Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDigital Outrage (with Molly Crockett)
Episode 134
It's been 5 years since Molly Crockett has been guest on VBW. During that time she's completed a post-doc at University College, London and become a …
8 years, 7 months ago
Death and Dreams
Episode 133
David and Tamler talk about the nature of death. Is being dead a bad thing? If so, what makes it bad? How can anything be bad for a subject that no l…
8 years, 7 months ago
Emotional Willpower (with David DeSteno)
Episode 132
What's the best way to build self-control, patience, productivity, and delayed marshmallow eating? For decades psychologists and economists have told…
8 years, 8 months ago
I Have No Genitals and I Must Scream
Episode 131
David and Tamler break down two episodes (with full spoilers) from the new season of Charlie Brooker's bleaker-than-bleak Netflix series Black Mirror…
8 years, 8 months ago
Dehumanization and Disintegration (with Paul Bloom)
Episode 130
In this Very Special Boxing Day edition of the podcast, Tamler and David welcome back honorary Third Wizard Paul Bloom to discuss his latest article …
8 years, 9 months ago
Dystopias
Episode 129
David and Tamler assert their autonomy as individuals by discussing their favorite dystopian works of art. Rebelling against a repressive regime, the…
8 years, 9 months ago
Fragmented Values and Sex Panics (with Christina Hoff Sommers)
Episode 128
David and Tamler keep their Nagel streak alive, discussing the essay "The Fragmention of Value" from his collection "Mortal Questions." How should we…
8 years, 10 months ago
Moral Luck
Episode 127
David and Tamler dip back into the Thomas Nagel well, and discuss the problem of "moral luck." Why do we blame drunk drivers who hit someone more tha…
8 years, 10 months ago
The Absurd
Episode 126
Is life meaningless? Are humans just glorified dung beetles, pushing around our piles of poop with no greater purpose? What would it take for life to…
8 years, 11 months ago
Can You Feel It?
Episode 125
What do we mean when we say someone is angry? Can we identify anger (or any other emotion) via facial expressions, physiological changes, or neural m…
8 years, 11 months ago