Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler take the first excursion into the work of Haruki Murakami and talk about his short
The great Paul Bloom returns to the show to explore the many mysteries of Todd Field’s 2022 film “Tá
David and Tamler talk about William James’ chapter on mysticism from his book "Varieties of Religiou
David and Tamler deliver a PODCAST episode, one of many that comes from the INTERNET, that you’ll pr
Here’s an episode with something for both of us – a healthy serving of Kantian rationalism for David
David and Tamler get lost in the world of Susanna Clarke’s "Piranesi," a hauntingly beautiful and th
Tamler’s earlier self committed to doing an episode on Parfit, and David holds his current self to t
It’s the episode that Tamler has been waiting for – a long deep dive into Andrei Tarkovsky’s mysteri
David and Tamler dive into Seneca’s “On the Happy Life” and stoicism, the topic selected by our belo
David and Tamler wind their way through another Borges story - "The Immortal"- about a Roman soldier
We often think of metaphors as poetic flourishes, a nice way to punctuate your ideas and make them m
David and Tamler gild and stain David Hume’s essay “The Sceptic†with their sentiments. If noth
In this podcast we examine a recent argument for the view that chess is not, in fact, a game. We dis
We welcome Sam Harris back to the show for a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick’s confounding 1968 maste
We dive into David Foster Wallace’s sprawling 1993 essay “E Unibus Pluram: Television and U.S. Ficti
David and Tamler take their first real look at pragmatism via Richard Rorty’s “Solidarity or Objecti
David and Tamler return to Borges land to get lost in the infinite, this time with his legendary and
David and Tamler continue their discussion of Leo Tolstoy’s 'Confession.' When we left him last time
We have a sneak peek for our listeners--the first episode our new Patreon bonus series on David Milc
David and Tamler find themselves unable to attach rational meaning to a single act in their entire l
