Everytime Sam Harris was mentioned in Very Bad Wizards
Everytime Sam Harris was mentioned in Very Bad Wizards
Episode 260: The Scream That Never Found a Voice (Murakami's "Sleep")
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler take the first excursion into the work of Haruki Murakami and talk about his short story “Sleep.” A thirty-year-old woman, the wife of a dentist and mother of a young boy, has a te
May 9, 2023·1h 29m·5.0(1)Episode 4: Revenge, Pt. 1
Very Bad WizardsDave allows Tamler to rant about Sam Harris’s strawman attacks on moral relativism before launching into discussion about revenge, justice, True Grit, and Michael Dukakis. Though they differ on many
Sep 20, 2012·0h 51m·0(-)Episode 113: Pascal, Probability, and Pitchforks
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler break down what may be the best argument that it's rational to believe in God: Pascal's Wager. (No, we're not just trolling our Sam Harris listeners.) Does the expected value of believ
Apr 18, 2017·1h 18m·0(-)Episode 40: How Many Moralities Are There? Pt. 2 (with Jesse Graham)
Very Bad WizardsJesse Graham joins us for part 2 of our discussion on the nature of morality, and his recent paper on Moral Foundations Theory. He highlights the key components of MFT, defends himself against our accu
Feb 3, 2014·1h 19m·0(-)Episode 1: Brains, Robots, and Free Will (Free Will and Morality Pt. 1)
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler start out talking about the new wave of skepticism about free will and moral responsibility in the popular press from people like Sam Harris and Jerry Coyne . Neuroscience figures heavi
Aug 30, 2012·1h 10m·0(-)Episode 31: An Anthropologist's Guide to Moral Psychology (Pt. 1)
Very Bad WizardsIn the first of a two-part episode, we discuss one of our favorite recent papers--Tage Rai and Alan Page Fiske's 2011 paper on how social relationships shape and motivate our moral emotions and judgmen
Sep 16, 2013·0h 54m·0(-)Episode 42: Reason, Responsibility, and Roombas (With Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsCan a fully determined creature deliberate? How big a role does conscious reasoning play in moral judgment and everyday life? Are we responsible for our thoughts and actions? Paul Bloom rejoins us agai
Mar 3, 2014·1h 7m·0(-)Episode 150: Paul Bloom Insisted That We Talk About Sex Robots
Very Bad WizardsWhat better way to celebrate our 150th episode than to bring back our favorite guest – Paul Bloom! We riff on a series of topics: the new “grievance studies” hoax, sex robot brothels, perverse de
Oct 23, 2018·1h 26m·0(-)Episode 64: Believing in a Just World
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler talk about the human tendency to believe in a just world. Why do we have the belief? Does it make us less motivated to fight injustice? How does it connect to our beliefs about free wil
Mar 19, 2015·1h 13m·0(-)Episode 171: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Theodicy? (The Book of Job)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dive back into the Bible, this time to the perplexing and poetic Book of Job. What does this book have to say about the theodicy, the problem of evil? Why does Job (and his children) h
Aug 27, 2019·1h 31m·0(-)Episode 105: Wizards With (Reactive) Attitudes
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler go back to basics--discussing a paper (Victoria McGeer on responsibilty and Strawson) and arguing about restorative justice. What is the function of attitudes like resentment and anger
Dec 28, 2016·1h 23m·0(-)Episode 59: Tumors All the Way Down (With Sam Harris)
Very Bad WizardsBestselling author and friend of the podcast Sam Harris joins Tamler and Dave for a marathon podcast. (Seriously, pack two pairs of astronaut diapers for this one). We talk about the costs and benefits
Dec 16, 2014·2h 32m·0(-)Episode 98: Mind the Gap
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler break down the biggest question in moral philosophy -- can we derive value judgments from a set of purely factual claims? Like the Scottish Philosopher David Hume they're surprised whe
Sep 13, 2016·1h 22m·0(-)Episode 172: Are You Free (to like the Chappelle special)?
