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All the Rage

Episode 191

A 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 …

5 years, 8 months ago

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We Pod. We Pod-Cast. We Podcast. (Frankfurt's "On Bullshit")

Episode 190

David and Tamler talk about police violence, the protests, and Harry Frankfurt's journal article turned bestseller "On Bullshit." Plus we dive into a…

5 years, 9 months ago

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The Anality of Evil (Freud's "Civilization and its Discontents")

Episode 189

David and Tamler dive into Sigmund Freud's world of unconscious drives, death instincts, and thwarted incestuous urges in his classic text "Civilizat…

5 years, 9 months ago

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Conceptual Mummies (Nietzsche's "Twilight of the Idols")

Episode 188

Socrates was ugly and tired of life, so he made a tyrant of reason. Philosophers are mummies who hate the body and the senses. Reason is a tricky old…

5 years, 10 months ago

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More Zither

Episode 187

With a global pandemic and a collapsing economy upon us, it's time to ask ourselves some tough questions. Sex robots or platonic love robots - what a…

5 years, 10 months ago

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The One with Peter Singer

Episode 186

The legendary Peter Singer joins us to talk about effective altruism, AI, animal welfare, esoteric morality, future Tuesday indifference, and more. I…

5 years, 11 months ago

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The Devil's Playground

Episode 185

David and Tamler begin by talking about the question on everyone's mind right now – are we obligated to be pansexual? Then, since many of us have mor…

5 years, 11 months ago

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Bonus Episode: Top 5 Deadwood Characters

Here's something that might help with the Coronavirus blues: we're releasing our latest Patreon bonus episode for everyone. In this (unedited) episod…

6 years ago

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Tainted Glove

Episode 184

David and Tamler start off talking about the infamous Richard Dawkins eugenics tweet. What does it mean for eugenics to "work"? And given the sensiti…

6 years ago

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Accept the Mystery (with Paul Bloom)

Episode 183

VBW 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. Do…

6 years ago

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