This week we're joined by Toby Buckle of the Political Philosophy Podcast. We discuss the role of language in political debate. Special thanks to Toby for supplying us with his backup audio and special thanks to Brian Ziegenhagen for editing the show.

Opening Invocation:

Jake the Fake Jake

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Aaron just couldn't get enough Ayn Rand from episode 83 that we decided to revisit one of her main philosophical principles: Egoism. We attempt to steel bot the idea and then tear it down to pieces.

Opening Invocation:
Ricklantis Mixup

Making The Void Livable:
Rock Climbing

Here to have out age old battle of free will with Aaron is none other than Darron (@NecessaryBeing). They get into the weeds discussing free will, determinism, and if it's possible for there to be a spectrum.

Opening Invocation:
Deacon of Doubt @DeaconDoubt

For our next installment of Better Know a Philosopher, we tackle Ayn Rand. We look at her life and work including Atlas Shrugged.

Opening Invocation:
Charles Bukowski (The Last Night of the Earth Poems)

Making the Void Livable:
Young people, like the ones who talking with Dianne Feinstein

Joining us for this episode is Mark from the How To Heretic Podcast. We talk about Mark's experience as a gay man growing up in Utah, the Mormon church, Pride, and many other topics.

Today, Aaron and GW discuss relevant topics like the terribleness of Black Face, and why you shouldn't blindly trust 23andMe. We look at not only the privacy issues, but the philosophical issues with a DNA database.

Open Invocation:
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas

Hero of the Week???:
Philosophers in Space / Embrace The Void Facebook group

And now the continuation of our interview with Massimo.

Opening Invocation:
Evan Matthews and Ben Oldham

Hero of the Week:
Why we shouldn't use the word Hero.

In this installment we bring on a very special guest Massimo Pigliucci to discuss Stoicism. He has a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from the University of Connecticut and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tennessee.

Opening Invocation:
Seneca, On Earthquakes

Time for another installment of our Better Know a Philosopher serise. We dive into Judith Jarvis Thomson, author of the famous Trolly Problem thought experiment and has an interesting thought experiment on abortion.

Opening Invocation:
Absurdist Existentialism

Hero of the Week:
Teachers

This week we're joined by Marie D'Elephant from Everyone's Agnostic Podcast. Marie talks about leaving her religion and how that impacted her to this day. We also discuss a myriad of topics relating to religion, death, and polyamory.

Opening Invocation:
The World Has Turned And Left Me Here by Weezer

Hero of the Week:
Marie's cat (and our pets in general)