Academic Edgelords
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Episodes: 32
Description
This is a scholarly podcast about scholarly provocateurs. Gadflys, charlatans, and shitposters sometimes get tenure, believe it or not. This is a leftist podcast that takes a second look at their peer-reviewed work, and tries to see if there’s anything we might learn from arguing with them. We are hosted by: Victor Bruzzone, Gordon Katic, Matt McManus, and Ethan Xavier (AKA “Mouthy Infidel”).
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EP32: Should We Blackball People With Immoral Views? (Interview With Jason Brennan)
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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EP31: Should Random People Rule Us? (Interview With Alex Guerrero on Lottocracy)
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Mar 22, 2026 |
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EP30: Is Surveillance Capitalism Really That Bad? (On Königs “In Defense of ‘Surveillance Capitalism”)
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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EP29: Is Cultural Appropriation Really That Bad? (On Kershnar and Brey’s “In Defense of Cultural Appropriation”)
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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EP28: Is it Okay to be a Moderate? (On Marcus Arvan’s “Why it’s OK to Be a Moderate”)
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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EP27: Should We Use Violence To Protect Animals? (On Ivar Hardman’s “In Defence of Direct Action”)
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May 18, 2025 |
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EP26: Should We Defer To Marginalized Perspectives? (On Tilton and Toole’s Epistemology of Deference)
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Apr 20, 2025 |
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EP25: Is Liberal Socialism an Oxymoron? (On Matt McManus’ Liberal Socialism)
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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EP24: Do We Need Nuanced Academic Theories (On Kieran Healy’s Article “F**k Nuance”)
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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EP23: Is Monogamy Immoral? (EP19 follow-up Feat. Harry Chalmers)
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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EP22: Should We Abolish Elections? (On Guerrero’s Lottocracy)
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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EP21: Is There Space for Revolutionary Thought Online? (Interview with Mike Watson)
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Nov 02, 2024 |
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EP20: Are Humans Actually Irrational? (On Thaler and Sunstein’s Libertarian Paternalism) Feat. Gordon Katic
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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EP19: Is Monogamy Morally Permissible (On Harry Chalmers’ Argument Against Monogamy)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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EP18: Is Free Speech Actually Bad? (On Brian Leiter’s Case Against Free Speech)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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EP17: Should We Sacrifice the Utilitarians First? (Smilansky’s Designer Ethics) Ft. Ben Burgis
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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EP16: Should Philosophers Stay Out Of Politics? (On van der Vossen’s Defence of The Ivory Tower)
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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EP15: Is Zoophilia Morally Permissible? (On Bensto’s Defence of Zoophilia)
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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EP 14: What if Moral Philosophy is Immoral? (On Brennan and Freiman’s Moral Philosophy’s Moral Risk)
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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EP13: What if There’s No Meaning to Life? (On Benatar’s The Human Predicament)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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EP12: Is Making Friends with the Far-Right a Good Way to Research Them? (ft. Benjamin Teitelbaum)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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EP11: Is Post-Truth Actually Good? (On Fuller’s Post-Truth as Power Game)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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EP10: Is Equality of Opportunity Not Valuable? (On Stephan Kershnar’s Attack on Equality of Opportunity)
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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EP9: Are There Enough Conservatives in Academia? (On Whittington’s Case for Ideological Diversity)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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EP8: Should the Knowledgable Rule? (On Jason Brennan’s “Against Democracy”)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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EP7: Should We Support Affirmative Action? (On Pojman’s Case Against Affirmative Action)
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Sep 09, 2023 |
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EP6: Is A.I. Going To Kill Us All? (On Richard Ngo’s A.I. Safety First Principles)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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EP5: Is Whiteness Parasitic? (On Donald Moss’ “On Having Whiteness”)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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EP4: Is it Morally Wrong to Prefer Attractive Partners? (On ‘Lookism’ and William D’Alessandro)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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EP3: 5 Years or 5 Lashes? (On Moskos’ & Brennan’s Defense of Flogging)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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EP2: Did the Unabomber Have a Point? (on Anarcho-Primitivism & Ted Kaczynski)
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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EP1: Are We the Academic Edgelords?
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Jun 27, 2023 |