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Publisher |: Embrace The Void

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Comedy,; Philosophy,; Religion & Spirituality,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Comedy,; Philosophy,; Religion & Spirituality,; Society & Culture

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.

Premiere Date |: 2017-03-08
Related Hashtags |: #DeepVoidNine,; #VoidArt,; #VoidGen,; #VoidPets,; #VoidPhilosophy
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: Yes

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275 Available Episodes (275 Total) / Average duration: 01:04:36

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Apr 14, 2023

01:02:04

My guest this week is Fredrik Trusohamn (@DUAncientAliens) host of the Digging Up Ancient Aliens podcast, where he recently did a series on Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse materials on netflix. We discuss the overlaps in our research on Hancock and broader questions about the culture of racism and harmful conspiracism in the Ancient Aliens world.

Fredrik's website: https://diggingupancientaliens.com/

Convocation: Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Slaughterhouse-Five

My UK Skeptic Mag article on Hancock: https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2023/02/netflixs-ancient-apolocalypse-hosted-by-graham-hancock-from-alien-conspiracies-to-antisemitism/

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances:

Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk about Antisemitic Conspiracism: https://www.dissonancepod.com/episode-675-talking-antisemitism-with-aaron-rabinowitz/

Aaron and Callie from Philosophers in Space and Queersplaining were recently on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover allllll lthe bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/

Next Episode: GPT4 with Matt Browne

Mar 31, 2023

01:04:42

My guest this week is Leah Prime (@leahprime) host of The Invisible Night School, author at sub stack, and working on a project called We Own the Night: The Legacy of Art Bell and Coast to Coast AM. Leah does work in exotic states of conscious and Spiritual emergence and AI ethics in tech. We discuss High Weirdness/Strangeness, spiritual emergence, conspiracism, and the tightrope of skepticism.

Leah's site: https://bio.site/leahprime

Convocation: Webb (https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4614-6086-2_770)

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances:

Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk about Antisemitic Conspiracism: https://www.dissonancepod.com/episode-675-talking-antisemitism-with-aaron-rabinowitz/

Next Episode: Ancient Apocalypse with Fredrik Trusohamn

Mar 19, 2023

01:05:32

My guest this week is Erik Davis (@erik_davis), author of High Weirdness and many other worthwhile reads on counterculture topics. We discuss the history of High Weirdness and how it has shaped our modern world for better and for worse.

Erik Davis: https://techgnosis.com/

https://www.burningshore.com/

Convocation: Erik Davis

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances:

Aaron was recently on Cog Dis to talk about Antisemitic Conspiracism: https://www.dissonancepod.com/episode-675-talking-antisemitism-with-aaron-rabinowitz/

Next Episode: Spiritual Emergence with Leah Prime

Mar 03, 2023

01:08:17

My guest this week is Ben Dow (@benjaminjdow), a professor of practice at Southern Methodist University with a focus in management studies. He recently sent me several papers he worked on with other folks about conspiracism and leadership, and we discuss what those papers suggest about the role of conspiracism in modern politics and other organizations.

Ben's website: https://www.smu.edu/cox/Our-People-and-Community/Faculty/Benjamin-Dow

Convocation: H.L. Mencken, A Mencken Chrestomathy

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances:

The only one that matters really: https://religionnews.com/2023/02/01/american-atheists-board-members-exit-dogged-by-misconduct-allegations/

Next Episode: High Weirdness with Erik Davis

Feb 19, 2023

01:10:13

My guest this week is Matthew Cull (@MaattCuull), a philosopher postdoc at the University of Edinburgh, with an interest in social philosophy, particularly debates around the concept of conceptual engineering. We discuss the debate between classic approaches to defining terms and conceptual engineering. We also discuss whether my pedagogy of luck counts as conceptual engineering or not.

NOTE ON VIP CONTENT FOR THIS WEEK: Sadly, we had some issues with the bonus content and Matt and I decided to just cut it this week. Apologies. More next week!

Matt's Website: https://matthewcull.wixsite.com/philosophy

Convocation: Hilary Putnam

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances:

The only one that matters really: https://religionnews.com/2023/02/01/american-atheists-board-members-exit-dogged-by-misconduct-allegations/

Next Episode: The Causes of Conspiracism with Ben Dow

Feb 03, 2023

01:09:31

My guest this week is Joshua Stein (@thephilosotroll), a postdoc in philosophy at Georgetown. His interests include social ontology, political philosophy, collective responsibility, and today’s topic, antisemitic conspiracism. We discuss Ye's recent public spiral and what it says about the future of right wing politics.

Joshua's Website:

Convocation: Sartre

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances: Had several recent appearances you should check out!

QED Skepticamp talk! Decoding a (((moral panic))) conspiracy meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKGA8-Da1E

I was on The Podcaster's Guide to The Conspiracy talking about philosophy of conspiracism: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7ra6d-130e8e8?utm_campaign=au_share_ep&utm_medium=dlink&utm_source=au_share

I was on Dan Norton's YouTube show discussing free will and luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg

Next Episode: Conceptual Engineering with Matt Cull

Jan 20, 2023

01:12:58

My guest this week is Yassine Meskhout (@ymeskhout), a Public defender and infrequent host of The Bailey podcast. Yassine argues for anarchy perspectives also writes on substack and for Jesse Singal’s newsletter on topics related to the criminal justice system as well as some culture war issues. His articles include “Eleven Magic Words” and “I am here because of dumb luck”.