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler start out with a discussion of the new Chappelle special and the negative reaction from many critics. Is Chappelle trolling his audience? Has he lost touch with the powerless people he
Sep 17, 2019·1h 40m·0(-)Episode 116: Pain, Pleasure, and Peer-Reviewed Penises
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler break down the latest small-stakes academic controversy--yes the one about conceptual penises. Does the recent "Sokal-like" hoax expose the ideological extremism of gender studies? Or
May 31, 2017·1h 16m·0(-)Episode 101: Having Desert and Eating It Too
Very Bad WizardsWhy do we call Mozart a creative genius? He created his music, but do we also think that he created himself? How do we determine who deserves praise as an artist? What about athletes? What standards do
Nov 1, 2016·1h 28m·0(-)Episode 2: The "Dangerous Truth" about Free Will (Free Will and Morality, Pt. 2)
Very Bad WizardsTamler and David discuss whether giving up our belief in free will makes us more likely to abandon our moral standards. Links “You Can’t Handle the Truth!” Jesse Bering “ Scientists say free wi
Sep 1, 2012·1h 13m·0(-)Episode 69: CHiPs on Our Shoulders (Lessons in Objectivity)
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler try to figure out what we talk about when we talk about objectivity. In past episodes we’ve claimed that logic and science (when it isn't fraudulent) are objective. Tamler has claimed
Jun 17, 2015·1h 33m·0(-)Episode 123: What Chilling Effect? (Intelligence Pt. 2)
Very Bad WizardsIt’s Part 2 of the Patreon listener selected episode! David and Tamler continue their discussion on intelligence from our last episode by tackling the radioactive topic of group differences and IQ. A
Sep 12, 2017·1h 27m·0(-)Episode 61: Putting a Little Meaning in Your Life
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler take a break from blame and responsibility to tackle a much easier subject: meaning in life. We discuss Susan Wolf's new book "Meaning in Life and Why it Matters," and play some excerpt
Jan 19, 2015·1h 15m·0(-)Episode 49: Psychopaths and Contrastivizzzzzzzz (With Walter Sinnott-Armstrong)
Very Bad WizardsSpecial guest Walter Sinnott-Armstrong joins the podcast to explain how his theory which desperately needs a new name ("contrastivism") can dissolve most of the fundamental problems and paradoxes in ph
Jun 23, 2014·1h 43m·0(-)Episode 127: Moral Luck
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dip back into the Thomas Nagel well, and discuss the problem of "moral luck." Why do we blame drunk drivers who hit someone more than drunk drivers who make it home OK? Why do we judge
Nov 14, 2017·1h 24m·0(-)Episode 75: A Golden Shower of Guests
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler celebrate their 75th episode by welcoming six BFFs of the podcast and asking them to share the biggest thing they've changed their minds about in their professional careers. You'll hear
Oct 6, 2015·2h 29m·0(-)Episode 165: Life With No Head (With Sam Harris)
Very Bad WizardsSam Harris returns to the podcast to talk about meditation and his new Waking Up meditation app. What are the goals of mindfulness practice - stress reduction and greater focus, or something much deepe
Jun 4, 2019·2h 16m·0(-)Episode 247: Open the Pod, Dave (with Sam Harris)
Very Bad WizardsWe welcome Sam Harris back to the show for a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick’s confounding 1968 masterpiece "2001: A Space Odyssey." How long is the Dawn of Man? What does the second monolith do exact
Oct 18, 2022·2h 34m·5.0(1)Episode 76: Cha-Cha-changes
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler list three things they've changed their minds about in their careers. (This episode was recorded before Episode 75, but that one was way too long already.) What does Tamler think about
Oct 26, 2015·1h 2m·0(-)Episode 210: The Priming of the American Mind (with Jesse Singal)
Very Bad WizardsJournalist, podcaster, and rapper Jesse Singal joins us to talk about his new book The Quick Fix, positive psychology (scam?), cancel culture in the media and academia (overblown?), Substack incentives
Apr 6, 2021·2h 1m·0(-)Episode 148: Am I Wrong?
