Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler talk wrap up the new year talking about intellectual virtues and Rachel Fraser’s ex
Why do we punish people? How did our punishment practices evolve and what is their primary function?
David and Tamler face off with the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s classic short story “A Good Man is
David and Tamler share a few brief thoughts on the election and then raise some questions about Tuck
David and Tamler hop into their Scooby Van and drive into Tobe Hooper’s mad and macabre horror class
CD Broad called induction “the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.” As a matter of habit
David and Tamler crawl up a riverbank, kiss the mud, and dream a discussion of Borges’ “The Circular
David and Tamler lead off with a breakdown of the new commercial for “friend (not imaginary)” a new
Cornell philosopher David Shoemaker joins us for a long winding journey up to the Overlook Hotel, a
David and Tamler continue their discussion of Plato’s allegory of the cave. We talk about the connec
Over the years we’ve referred repeatedly to Plato’s cave, Platonic forms, and phrases like “copies o
David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death. We talk about Bec
David faces his greatest fear as he and Tamler dive into Ernest Becker’s 1973 Pulitzer Prize winner
David and Tamler dive into the mysteries at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s deeply disturbing masterpi
It’s an old-school episode as David and Tamler dive into some intriguing research on the origins of
David and Tamler choose an episode topic that will define the identity and meaning of the Very Bad W
David and Tamler talk about Caitrin Keiper’s wonderful sprawling essay on elephant life and society
A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabbalah texts
We dig into the biggest rivalry in Tamler’s profession, analytic vs. continental philosophy. Are ana
Phil Ford and J.F. Martel from the great "Weird Studies" podcast join us for a whirling discussion o
