Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchGorgias, Tell Me Something I Don't Know (with Agnes Callard)
Episode 203
Philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about Plato and his dialogue the Gorgias. Why did Plato write dialogues – are they the best way of present…
5 years, 9 months ago
Not as It Ought to Be (H.P. Lovecraft's "The Colour Out of Space")
Episode 202
A phosphorescence casts a pale sickly glow on David and Tamler as talk only in verbs and pronouns about H.P. Lovecraft's 1927 story "The Colour Out o…
5 years, 9 months ago
Very Bad Lizard People
Episode 201
David and Tamler dive deep into the psychology and epistemology of conspiracy theories. What makes people so prone to believe in complex malevolent p…
5 years, 10 months ago
Our 200th Episode Spectactular
Episode 200
David 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 e…
5 years, 10 months ago
When Philosophy Goes Sideways
Episode 199
David and Tamler check out some recent work in metaphysics and applied ethics. Does playing a Nina Simone song sideways show that Einstein was wrong …
5 years, 11 months ago
Is Mental Illness a Myth? (Thomas Szasz's "The Myth of Mental Illness")
Episode 198
David and Tamler explore Thomas Szasz's provocative and still relevant 1961 book "The Myth of Mental Illness," the topic selected by our beloved Patr…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Long Slow Death That Is Life
Episode 197
The psychologist Yoel Inbar has always tried to imbue his work with a sort of interiority, and now he joins us for a deep dive into Charlie Kaufman's…
6 years ago
The Loneliest Paper in Philosophy
Episode 196
She's beautiful, smart, funny, and head over heels in love with you. There's only one problem – she's from a possible world, not the actual one. What…
6 years ago
Jesus on Trial (Dostoevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov")
Episode 195
David and Tamler dive into the most celebrated and philosophically rich scenes in Dostoevsky's masterpiece "The Brothers Karamazov." Alyosha gets in …
6 years, 1 month ago
God Has No Mother (with Chris Matheson)
Episode 194
David 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 Sto…
6 years, 1 month ago