Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
Podcasting legend Yoel Inbar (from Two Psychologists Four Beers) joins us to break down Tal Yarkoni'
Our whole lives we’ve been frauds. We’re not exaggerating. Pretty much all we’ve ever done is try to
Eleventh Century Japan. A samurai and his wife are walking through the forest and come across a band
David and Tamler wrap up the decade with an episode on trash-talking that morphs into a debate over
David and Tamler happen across Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Zahir” and now they can’t stop thinking about
Tamler learns something new about menstruation. David weighs in on the democratic debates and the im
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazz
We try (with varying success) to wrap our heads around Thomas Nagel’s classic article “What is it Li
Is character destiny, or can fluky decisions or tiny shifts in weather patterns fundamentally change
David and Tamler dive back into the Ted Chiang well and explore the fascinating world described in "
David and Tamler start out with a discussion of the new Chappelle special and the negative reaction
David and Tamler dive back into the Bible, this time to the perplexing and poetic Book of Job. What
Is social psychology just a kid dressing up in grown-up science clothes? Are the methods in social p
David and Tamler try to control their emotions (with varying success) as they go deep into Franz Kaf
It's Part 2 of the Lebowski vs. Pulp Fiction showdown. This time we focus on the Dude, Walter, Donny
There are only two kinds of people in the world, Pulp Fiction people and Big Lebowski people. Now Pu
Memory is highly selective and often inaccurate. But what if we had an easily searchable video recor
Sam Harris returns to the podcast to talk about meditation and his new Waking Up meditation app. Wha
David and Tamler argue about William James' classic essay "The Will to Believe." What's more importa
David and Tamler are pulled into Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas." Omelas is
