Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchMore Chiang for Your Buck ("Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom" Pt. 2)
Episode 174
Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change who we are? Does the existence or non-existence …
6 years, 11 months ago
Talking to Your (Alternate) Self [Ted Chiang's "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom"]
Episode 173
David and Tamler dive back into the Ted Chiang well and explore the fascinating world described in "Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom." What if you…
6 years, 11 months ago
Are You Free (to like the Chappelle special)?
Episode 172
David and Tamler start out with a discussion of the new Chappelle special and the negative reaction from many critics. Is Chappelle trolling his audi…
7 years ago
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Theodicy? (The Book of Job)
Episode 171
David 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, th…
7 years, 1 month ago
Social Psychology Gets an Asch-Kicking
Episode 170
Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes? Are the methods in social psychology--hypothesis-driven experiments and mode…
7 years, 1 month ago
A Bug's Life (Kafka's "The Metamorphosis")
Episode 169
David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kafka's masterful novella "The Metamorphosis." What …
7 years, 2 months ago
The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 2)
Episode 168
It'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 fu…
7 years, 2 months ago
The Big Lebowski vs Pulp Fiction (Pt. 1)
Episode 167
There 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 …
7 years, 2 months ago
Total Recall (Ted Chiang's "The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling")
Episode 166
Memory is highly selective and often inaccurate. But what if we had an easily searchable video record of all our experiences and interactions? How wo…
7 years, 3 months ago
Life With No Head (With Sam Harris)
Episode 165
Sam Harris returns to the podcast to talk about meditation and his new Waking Up meditation app. What are the goals of mindfulness practice - stress …
7 years, 3 months ago