Podcast Episodes

Nothing but a "G" Thing (Intelligence Pt. 1)

Episode 122

David and Tamler do their best to talk frankly about intelligence and IQ research. (It's our Patreon listener-selected topic! We probably would never…

8 years, 6 months ago

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The Beauty of Illusion - David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive"

Episode 121

Guest Yoel Inbar joins David and Tamler to break down David Lynch's dreamy masterpiece Mulholland Drive. (FULL SPOILERS – watch before you listen!) W…

8 years, 7 months ago

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Clap Your Hand for Robert Wright

Episode 120

Special guest Robert Wright joins the podcast to discuss his latest book "Why Buddhism is True." What is the Buddhist conception of not-self?
When we…

8 years, 7 months ago

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A Brief History of Values

Episode 119

What 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…

8 years, 8 months ago

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We Don't Love Them Hoax

Episode 118

David 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 pre…

8 years, 8 months ago

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Extended Minds, Extended Foreskins

Episode 117

David and Tamler break down a recent classic in the philosophy of mind: "The Extended Mind" by Andy Clark and David Chalmers. What is
boundary of you…

8 years, 9 months ago

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Pain, Pleasure, and Peer-Reviewed Penises

Episode 116

David and Tamler break down the latest small-stakes academic controversy--yes the one about conceptual penises. Does the recent "Sokal-like" hoax exp…

8 years, 9 months ago

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Which Field is More Fu@%ed: Philosophy or Psychology?

Episode 115

David 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 disci…

8 years, 10 months ago

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Great Vengeance and Furious Anger (Top 5 Movies About Revenge)

Episode 114

Somehow, 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 …

8 years, 10 months ago

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Pascal, Probability, and Pitchforks

Episode 113

David 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 …

8 years, 11 months ago

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