Very Bad WizardsTamler wades into a Twitter controversy about Serena Williams - could this be his fast-track pass into the IDW? And since we're talking about that, why not throw in a discussion of Louis CK's surprise
Sep 19, 2018·1h 41m·0(-)Episode 176: Split-Brains and the (Dis)Unity of Consciousness
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazzaniga. What happens when you cut off the main line of communication between the left and right hemisp
Nov 12, 2019·1h 48m·0(-)Episode 100: It's a Celebration
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler have their 100th episode hijacked briefly before taking it back like Wesley Snipes in Passenger 57. To celebrate the milestone Tamler pops some champagne, Dave sips his high priced Ivy
Oct 13, 2016·1h 38m·0(-)Episode 60: Drunk on Intuitions
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler argue some more about the role of emotion and intuition in blame judgments, and then offer some moral psychology-related recommendations for your New Year’s viewing and reading pleasu
Jan 2, 2015·1h 12m·0(-)Episode 27: You, Your Self, and Your Brain (With Eddy Nahmias)
Very Bad WizardsOur streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why people mistakenly think they're not morally responsible, and how his new study casts doubt on Sam Harri
Jul 22, 2013·1h 22m·0(-)Episode 63: Stalemates and Closets (with Sam Harris)
Very Bad WizardsSam Harris gets back in the VBW ring for another round on moral responsibility, ethical theories, and the grounds for our obligations to other people. Are we at a genuine stalemate when it comes to bla
Feb 28, 2015·2h 46m·0(-)Episode 41: Moral Dilemmas at the Movies
Very Bad WizardsDave keeps trying to explain to Tamler that we're not a movie podcast, but somehow they're doing another podcast about movies. This time they each list their top 5 movies featuring moral dilemmas. Also
Feb 19, 2014·1h 37m·5.0(1)Episode 130: Dehumanization and Disintegration (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsIn this Very Special Boxing Day edition of the podcast, Tamler and David welcome back honorary Third Wizard Paul Bloom to discuss his latest article in the New Yorker about dehumanization and cruelty.
Dec 26, 2017·1h 32m·0(-)Episode 143: The Psychology of Personality
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler tackle the topic selected by their Patreon supporters - the psychology of personality. What are the different dimensions of personality that distinguish one person from another? How ma
Jul 10, 2018·1h 39m·0(-)Episode 140: Milgram's Mice
Very Bad WizardsHonor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overdue homage to the great anonymous blogger and twitter-redeemer Neuroskeptic. We pick a few of our favo
May 22, 2018·1h 33m·0(-)Episode 191: All the Rage
Very Bad WizardsA lotta anger out there right now, but does it do more harm than good? Is anger counterproductive, an obstacle to progress? And even when it is, can anger be appropriate anway? We talk about two excell
Jun 23, 2020·1h 36m·0(-)Episode 242: Losing My Religion
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler find themselves unable to attach rational meaning to a single act in their entire lives. Let’s say we publish more articles and books. What then? What about our kids? They’re going
Aug 2, 2022·1h 33m·5.0(1)Episode 149: Death, Immortality, and Porn (Intuition) Pumps
Very Bad WizardsIs living forever a good thing? Could we maintain our values and personal attachments throughout eternity? Would we be motivated to accomplish anything? Can we make sense of a human life that doesn't h
Oct 2, 2018·1h 41m·0(-)Episode 122: Nothing but a "G" Thing (Intelligence Pt. 1)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler do their best to talk frankly about intelligence and IQ research. (It's our Patreon listener-selected topic! We probably would never have chosen this one on our own...). Is intelligenc
Aug 29, 2017·1h 40m·0(-)Episode 227: A Terrible Master (David Foster Wallace's "This Is Water").
