EV-018 Scientism Is The Cause Of Autism

October 16, 2017 / Aaron

With Natalie Newell and Jerimiah Traeger we dive into scientism, logical positivism, anti-vaxers, the scientific method, combating personal biases, and we tie this bow with ripping into Harvey Weinstein.

Natalie Newell:
https://www.patreon.com/tSEpodcast
https://www.facebook.com/ScienceMomsDoc/
https://www.facebook.com/NatalieCNewell/
https://www.facebook.com/RomanticNihilism/

Jerimiah Traeger:
http://www.podcasts.com/the-sjw-circle-jerk-85
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/tippling/

Books:
Weapons of Math Destruction

Opening Invocation:
Fermi paradox and simulation theory.

Void Hero of the Week:
Harvey Weinstein

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AI Ch-01: First Book Review Series On Artificial Intelligence

October 02, 2017 / Aaron

This is the first in a series where we review a book: SUPERINTELLIGENCE by Nick Bostrom. This series will be for patrons only, but we're releasing the first to everyone as a teaser.

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EV - 017 Buddha Buddha Buddha

September 28, 2017 / Aaron

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

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EV-016 Purist vs. Pragmatist (feat. Inciting Incident Podcast)

September 14, 2017 / Aaron

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

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EV-015 Pickel Void!!!

August 31, 2017 / Aaron

We're back for a recap! In this episode we take a look at what's happened over the last two months while Aaron's been away. We reevaluate our long standing debate on if we're in the darkest of all possible timelines or just a dark timeline.

Opening:
The bible, I guess?

Hero of the week:
Christopher Cantwell,
Anthony Scaramucci

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EV-014 Gestalt Therapy

August 17, 2017 / Aaron

This week we dive into Gestalt Therapy: what it is, how it's applied, and what it could mean in the ongoing conversation about conscience.

This Week In News with Kevin and Benidict

Cold open is a reference from Trainspotting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Naf_WiEb9Qs

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EV-013 Does Your Culture Have A Flag?

August 03, 2017 / Aaron

In this episode we're joined with Is This Reel Life podcasters Bethany and Kristen. We attempt to define the term cultural appropriation, and try to find where the line is between what is unacceptable and what is just acceptable acculturation.

This weeks cold open is original and inspired by a recent story about Hobby Lobby.

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EV-012 Narcissism and Trump with Jesse Rabinowitz (Part 2)

July 20, 2017 / Aaron

Thanks to our guest Dr. Jesse Rabinowitz that we now know about what the technical definition of narcissism is, we can examine Trumps behavior that we've all observed to see if he is a textbook narcissist.

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EV-011 Narcissism and Trump with Jesse Rabinowitz (Part 1)

July 06, 2017 / Aaron

Dr. Jesse Rabinowitz is a clinical Psychologist who helps us understand what narcissism is, how it can be identified, and how it impacts the people around them.

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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EV-010 The Stoics on Second

June 22, 2017 / Aaron

Throwing back to episode 4, we answer the question: was our episode on penis demons meant to be a hoax? We also cover Stoicism and how it can be applied to current events, specifically the shooting at the baseball field with Senator Scalise.

Void Hero Of The Week: Jay Sekulow

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EV-009 Fighting About Hamilton with Thomas Smith

June 07, 2017 / Aaron

Guest Thomas Smith from the podcasts Serious Inquires Only and Opening Arguments joins us to fight Aaron about if Hamilton is a good musical or not.

Void Hero Of The Week: Man Fleeing London Attack With Beer

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EV-008 Is Art Real

May 24, 2017 / Aaron

Guest Mischa Stanton helps us with trying to define art, and decide if there are objective truths in aesthetics.

A list of void related books, movies, and other media: https://voidpod.com/voidcraft/

Void hero of the week: Roger Ailes

Mischa's podcasts:
TheFarMeridian.com
arsParadoxica.com

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EV-007 Viva La France

May 10, 2017 / Aaron

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EV-006 Meta Ethics and Papa Bear

April 26, 2017 / Aaron

This episode we dive heavy into philosophy to discuss meta ethics. Tackling the differences between objective moral truths, subjective moral truths, and how they could co-exist. We cover the large problems with measuring meta-ethics and ways it does and does not relate to other sciences.