Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBorges' Babylon
Episode 144
David and Tamler try to wrap their heads around Jorge Luis Borges' “The Library of Babel†â€" a short story about a universe/library that contains…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Psychology of Personality
Episode 143
David and Tamler tackle the topic selected by their Patreon supporters - the psychology of personality. What are the different dimensions of personal…
8 years, 2 months ago
Suicide (with Matthew Nock)
Episode 142
In what has to be the most somber VBW to date, David and Tamler welcome Harvard psychologist Matthew Nock to the podcast to talk about suicide and ot…
8 years, 3 months ago
Implicit Bias
Episode 141
David and Tamler tackle the topic of implicit bias and the controversy surrounding the implicit association test (IAT). What is implicit bias anyway?…
8 years, 3 months ago
Milgram's Mice
Episode 140
Honor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overdue homage to the great anonymous blogger and twit…
8 years, 4 months ago
Honor, Identity, and Headbutts
Episode 139
It took two tries (the first one led to a big non-productive fight), but David and Tamler end up with a good discussion of honor and its connection t…
8 years, 4 months ago
Memory, Pain, and Relationships (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Episode 138
Award-winning screenwriter and medieval philosophy scholar Yoel Inbar joins us for a deep dive on the Charlie Kaufman/Michel GondREY masterpiece Eter…
8 years, 5 months ago
Are Buddhists Afraid to Die? (with Shaun Nichols)
Episode 137
Why are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get? Maybe because it's extra satisfying when you finally ge…
8 years, 5 months ago
The Good Life (with Laurie Santos)
Episode 136
From Very Bad Wizards to Megyn Kelly Today back to Very Bad Wizards, Laurie Santos has traveled the typical trajectory of the celebrity academic. Lau…
8 years, 6 months ago
Utilitarianism and Moral Identity
Episode 135
David and Tamler take a break from complaining about psychological studies that measure utilitarianism to complain about the moral theory itself. We …
8 years, 6 months ago