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dive into David Foster Wallace’s celebrated and surprisingly earnest Kenyon College commencement speech “This is Water”. How can we escape the prison and prism of our (literally)
Dec 21, 2021·1h 38m·0(-)Episode 157: Notes From Underground (Pt. 2)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler continue their discussion of Dostoevsky's funny, sad, philosophical novella Notes From Underground . We focus on part 2 this time - three stories from the Underground Man's past - and
Feb 5, 2019·1h 21m·0(-)Episode 119: A Brief History of Values
Very Bad WizardsWhat happens when we discover why we believe the things we believe? What if we discover that our values are the product of our cultural tradition, or personal experience, or natural selection? Should w
Jul 12, 2017·1h 26m·5.0(1)Episode 262: Supposing Truth is a Woman (Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil")
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dive into the first two parts of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil which contain some of Nietzsche’s best drive-bys on philosophers like Plato, Descartes, the Stoics, Kant, and Hege
Jun 13, 2023·1h 28m·5.0(1)Episode 254: Nobody's Parfit
Very Bad WizardsTamler’s earlier self committed to doing an episode on Parfit, and David holds his current self to that promise, which shows how unconvinced David was by Parfit’s skepticism about personal identity
Feb 14, 2023·1h 19m·5.0(1)Episode 141: Implicit Bias
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler tackle the topic of implicit bias and the controversy surrounding the implicit association test (IAT). What is implicit bias anyway? Does it have to be linked to behavior in order to t
Jun 5, 2018·1h 21m·0(-)Episode 38: The Greatest Movies Ever Made about Personal Identity
Very Bad WizardsWho is the real you? What happens to your identity when your body gets cloned or reconstituted with all the same memories and character traits? Does society construct our true selves or repress them? C
Dec 31, 2013·1h 21m·5.0(1)Episode 270: Take Me to the River (Blood Meridian, Pt. 3)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler conclude their three-part discussion of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. We talk about the Judge’s coin trick by the fire and the question of the supernatural in the novel. Next w
Oct 10, 2023·1h 43m·5.0(3)Episode 95: The Repugnance of Repugnance
Very Bad WizardsWe all remember the famous iTunes review calling David and Tamler "repugnant." (And the T-shirt/mugs are coming soon, we promise!) But what did the reviewer mean by that? Was he calling us "immoral"? D
Aug 2, 2016·1h 28m·0(-)Episode 166: Total Recall (Ted Chiang's "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling")
Very Bad WizardsMemory is highly selective and often inaccurate. But what if we had an easily searchable video record of all our experiences and interactions? How would that affect our relationships? What would it rev
Jun 18, 2019·1h 49m·0(-)Episode 118: We Don't Love Them Hoax
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler try to put the topic of campus politics to bed once and for all – with limited success. First, we get into a big fight about the prevalence and danger of political correctness in Ame
Jun 28, 2017·1h 12m·0(-)Episode 246: Existential Poker-Face (David Foster Wallace's "E Unibus Pluram")
Very Bad WizardsWe dive into David Foster Wallace’s sprawling 1993 essay “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Fiction.” How do TV and new forms of media keep their hold on us when we know at some level that the
Oct 4, 2022·1h 46m·5.0(1)Episode 229: Skin Deep?
Very Bad WizardsWe think racism is wrong but what about “lookism” – a bias that favors attractive people over unattractive ones? If it’s wrong to judge people by the color of their skin, what about judging peo
Jan 25, 2022·1h 39m·0(-)Episode 115: Which Field is More Fu@%ed: Philosophy or Psychology?
