Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler assert their autonomy as individuals by discussing their favorite dystopian works o
David and Tamler keep their Nagel streak alive, discussing the essay "The Fragmention of Value" from
David and Tamler dip back into the Thomas Nagel well, and discuss the problem of "moral luck." Why d
Is life meaningless? Are humans just glorified dung beetles, pushing around our piles of poop with n
What do we mean when we say someone is angry? Can we identify anger (or any other emotion) via facia
Do you think of your life as a story? Does your life have a narrative structure or form? Do you iden
It’s Part 2 of the Patreon listener selected episode! David and Tamler continue their discussion on
David and Tamler do their best to talk frankly about intelligence and IQ research. (It's our Patreon
Guest Yoel Inbar joins David and Tamler to break down David Lynch’s dreamy masterpiece Mulholland Dr
Special guest Robert Wright joins the podcast to discuss his latest book "Why Buddhism is True." Wha
What happens when we discover why we believe the things we believe? What if we discover that our val
David and Tamler try to put the topic of campus politics to bed once and for all – with limited succ
David and Tamler break down a recent classic in the philosophy of mind: "The Extended Mind" by Andy
David and Tamler break down the latest small-stakes academic controversy--yes the one about conceptu
David and Tamler go ambulance chasing for scandals in their own fields. Inspired by a tweet from Jay
Somehow, after 113 episodes David and Tamler have never done a top 5 movie episode about revenge (so
David and Tamler break down what may be the best argument that it's rational to believe in God: Pasc
For four years Tamler has been bitching about Gettier cases without even explaining what they are or
In Part 2 of our episode with film scholar Yoel Inbar (AOS: Quebecois New Wave Cinema), we break dow
Any time the topic is campus politics there's a good chance we'll have to record more than once. Tru
