Everytime Quentin Tarantino was mentioned in Very Bad Wizards
Everytime Quentin Tarantino was mentioned in Very Bad Wizards
Episode 167: The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 1)
Very Bad WizardsThere are only two kinds of people in the world, Pulp Fiction people and Big Lebowski people. Now Pulp Fiction people can like Big Lebowski and vice versa, but nobody likes them both equally. Somewhere
Jul 3, 2019·1h 8m·0(-)Episode 168: The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 2)
Very Bad WizardsIt's Part 2 of the Lebowski vs. Pulp Fiction showdown. This time we focus on the Dude, Walter, Donny, and most importantly Jesus Quintana. (Nobody fucks with the Jesus). What's the ethos of this stoner
Jul 16, 2019·1h 33m·0(-)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 181: The Fraudulence Paradox (David Foster Wallace's "Good Old Neon")
Very Bad WizardsOur whole lives we’ve been frauds. We’re not exaggerating. Pretty much all we’ve ever done is try to create a certain impression of us in other people. Mostly to be liked or admired. This episode
Jan 28, 2020·2h 9m·0(-)Episode 194: God Has No Mother (with Chris Matheson)
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler welcome special guest Chris Matheson - co-writer of the "Bill and Ted" movies and author of "The Story of God" and "The Buddha’s Story" - to talk about religion, immortality, comedy,
Aug 11, 2020·1h 53m·0(-)Episode 81: Domo Arigato, Mr. Robot (With Yoel Inbar)
Very Bad WizardsHello, listener. Hello, listener? That's lame. Maybe I should give you a name, but that's a slippery slope. You're only in my head. Or maybe we're in your head. Are you listening to this with headphone
Jan 12, 2016·1h 47m·0(-)Episode 121: The Beauty of Illusion - David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive"
Very Bad WizardsGuest Yoel Inbar joins David and Tamler to break down David Lynch’s dreamy masterpiece Mulholland Drive. (FULL SPOILERS – watch before you listen!) What’s real and what’s illusion? What happens
Aug 15, 2017·1h 29m·0(-)Episode 219: Multiplied by Mirrors
Very Bad WizardsIt’s a Borges bonanza! David and Tamler dive into two stories: “Emma Zunz” and “Borges and I.” The first seems like a straightforward daughter revenge story (Tamler’s favorite genre), but B
Aug 17, 2021·1h 45m·0(-)Episode 240: Evil
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler descend into the dark pits of Hell to look Satan in the eyes and discover the nature of evil. OK…that’s not fully accurate, we just read and talk about a couple of philosophy artic
Jul 6, 2022·1h 33m·5.0(1)Episode 84: Lifting the Veil
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler talk about the perils of trying to step outside of your own perspective in ethics, science, and politics. What do Rawls' "original position" thought experiment, Pascal's Wager, and Mor
Feb 23, 2016·1h 33m·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 23: Straw Dogs (with Yoel Inbar)
Very Bad WizardsDave, Tamler, and special guest Yoel Inbar break down Sam Peckinpah's brilliant (at least according to one of us) 1971 film Straw Dogs. They talk about the notorious rape scene, the meaning of the fina
May 27, 2013·1h 16m·0(-)Episode 34: Does Reading Harry Potter Make You Moral? (with Will Wilkinson)
Very Bad WizardsSpecial guest Will Wilkinson joins the podcast to talk about whether fiction makes us better people, and to discuss his recent Daily Beast article that trashed Dave's profession and livelihood. Also, D
Oct 28, 2013·1h 14m·0(-)Episode 147: Effective Altruism and Moral Uncertainty (with The One True Scotsman, Will MacAskill)
Very Bad WizardsOxford philosophy professor Will MacAskill joins us to talk about effective altruism, moral uncertainty, and why you shouldn’t eat your grandmother (even if consequentialism is true). How should we a
Sep 4, 2018·1h 43m·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 16: Race, Reparations, and American (In)Justice (with Damani McDole)
Very Bad WizardsFor those who thought our most uncomfortable topics were behind us, on this episode we are joined by David's childhood friend Damani McDole [facebook.com] to discuss several potentially offensive topic
Mar 2, 2013·1h 0m·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 99: Mockingbirds, Destructo-Critics, and Mr. Robot
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler tackle three topics on their last double digit episode. First, should a middle school perform "To Kill a Mockingbird" even if they have to use bad language the "n-word," and talk about
Sep 27, 2016·2h 3m·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 178: Borges' Obsession-Obsession ("The Zahir")
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler happen across Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Zahir” and now they can’t stop thinking about it. What is the ‘Zahir’ – this object that can take many forms and that consumes the p
Dec 10, 2019·1h 40m·0(-)Episode 248: Checkmate, Grasshopper
Very Bad WizardsIn this podcast we examine a recent argument for the view that chess is not, in fact, a game. We discuss the Grasshopper’s claim that all games must have a prelusory goal, as well as Skepticus’ obj
Nov 1, 2022·1h 23m·5.0(1)Episode 109: Moral Pluralism: Behind the Lube
Very Bad WizardsDavid and Tamler return to their repugnant roots to talk about Cornell's refusal to hire conservative faculty, Milo getting disinvited from CPAC, and a case in Canada involving child sex dolls and a bo
Feb 28, 2017·1h 11m·0(-)Episode 28: Moral Persuasion
Very Bad WizardsDave and Tamler try their best to do a show without guests--we talk about moral persuasion, motivated reasoning, and whether it's legitimate to use emotionally charged rhetoric in a philosophical argum
Aug 5, 2013·1h 9m·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 13: Beanballs, Blood Feuds, and Collective Moral Responsibility (With Fiery Cushman)
Very Bad WizardsOur classiest episode yet (OK, that's not saying much, but still...)--Psychologist Fiery Cushman joins us for a discussion about collective punishment and collective responsibility. We use Fiery's rece
Jan 22, 2013·1h 0m·0(-)Episode 24: The Perils of Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Very Bad WizardsPaul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop, we talk about Paul's new book (coming in November) J
Jun 10, 2013·1h 23m·5.0(1)