Podcast Episodes

Jonathan Edwards' Basement

Episode 92

David and Tamler continue their intermittent "classic paper series" with an episode on Jonathan Bennett's "The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn" (publi…

10 years, 1 month ago

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Rage Against the Machines

Episode 91

Inspired by a recent ProPublica report on racial bias in an algorithm used to predict future criminal behavior, David and Tamler talk about the use o…

10 years, 1 month ago

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Of Mice and Morals

Episode 90

David and Tamler have their first real fight in a while over an article defending "social mixing"--distributing babies randomly across families such …

10 years, 2 months ago

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Shame on You (with Jennifer Jacquet)

Episode 89

David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame. What's the…

10 years, 2 months ago

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A Doobie for Elijah

Episode 88

David and Tamler celebrate Passover with a high-spirited episode on guns, revenge, liberals, being offended, the fear of death, and whether kids have…

10 years, 3 months ago

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Lucky You (with Robert Frank)

Episode 87

We hit the jackpot with this one! Economist Robert Frank (you may remember him from such episodes as The Greatest Books Ever Written) joins David and…

10 years, 3 months ago

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Guns, Shame, and the Meaning of Punishment

Episode 86

We know that criminal punishment has consequences, both good and bad, and that many people think that offenders deserve it. But what does punishment …

10 years, 4 months ago

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A Zoo with Only One Animal (with Paul Bloom)

Episode 85

Philosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent VBW guest and arch-enemy of empathy Paul Bloom to …

10 years, 4 months ago

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Lifting the Veil

Episode 84

David and Tamler talk about the perils of trying to step outside of your own perspective in ethics, science, and politics. What do Rawls' "original p…

10 years, 5 months ago

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Ego Trip

Episode 83

David and Tamler continue their series of breaking down a classic essay/article in their fields. For this installment, David assigns Tamler Anthony G…

10 years, 5 months ago

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