Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Pizarro), who share a love for ethics, pop culture, and cognitive science, and who have a marked inability to distinguish sacred from profane. Each podcast includes discussions of moral philosophy, recent work on moral psychology and neuroscience, and the overlap between the two.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 17 days 18 hours 55 minutes
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Bonus Episode: More Doobie-ous Theories About "Mr. Robot" (Season 2)
In this bonus emergency episode Tamler and David talk about mid-season Mr. Robot (S2) theories.
episode 95: The Repugnance of Repugnance
Tamler and David tackle the emotion of disgust and the role it should play in moral judgment
episode 94: Buttery Friendships
Tamler and David discuss Nancy Sherman's thoughts on Aristotle, Stoicism, and how to live a good, happy life.
episode 93: Avalanches, Blame, and Cowardice (With Yoel Inbar)
Tamler and David are joined by VBW regular Yoel Inbar to discuss the themes of cowardice and character in the recent Swedish film "Force Majeure."
episode 92: Jonathan Edwards' Basement
David and Tamler discuss Jonathan Bennett's classic paper "The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn."
episode 91: Rage Against the Machines
Tamler and David discuss a recent article that claims that an algorithm used to predict criminal behavior is racially biased, and argue about the wisdom of using algorithms across other domains in life.
episode 90: Of Mice and Morals
David and Tamler have their first real fight in a while over an article defending "social mixing"--distributing babies randomly across families such that no infant is genetically related to the parents who raise them. Then they discuss a study published i
episode 89: Shame on You (with Jennifer Jacquet)
David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of shame.
episode 88: A Doobie for Elijah
David and Tamler celebrate Passover with a high-spirited episode on guns, revenge, liberals, being offended, the fear of death, and whether kids have a right to be loved.
episode 87: Lucky You (with Robert Frank)
The economist Robert Frank joins us for a discussion of success and luck.