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler go ambulance chasing for scandals in their own fields. Inspired by a tweet from Jay Van Bavel, they argue about which of their disciplines--philosophy or psychology--is more completely
May 16, 2017·1h 37m·0(-)Episode 164: Choosing to Believe
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more important - avoiding falsehood or discovering truth? When (if ever) is it rational to believe anything witho
May 14, 2019·1h 21m·0(-)Episode 251: First Order, Then Chaos
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler wind their way through another Borges story - "The Immortal"- about a Roman soldier who seeks the secret of immortality and, much to his horror, finds it. Plus some thoughts on the utt
Dec 20, 2022·1h 34m·3.5(2)Episode 231: Ideal Critics (Hume's "Of the Standard of Taste")
Very Bad WizardsMany of us think that art is subjective, but at the same time it seems like some artistic judgments are better than others. Do you think Crash deserved to receive an award for Best Picture? Did you lik
Feb 22, 2022·1h 51m·0(-)Episode 114: Great Vengeance and Furious Anger (Top 5 Movies About Revenge)
Very Bad WizardsSomehow, after 113 episodes David and Tamler have never done a top 5 movie episode about revenge (so unbelievable that we had to double-check). That changes today. Among the things we learned: good rev
May 4, 2017·1h 21m·0(-)Episode 73: Authentic Apes and Infinite Torture
Very Bad WizardsIn what is possibly our most repugnant first segment ever, David and Tamler break down the ethics of zoophilia and investigate the true nature of consent. In the second segment we answer some listener
Aug 12, 2015·1h 8m·0(-)Episode 201: Very Bad Lizard People
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dive deep into the psychology and epistemology of conspiracy theories. What makes people so prone to believe in complex malevolent plots that require meticulous organization and utter
Nov 24, 2020·1h 56m·0(-)Episode 56: Moral Heroes and Drunk Utilitarians
Very Bad WizardsFollowing up their discussion of moral villains, Dave and Tamler argue about what makes a moral hero. Tamler defends Sharon Krause’s view that honor values can motivate heroic behavior. Dave accuses
Nov 3, 2014·1h 10m·0(-)Episode 200: Our 200th Episode Spectactular
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler celebrate their 200th episode with bourbon and a return to their potty humor roots. First we talk about holes, zoom dicks, and the election. Then we relitigate our bitter debate (from
Nov 3, 2020·1h 44m·0(-)Episode 32: Disagreeing About Disagreement
Very Bad WizardsPart II of our discussion on Rai and Fiske (sort of): We answer a listener's email and in the process get into an episode long argument about moral intuitions, psychological facts, the implications of
Sep 30, 2013·1h 18m·0(-)Episode 104: Smelling Salts for Morality: Our Top 3 Movies About Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsPaul Bloom takes some time away from his "Waking Up" appearances to join us for a very special movie episode: our top three films about empathy. Can movies help us understand the experiences of people
Dec 14, 2016·1h 33m·0(-)Episode 233: Keeping It Surreal (Kafka's "The Trial" Pt. 1)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In part one of a two-part discussion we discuss the circumstances of its publication, the various interp
Mar 22, 2022·1h 53m·0(-)Episode 44: Killer Robots
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler argue about the use of autonomous robots and drones in warfare. Could it lead to less suffering during wars and afterwards? Would nations be motivated to design robots that behave ethi
Apr 5, 2014·1h 8m·0(-)Episode 160: Everything is Meaningless: The Book of Ecclesiastes
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler dive into the book of Ecclesiastes, an absurdist classic that is somehow also a book of the Bible. Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind? Are humans just the sa
Mar 19, 2019·1h 33m·0(-)Episode 133: Death and Dreams
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler talk about the nature of death. Is being dead a bad thing? If so, what makes it bad? How can anything be bad for a subject that no longer exists? We didn't have a problem with oblivion
Feb 6, 2018·1h 15m·0(-)Episode 250: Metaphors All the Way Down
Very Bad WizardsWe often think of metaphors as poetic flourishes, a nice way to punctuate your ideas and make them more relatable. But what if metaphors aren’t simply tools of language but part of thought itsel
Dec 6, 2022·1h 30m·5.0(1)Episode 236: Your Outie Is Skilled at Lovemaking (With Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsWe welcome Paul Bloom to talk about the first season of "Severance," the new mind-bending and mind-splitting TV series on Apple TV+. What happens when you separate your home life from your work life? D
