Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBeanballs, Blood Feuds, and Collective Moral Responsibility (With Fiery Cushman)
Episode 13
Our classiest episode yet (OK, that's not saying much, but still...)--Psychologist Fiery Cushman joins us for a discussion about collective punishmen…
13 years, 1 month ago
Justice for #!$@ ?
Episode 12
Dave and Tamler square off the role of the victim in criminal punishment and find little to agree about. Tamler defends the restorative justice appro…
13 years, 2 months ago
It is Morally Wrong to Kill Morgan Freeman (with Yoel Inbar)
Episode 11
Social psychologist Yoel Inbar joins Tamler and David to discuss Clint Eastwood's masterpiece of the Western genre, "Unforgiven." The discussion incl…
13 years, 2 months ago
Religion, Meaning, and Morality
Episode 10
Does life have meaning if there is no God? Why should I be a good person if there's no reward or punishment waiting for me in the afterlife? Why does…
13 years, 3 months ago
Social Psychology, Situationism, and Moral Character
Episode 9
After discussing some listener feedback about the movie Swingers, Tamler and David talk about two classic experiments in social psychology: the Milgr…
13 years, 3 months ago
Dishonesty, Character, and Dan Ariely
Episode 8
In a Very Special Episode of Very Bad Wizards, Dan Ariely joins David to chat about cheating, character, teling your significant other about kissing …
13 years, 4 months ago
Psychopaths and Utilitarians Pt. 2 (Now with more poo poo)
Episode 7
After a clip from The Third Man, Dave and Tamler continue their discussion from Episode 6 on Ted Bundy, utilitarians, and trolley problems. They also…
13 years, 4 months ago
Trolleys, Utilitarians, and Psychopaths (Part 1)
Episode 6
Tamler contemplates ending it all because he can't get 'Call Me Maybe' out of his head, and Dave doesn't try to talk him out of it. This is followed …
13 years, 4 months ago
Revenge, Pt. 2: The Revenge
Episode 5
Dave and Tamler continue their discussion about their favorite topic. They talk about the evolutionary origins of retributive behavior, cross-cultur…
13 years, 5 months ago
Revenge, Pt. 1
Episode 4
Dave allows Tamler to rant about Sam Harris's strawman attacks on moral relativism before launching into discussion about revenge, justice, True Grit…
13 years, 5 months ago