week is Reid Nicewonder (@ReidN), president of Street Epistemology International (@501c3forSE) and host of Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel (@CordialCurious). We discuss street epistemology, its connections to the grievance studies folks, and social justice.

SE International: https://streetepistemologyinternational.org/

Letterwiki referenced: https://letter.wiki/conversation/166

Convocation: A Scanner Darkly by Philip K Dick

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 Next week: Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.2

EV - 146 Revising the Chinese Room with Daniel Estrada

My guest this week is Daniel Estrada (@eripsa), a Lecturer at the New Jersey Institute of Technology where he teaches on engineering ethics, AI, and philosophy of mind. We discuss his critiques of the Chinese room and why he prefers Lady Lovelace's objection to Turing.

Daniel's Website: https://www.madeofrobots.com/

Invocation: Aaron's Chinese Room

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 Next week: Social Justice and Street Epistemology with Reid Nicewonder pt.1

EV - 145 Void Crossing with James Croft

My guest this week is James Croft (@CroftSpeaks), host of the Ethics and Chill podcast and the leader of the Ethical Society of St. Lewis. We try to say profound things about coping with the void through pop culture content, but mostly it's a lot of jokes about Animal Crossing and some advice on how to get that cult money.

Ethics and Chill: https://ethicsandchill.org/

Ethical Society of St. Lewis: https://ethicalstl.org/

Invocation: Animal Crossing

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 Next week: Confucian Filial Piety in Abusive Families with Janelle Shiroshita-Wawrzyniak

EV - 144 Conservative Postmodernism with Matt McManus

My Guest this week is Matt McManus (@MattPolProf), a professor of philosophy  at TEC De Monterrey. Matt is the Solo or co-author of Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson and The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism. We discuss his understanding of postmodernism and how he thinks it can sometimes fruitfully be applied to the right as well.

Myth and Mayhem: A Leftist Critique of Jordan Peterson: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085WB8FXF/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

The Rise of Postmodern Conservatism: Neoliberalism, Post-Modern Culture, and Reactionary Politics (Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07X5KX2BY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Matt's Website: https://left2right.webflow.io/

Invocation: They Might Be Giants Whistling in the Dark

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 Next week: Pop Culture Void Coping with James Croft