May 3, 2022·2h 10m·0(-)Episode 177: Pure Linguistic Chauvinism
Very Bad WizardsTamler learns something new about menstruation. David weighs in on the democratic debates and the impeachment hearings. Then we map the various social and political factions onto the factions in our re
Nov 26, 2019·2h 4m·0(-)Episode 62: Brain Jizz and "Black Mirror"
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler discuss a new study that, according to Tamler, offers decisive support for restorative approaches to criminal punishment (the only problem is he didn't read past the introduction). And
Feb 9, 2015·1h 1m·0(-)Episode 51: Zombies, Trolleys, and Galileo's Balls
Very Bad WizardsEpisode Audio Dave and Tamler talk about the value and purposes of thought experiments in philosophy and science. Does the trolley problem tell us more about moral psychology than how people make judgm
Aug 12, 2014·1h 18m·0(-)Episode 96: Memory and Meaning in "Memento" (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsSo where are you? You’re in some house. What am I listening to? Sounds like the radio. Is it the radio? No, you’re not allowed to use that language on the radio. What are they talking about? A movi
Aug 16, 2016·1h 26m·0(-)Episode 80: The Coddling of the Wizard Mind (with Vlad Chituc and Christina Hoff Sommers)
Very Bad WizardsIt's our last episode on campus protests and political correctness for a while, we promise! But it's a fun one. David and Tamler welcome two guests on the opposite side of the debate spectrum. Recent Y
Dec 21, 2015·1h 40m·0(-)Episode 183: Accept the Mystery (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsVBW favorite Paul Bloom takes a short break from his Sam Harris duties to help us break down the Coen Brothers' ode to uncertainty, A Serious Man . Does inaction have consequences? Can you understand t
Feb 25, 2020·1h 39m·0(-)Episode 57: Free Willie
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler talk about a new study that links your belief in free will to the fullness of your bladder. How do our bodily states influence our metaphysical commitments? What's the best way to meas
Nov 18, 2014·0h 45m·0(-)Episode 225: Forbidden Modules
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler talk about the often rancorous debate among cognitive scientists and evolutionary psychologists over whether the mind is modular -- composed of discrete systems responsible for vision,
Nov 16, 2021·1h 42m·0(-)Episode 65: Philocalypse Now
Very Bad WizardsHoly crap, it's the apocalypse!!!! ...for philosophy. Maybe. Has this 2500 year old discipline become too technical, too disconnected from the real world? Is it just a handmaiden to the sciences? (Whic
Apr 6, 2015·1h 19m·0(-)Episode 235: Animated Objects
Very Bad WizardsPanpsychism didn't give us river spirits or mischievous sootballs, so this time we go straight to the source - a defense of animism, and in a top 10 analytic philosophy journal. Could a failed argument
Apr 19, 2022·1h 51m·0(-)Episode 256: The Right to Punish?
Very Bad WizardsHere’s an episode with something for both of us – a healthy serving of Kantian rationalism for David with a dollop of Marxist criminology for Tamler. We discuss and then argue about Jeffrie Murphy�
Mar 14, 2023·1h 36m·4.5(2)Episode 85: A Zoo with Only One Animal (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsPhilosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent VBW guest and arch-enemy of empathy Paul Bloom to discuss their five favorite comic films with philoso
Mar 12, 2016·1h 9m·0(-)Episode 266: I Want to Half-Believe
Very Bad WizardsLast December, with Argentina minutes away from a World Cup championship, friend of the show Yoel texted David “congratulations.” David was furious, and soon after (with less than 2 minutes left in
Aug 8, 2023·1h 22m·4.0(2)Episode 245: Pragmatically Speaking
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler take their first real look at pragmatism via Richard Rorty’s “Solidarity or Objectivity.” Can we discover facts about the world as it “really is,” independent of our own cult
Sep 20, 2022·1h 31m·5.0(1)Episode 137: Are Buddhists Afraid to Die? (with Shaun Nichols)
Very Bad WizardsWhy are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get? Maybe because it’s extra satisfying when you finally get them to… appear on your podcast. In our first
Apr 10, 2018·1h 19m·0(-)Episode 131: I Have No Genitals and I Must Scream
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler break down two episodes (with full spoilers) from the new season of Charlie Brooker's bleaker-than-bleak Netflix series Black Mirror. First up, "The USS Callister," a Star Trek parody
Jan 9, 2018·1h 39m·0(-)