271 episodes
Philosophers In Space Aaron Rabinowitz and Callie Wright
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4.8 • 216 Ratings
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Welcome to Philosophers In Space, where the intrepid trekker captain Callie Wright and their questionable Chief Ethics Officer Aaron Rabinowitz explore the weird, gooey world of sci-fi, searching for tantalizing hypotheticals and gear-stripping questions in a space odyssey of meaning and amusement.
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Dune pt 2
Once again, IT IS THE LEGEND! We return to the desert planet to train another faithful, and we're not stopping till we've made everyone super depressed again about the horrors of colonialism but also the horrors of de-colonialism. It's horrors all the way down folks! Enjoy, and stay tuned for Dune Messiah!
Dune Two: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DunePartTwo
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Sibling shows:
Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
We haven't been anywhere recently and we want to be so if you know any good shows you think we should guest on him them up with the suggestion!
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The Pod Generation and Naturalness
Dear listeners, there are few joys as wonderful as providing y'all with unknown little gems filled with quirky body horror and a deep commitment to the bit. This movie made my transhumanist orifices quiver with joy. Enjoy our discussion of the extremely mid concept that is "naturalness".
The Pod Generation: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15768848/
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Sibling shows:
Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
We haven't been anywhere recently and we want to be so if you know any good shows you think we should guest on him them up with the suggestion!
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Monolith and Viral Memetics
Listeners, have we got a story for you. Two Lovecraftian podcasters so far up their own allegorical asses they do a podcast about a movie about a podcaster doing a Lovecraft. It's meta all the way down folks, so naturally we're talking memetics and the ethics of content creation. Enjoy!
Monolith: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolith_(2022_film)
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Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
We haven't been anywhere recently and we want to be so if you know any good shows you think we should guest on him them up with the suggestion!
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Sense8 and TERFs
We're keeping the theme going from Barbie with some weird mind connection gender stuff! We discuss the first two episodes of Sense8 and what they show us about the philosophy of TERFs, how that might be different from gender critical, and what the future is that TERFs seem to want. Enjoy!
Sense8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sense8
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Sibling shows:
Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
We haven't been anywhere recently and we want to be so if you know any good shows you think we should guest on him them up with the suggestion!
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Barbie
Is Barbie really a Barbie girl? And in what way is this really a Barbie world? How do we assess whether life in plastic really is fantastic, not to mention the questionable principles of consent inherent in the idea that you can undress her everywhere. Most importantly, is Barbie feminist, and if so, what kind of feminist? These earworm questions and more on this weeks instalment of Alienating your Audience! Enjoy!
Children of Memory: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Memory-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316466409
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Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy
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Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com
If you have time, please write us a review on iTunes. It really really helps. Please and thank you!
Sibling shows:
Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
We haven't been anywhere recently and we want to be so if you know any good shows you think we should guest on him them up with the suggestion!
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Children of Memory and Objective Personhood pt.1
We're childish, we sorta have memories. What more do you need?! This book, you need this book. Holy birdbrains, a beautiful third installment in easily one of the best sci-fi series of all time. Meet our new friends the "uplifted" corvids and learn about the mystery of Imir as we learn about the mystery of personhood and why we're never gonna be done figuring out what it is!
Children of Memory: https://www.amazon.com/Children-Memory-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/0316466409
Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq
Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/
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Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy
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Email us at: philosophersinspace@gmail.com
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Sibling shows:
Queersplaining: https://www.queersplaining.com/
Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/
Recent appearances:
Aaron and Callie were on The Psychology Podcast to discuss all things trans. Check it out and share it around, we really did try to cover alllllll the bases: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/aaron-rabinowitz-callie-wright-what-we-get-wrong-about-transgender-people/
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Customer Reviews
Sci-fi comfort food
This is intelligent, thoughtful and joyful coverage of some of the best (and worst) in sci-fi media. I’ve discovered material I’d never heard of. I’ve learned some philosophy. The current hosts are a great pairing, with passion for the content and clearly having a lot of fun with the show. It’s one of my favorite feeds.
Just the BEST
This is an amazing podcast, and this episode is just
the best
I haven’t listened for awhile, takes 40 minutes to get to the fun philosophy part nowadays
So, the hosts act like Richard Stanley hasn’t done much, yet he has made Hardware, Dust Devil and amazing docs. Then, the hosts put down Wicca when a quick Google search would show the LBRP that Lavinia is doing. I haven’t listened for awhile, has the quality gone down? Plus, there’s more than two POC the film. Podcast needs to fact check. I miss Thomas on here. He was the glue that kept this from off roading too much, IMHO. It takes 40 minutes of ok joking to get to any philosophy and by then, I check out mentally. I barely hung on to the BNCF episode. :(