EV - 073 Abundant Peter Coffin's Part 2

Continuing with Peter Coffin.

Opening Invocation:
The Resistible Rise of Auturo Ui

Hero of the Week:
Nadia Murad 

EV - 072 Abundant Peter Coffin's Part 1

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

EV - 071 Better Know Epicurus

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 

EV - 070 Skepticism with Michael Marshall

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

EV - 069 The World Is Doomed and GW Is In The Void

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

EV - 068 TERF's and Trans Athleticism

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 

ETV - 067 Better Know Mary Wollstonecraft

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)

EV - 066 You Done Messed Up A-Aron!

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

EV - 065 Voidy Outcasts

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

EV - 064 Better Know: Simone de Beauvoir

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 

EV - 063 Unreasonable Doubt

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

EV - 062 Innocence in the Void

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 

EV - 061 This Is Where The Suffering Begins

We are once again fortunate enough to bring on Jesse Rabinowitz for this discussion on Mind Body Dualism. This time we jump right into the weeds so think you can't see the tails from the Velociraptors.

Opening Invocation:
Jesse

EV - 060 Better Know Angela Davis

For this months segment of Better Know A Philosopher, we talk about Angela Davis. A highly dynamic figure who's still making speeches and continuing her activist path from the Black Panthers, to Occupy Wall Street.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrSIm2RXN4o

Opening Invocation:
"The Book of Disquiet" by Pessoa

Hero of the Week:
This thing: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/bnpv85/the-emerging-fetish-of-laying-alien-eggs-inside-yourself

EV - 059 A Philosopher Named Desire

For this weeks episode we welcome on Alonzo Fyfe, a philosopher and proponent of Desirism. We discuss this ethical model and how it relates to morality.

References:
Desirism Facebook
Atheist Ethicist
Desirism

Opening Invocation:
Ben Thompson

Hero of the Week:
John McCain

EV - 058 Can Art Go Too Far?

This episode could also be named, "Aaron and GW try to pronounce peoples names". We dive into this question about art going too far. Getting into the weeds of what constitutes too far objectively, and how that relates to our subjective opinions of too far.

Reference Material:
https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-performance-artists-who-took-their-art-way-too-far/

Opening Invocation:
Grosse Pointe Blank

Hero of the Week:
Another Octopus

EV - 057 Delightful Bitchcraft

Today we're joined by the lovely ladies from Delightful Bitchcraft and Secular Soup Podcast. We talk about everything from kids and bullying, the mormon church, and how the womb is your first apartment.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/opinion/climate-change-parenting.html

Opening Invocation:
Natural History Museum

Hero of the Week:
Joe Radinovich
Anonymous 

EV - 056 Better Know David Hume

Another installment of Better Know A Philosopher. This time we're diving into David Hume. During out conversation we even go into the weeds of some ways philosophers talk and argue, and why slave owners suck.

Opening Invocation:
The Animatrix

Hero of the Week:
Susan Unterberg 

EV - 055 Vaccines Make You A Muppet

Today we're joined with Eran Segev, the president of Australian Skeptics. We talk about what the organization does, their convention coming up in October, and the lovely anti-vaccination movement.

Opening Invocation
Muppets (Thanks to @Ghostwoods @MichaelToole @camgarrity

Hero of the Week:
Anonymous 

EV - 054 Steel vs. Straw Arguments

What is a Staw-man (or as we call it Staw-bot) fallacy? What about a Steel-bot? We dive into both of these types or arguments and dig into the importance of Steel-boting and why we do it.

Opening Invocation:
Jesse Rabinowitz from Zen Buddhism

Hero of the Week:
Bo Burnham (film Eighth Grade)