Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBurning Armchairs (with Joshua Knobe)
Episode 25
Josh Knobe, the Michael Corleone of experimental philosophy, joins us to talk about taking philosophy into the lab and the streets. We discuss how …
13 years, 3 months ago
The Perils of Empathy (with Paul Bloom)
Episode 24
Paul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a guide our moral decisions. And in our first scoop…
13 years, 3 months ago
Straw Dogs (with Yoel Inbar)
Episode 23
Dave, Tamler, and special guest Yoel Inbar break down Sam Peckinpah's brilliant (at least according to one of us) 1971 film Straw Dogs. They talk…
13 years, 3 months ago
An Enquiry Concerning Slurs and Offensiveness
Episode 22
In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his data-free "theory" of what makes something offensive…
13 years, 4 months ago
Grad School
Episode 21
Dave and Tamler shrug off inside baseball concerns and argue whether to go to grad school, what to do when you get there, and share horror stories ab…
13 years, 4 months ago
Boston, Brains, and Bad Pronunciation (with Molly Crockett)
Episode 20
Dave and Tamler begin with a brief, heartfelt discussion about the Boston Bombings. Tamler talks about why Patriots' Day and the Boston Marathon mea…
13 years, 5 months ago
The Burning Bridges Episode (Pt. 2)
Episode 19
Re-recording a not-so-tragically lost episode (it kinda sucked), Dave and Tamler talk about the things they hate most about philosophy and psychology…
13 years, 5 months ago
"Boy If Life Were Only Like This" (With Joe Henrich)
Episode 18
Joe Henrich joins the podcast to tell us that we know nothing about his work and that how we got to teach a class in anything is absolutely amazing. …
13 years, 6 months ago
Learning about Bushmen by Studying Freshmen?
Episode 17
Thousands of studies in psychology rely on data from North American undergraduates. Can we really conclude anything about the "human" mind from such …
13 years, 6 months ago
Race, Reparations, and American (In)Justice (with Damani McDole)
Episode 16
For those who thought our most uncomfortable topics were behind us, on this episode we are joined by David's childhood friend Damani McDole [facebook…
13 years, 6 months ago