Embrace The Void

My guest this week is James Kimmel Jr., a Yale Psychiatry lecturer, lawyer, and founder of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He has a new book out, The Science of Revenge, that overlaps heavily with my own work on luckpilling, so I was excited to have him on to discuss the problem of revenge addiction. The Science of Revenge: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739999/the-science-of-revenge-by-james-kimmel-jr-jd/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739999/the-science-of-revenge-by-james-kimmel-jr-jd/] Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ [https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/] Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid [https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid] If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/]. Next Episode: Anti-woke skepticism with Jonathan Church

My returning guest this week is William Paris, an Assistant Professor in the department of philosophy at University of Toronto, as well as one of the cohosts on the wonderful What’s Left of Philosophy Podcast. He’s got a wonderful new book out called Race, Time and Utopia: Critical Theory and the Process of Emancipation and he is very much my guy for all things Utopian so I was very excited to read and discuss. Race, Time, and Utopia: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/race-time-and-utopia-9780197698877 [https://global.oup.com/academic/product/race-time-and-utopia-9780197698877] What's Left of Philosophy: https://www.leftofphilosophy.com/ [https://www.leftofphilosophy.com/] Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ [https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/] Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid [https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid] If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/]. Next Episode: The Science of Revenge with James Kimmel Jr.

My returning guest this week is Will Gervais (@willgervais.com‬), a professor who studies evolutionary and cultural psychology at the Centre for Culture and Evolution at Brunel University London. He recently published a book called Disbelief: The Origins of Atheism in a Religious Species and it’s genuinely a must read for anyone who either believes in god or doesn’t, so I’ve brought him on to pick his brain on what makes some people theists and others atheists. Disbelief: https://www.prometheusbooks.com/9781633889248/disbelief/ [https://www.prometheusbooks.com/9781633889248/disbelief/] Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ [https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/] Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid [https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid] If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/]. Next Episode: Race, Time, and Utopia with William Paris

My guest this week is Arden Hart (@theardenhart.bsky.social [http://theardenhart.bsky.social]), host, producer, and editor of The Line on YouTube, a call-in show that focuses on issues around atheism and social justice. She recently gave an excellent talk about transphobia in atheism and skepticism at the American Atheist Conference which we discuss along with her broader work. Arden's American Atheists talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxOAh20qo84 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxOAh20qo84] The Line: https://www.youtube.com/@qnaline [https://www.youtube.com/@qnaline] Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ [https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/] Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid [https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid] If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/]. Next Episode: Disbelief with Will Gervais

My guest this week is Mark Marveggio (@unluckywanderer.bsky.social), a PhD candidate in Psychology at the University of Adelaide and co-lead author on a paper called Fatalism, Evolution, and Interpersonal Attractiveness: Psychological Theories and Emotions in Incels’ Constructions of Ingroup Identity and Outgroup Hate. We discuss the three major identity discourses they observed in their study, and how we see those playing out in our current social landscape, and the important difference between redpilled and blackpilled. Mark et al.'s Incel paper: https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-76338-001 [https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-76338-001] Music by GW Rodriguez Editing by Adam Wik Sibling Pod: Philosophers in Space: https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/ [https://0gphilosophy.libsyn.com/] Support us at Patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid [https://patreon.com/EmbraceTheVoid] If you enjoy the show, please Like and Review us on your pod app, especially iTunes. It really helps! This show is CAN credentialed, which means you can report instances of harassment, abuse, or other harm on their hotline at (617) 249-4255, or on their website at creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org [https://creatoraccountabilitynetwork.org/]. Next Episode: TBD