Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
In what has to be the most somber VBW to date, David and Tamler welcome Harvard psychologist Matthew
David and Tamler tackle the topic of implicit bias and the controversy surrounding the implicit asso
Honor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overd
It took two tries (the first one led to a big non-productive fight), but David and Tamler end up wit
Award-winning screenwriter and medieval philosophy scholar Yoel Inbar joins us for a deep dive on th
Why are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get? Maybe
From Very Bad Wizards to Megyn Kelly Today back to Very Bad Wizards, Laurie Santos has traveled the
David and Tamler take a break from complaining about psychological studies that measure utilitariani
It's been 5 years since Molly Crockett has been guest on VBW. During that time she's completed a pos
David and Tamler talk about the nature of death. Is being dead a bad thing? If so, what makes it bad
What's the best way to build self-control, patience, productivity, and delayed marshmallow eating? F
David and Tamler break down two episodes (with full spoilers) from the new season of Charlie Brooker
In this Very Special Boxing Day edition of the podcast, Tamler and David welcome back honorary Third
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
