Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDr. Strawson or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Episodic Life
Episode 124
Do you think of your life as a story? Does your life have a narrative structure or form? Do you identify with your past selves and your future selves…
9 years ago
What Chilling Effect? (Intelligence Pt. 2)
Episode 123
It's Part 2 of the Patreon listener selected episode! David and Tamler continue their discussion on intelligence from our last episode by tackling th…
9 years ago
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…
9 years, 1 month ago
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…
9 years, 1 month ago
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…
9 years, 2 months ago
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…
9 years, 2 months ago
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…
9 years, 3 months ago
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…
9 years, 3 months ago
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…
9 years, 3 months ago
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…
9 years, 4 months ago