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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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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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Scavengers Reign and the Parasite/symbiote Spectrum

11/15/2024
Break out your plumbuses folks, it's time for another weird ass trip through some cool ass shit. We're talking about season one of Scavangers Reign, a show that pairs perfectly with Alien Clay and several other things we've covered recently. We discuss the nuances on distinguishing between parasitic and symbiotic relationships, and how we moralize about those ways of being, particularly when we compare them to social versions like colonialism vs. socialism. We also get into the culturally charged issue of "ways of knowing" or "indigenous ways of knowing". Plus all the fun flubjules in your orifices kind of stuff. Gotta get those flubjules. Scavengers Reign: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavengers_Reign Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Intacto and Superstitious Luck

Duration:01:24:30

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Fraggle Rock 1.6: The Preachification of Convincing John and the Dangers of Paternalism

10/18/2024
If you think about it "dance your cares away, worries for another day" has a horrifying ring to it when the cares in question concern the reproduction of systemic hierarchies through legitimizing narratives about the "natural" order. Is the Doozer motto "work your cares away, dancing is for another day", are they really expressing their authentic preference or merely a preference bred into them through generations of domestication by their Fraggle overlorders. OR, did an ancient, advanced Doozer society in fact domesticate the Fraggles to distract the Gorgs from feeding on Doozer, only to become a sub-altern species in the heirarchy that formed after the collapse of the golden age of Doozer/Fraggle relations. OOOOOR, is that itself just a speciestist mytho-historic narrative constructed by Fraggle scholars as yet another level of social control?! And what does all of this have to do with animal rights and paternalism in environmental ethics?! Let the music of the colonizers play and find out, down in Fraggle Rock! Fraggle Rock 1.6: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0778238/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Scavangers Reign Season One and parasitism vs. symbiosis.

Duration:01:26:36

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Alien Clay Pt 2

10/4/2024
::sends show notes psychically through the spore mind:: Alien Clay: https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Clay-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/1035013746 Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Fraggle Rock 1.6 The Preachification of Convincing John and Ecological Paternalism

Duration:01:31:59

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Alien Clay and Low-Road Capitalism pt.1

9/20/2024
Awwww yeah, we're back in the Tchaikovskyverse doing a hecking socialism crossbred with philosophy of mind. Most importantly, there's tentacles! Alien Clay: https://www.amazon.com/Alien-Clay-Adrian-Tchaikovsky/dp/1035013746 Low-road Capitalism article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/slavery-capitalism.html Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Alien Clay and the Complexity Theory of Consciousness

Duration:01:25:16

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Star Trek: The Next Generation, The High Ground and ethical terrorism

8/29/2024
Today's topic is a super easy one, when is terrorism ethical! We're talking political violence in the past, present, and gloriously unified Irish future. Enjoy, and please don't hate us, we are but simple space philosophers! Star Trek: The High Ground (ep3.12) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_High_Ground_(Star_TrekTheNext_Generation) Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Alien Clay and low road capitalism

Duration:01:30:31

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Listener Q and As 38

8/8/2024
Omg, next set of listener Q and As is gonna get us to the big 40. Love you listeners! Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Sibling shows: Embrace the Void: https://voidpod.com/ Content Preview: Star Trek Next Generation : The High Ground (ep3.12) and justified terrorism

Duration:01:22:09

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Listener Qs 37

7/13/2024
Yussssss! Y'all went hard on us this time that's what we's appreciates about you. Thanks so much for all the support! Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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/ Content Preview: Listener Qs 38

Duration:01:21:49

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Spiderhead (2022) and Emotional Regulation

7/13/2024
If there's two words you'd associate with our show, I hope they would be spider and head. We're doing a 2/3rds excellent 1/3rd deeply flawed movie that hits a lot of our sweet spots but ultimately fails to get that final gold star. And we're talking about the nature of emotions and whether it would be better if we could control them, and also testing on criminals etc, everything you'd expect watching this opal in the rough. Spiderhead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiderhead Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Listener Qs and As!

Duration:01:36:52

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Highlander and Male Meaning-Making

6/17/2024
One pod. One post. One shtick. One hole. One golden take on masculinity. (it's a kind of madness) One shaft shaped sword that shows the way. No moral man would want to play. (it's a kind of madness) That bs misogyny inside your mind. Is just patriarchy making you blind. (it's a kind of madness) Getting woke takes an eternity. With shit like Highlander from society! Is gender a kind of madness? (it's a kind of madness) There can be only none! This shtick that lasts a thousand years. Will soon be lulz! (it's a kind of madness) Highlander: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091203/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Spiderhead and Emotional Manipulation

Duration:01:30:56

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Men and Schrodinger's Rapist

6/5/2024
What is there to say about Men? A movie so pregnant with ideas it's practically bursting at the orifices with symbols coated in fresh nightmare fuel. Been sitting on this gem a long time and the bear vs. men discourse gave us the perfect context. So, get ready for the most us content ever as we discuss Schrodinger's rapist and social dominance orientation! Men: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_(2022_film) Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Highlander and Male Meaning Making

Duration:01:34:31

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Fallout and Laboratories of Democracy

5/22/2024
Welcome to the Void Vault, the best of all possible vaults! You're so lucky you were born into this vault, especially because you can't leave. But why would you, everything in this vault is totally fine, you are absolutely NOT a test subject for some undisclosed social psychology experiment, especially not an experiment involving the development of new orifices. While you wait to see our totally safe doctors about that weird itching sensation, enjoy our discussion on the super good Fallout series and the popular but maybe ethically questionable concept "laboratories of democracy". Enjoy, and remember, please keep your responses honest, this is for scientific posterity. Fallout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallout_(American_TV_series) Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Men and Schrodinger's Rapist

Duration:01:31:18

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Downsizing and Altruisms

5/6/2024
If you think about it, on the downsizing principles this is like a years worth of content, and two sentences is endless show notes. Or something, I dunno, the scaling doesn't really make any sense, much like the conceptual map surrounding altruism. Enjoy! Downsizing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1389072/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Fallout and Laboratories for Democracy

Duration:01:41:23

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Dune pt 2

4/23/2024
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 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Downsizing

Duration:01:25:28

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The Pod Generation and Naturalness

4/8/2024
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/ Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Dune 2 and Feminist Decolonialism

Duration:01:34:49

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Monolith and Viral Memetics

3/22/2024
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) Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: The Pod Generation and Naturalness

Duration:01:42:37

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Sense8 and TERFs

3/8/2024
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 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Monolith and Viral Memetics

Duration:01:34:01

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Barbie

2/23/2024
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 Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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! Content Preview: Sense Eight Episode 1

Duration:01:34:37

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Children of Memory and Objective Personhood pt.1

2/2/2024
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/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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: 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/ Content Preview: Children of Memory and Simulated Persons pt.2

Duration:01:30:51

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Listener Qs 36

1/13/2024
We diiiiiiid it! I knew we could do it. And y'all made it possible. So thanks again, and see you back in the abnormal show! Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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: 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/ Content Preview: Children of Memory pt1

Duration:01:30:11

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Q and A 35

1/5/2024
You Q'd, we A'd. The pact is renewed for another cycle. May the void have mercy on all our nonexistent souls. Thanks for your sacrifice! Listener Survey: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ih4oa8ZSUaT0Cq Music by Thomas Smith: https://seriouspod.com/ Support us at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/0G Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/0gPhilosophy Join our Facebook discussion group (make sure to answer the questions to join): https://www.facebook.com/groups/985828008244018/ 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: 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/ Content Preview: Listener Qs 36

Duration:01:54:48