Yassine's website: https://ymeskhout.substack.com/

Convocation: Ayn Rand

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances: Had several recent appearances you should check out!

QED Skepticamp talk! Decoding a (((moral panic))) conspiracy meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKGA8-Da1E

I was on Dan Norton's YouTube show discussing free will and luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg

Next Episode: Antisemitic Conspiracism with Joshua Stein

Jan 06, 2023

01:15:36

My guest this week is Jonathan Church (@jondavidchurch), a chartered financial analyst, government economist, and author. His recent books include Reinventing Racism: Why White Fragility is the wrong way to think about racial inequality, and Virtue in an age of identity politics: A stoic approach to social justice. From my perspective his works aim to provide substantive critiques of current approaches to marxism and social justice, or “Wokeness” my term not his, while also criticizing the way that anti-woke activists have overshot the mark..

Jonathan's Website: https://www.jonathandavidchurch.com/

Convocation: Aaron's void brain

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances: Had several recent appearances you should check out!

QED Skepticamp talk! Decoding a (((moral panic))) conspiracy meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKGA8-Da1E

I was on Dan Norton's YouTube show discussing free will and luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg

Next Episode: TBD!

Dec 23, 2022

01:30:39

My guest this week is Helen Lewis (@helenlewis), a staff writer at the Atlantic and author of the book Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights. Helen has a project with the BBC coming out December 19th about internet gurus. We discuss her book, her article on wokeness as a religion, and debates around trans rights and gender self-ID.

Helen's Substack: https://helenlewis.substack.com/

Convocation: Difficult Women

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances: Had several recent appearances you should check out!

QED Skepticamp talk! Decoding a (((moral panic))) conspiracy meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKGA8-Da1E

I was on Dan Norton's YouTube show discussing free will and luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg

Next Episode: Stoic Social Justice with Jonathan Church

Dec 09, 2022

01:09:02

My guest this week is Matt Dillahunty (@Matt_Dillahunty), longtime activist for skepticism and atheism and former host of The Atheist Experience. Matt has engaged in public debates on contentious issues like religion and reproductive rights with contentious individuals like Ray Comfort and Jordan Peterson. We discuss his 16 year stint on the Atheist Experience and how the culture wars have impacted our community during that time.

Matt's Patreon Feed: https://www.patreon.com/AtheistDebates

Convocation: Andor

Music by GW Rodriguez

Sibling Pods:

Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/

Filmed Live Musicals Pod: https://www.filmedlivemusicals.com/thepodcast.html

Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid

If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps!

Recent appearances: Had several recent appearances you should check out!

QED Skepticamp talk! Decoding a (((moral panic))) conspiracy meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAKGA8-Da1E

I was on Dan Norton's YouTube show discussing free will and luck: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZx_VD54pg

Next Episode: Difficult Women with Helen Lewis

Apr 14 | 01:02:04

Ancient Aliens with Fredrik Trusohamn

Mar 31 | 01:04:42

Spiritual Emergence with Leah Prime

Mar 19 | 01:05:32

High Weirdness with Erik Davis

Mar 03 | 01:08:17

Conspiracism Leadership with Ben Dow

Feb 19 | 01:10:13

Conceptually Engineering Luck with Matthew Cull

Feb 03 | 01:09:31

Antisemitic Conspiracism with Joshua Stein

Jan 20 | 01:12:58

Defending the Public with Yassine Meskout

Jan 06 | 01:15:36

Stoic Social Justice with Jonathan Church

Dec 23 | 01:30:39

Feminism, Woke Religiosity, and Trans Rights with Helen Lewis

Dec 09 | 01:09:02

EV - 257 Atheist Experiences with Matt Dillahunty

When you are living in the darkest timeline, there is only one thing you can do: Embrace the Void!

Feb 11, 2018 by Holy_Goat

Aaron and GW are thoughtful, humorous, and dark af, but in times like these, that is precisely what the doctor has ordered! When the disturbing turns of this dumpster-fire get you down, the best thing you can do is stare into it and embrace it. With equal parts wit and intellectual rigor, Embrace the Void delves deep into the darkest parts of politics, media, technology, social issues, and, most importantly, philosophy, to make sense of the world around us and help us navigate towards our best selves amidst the ever clutching tendrils of Azathoth.

Depressing but in a fun way

Mar 10, 2019 by Hardcore Skeptic

I had to write this review because I'm part of the void cult. Aaron and GW are some of the best guys around and they actively do their best to be fair to every side of an argument even if they disagree with it. I particularly like the Better Know a Philosopher series, where it turns out every philosopher ever has a very "voidy" past. In times like these it's good to hear folks talking about important topics without spending the whole time ranting angrily. I blame this show for my now fairly firm belief in determinism and moral objectivity

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