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 20 hours 18 minutes
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episode 87: Lucky You (with Robert Frank)
The economist Robert Frank joins us for a discussion of success and luck.
episode 86: Guns, Shame, and the Meaning of Punishment
Tamler and David discuss the meaning of punishment and the recent decision in Texas that will allow students to carry guns on campus.
episode 85: A Zoo with Only One Animal (with Paul Bloom)
Philosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent VBW guest and arch-enemy of empathy Paul Bloom to discuss their five favorite comic films with philosophical/psychological themes.
episode 83: Ego Trip
Tamler and David discuss Anthony Greenwald's classic article "The Totalitarian Ego."
episode 82: Totalitarian Slide-Rulers
Tamler and David discuss Isaiah Berlin's influential essay, "Two Concepts of Liberty"
episode 81: Domo Arigato, Mr. Robot (With Yoel Inbar)
Special guest Yoel Inbar joins Dave and Tamler to talk about the best show of last year. Warning: This episode is full of spoilers. Do not listen until you've seen Season 1 of Mr. Robot.
episode 80: The Coddling of the Wizard Mind (with Vlad Chituc and Christina Hoff Sommers)
It's our last episode on campus protests and political correctness for a while, we promise! But it's a fun one. David and Tamler welcome two guests on the opposite side of the debate spectrum: Recent Yale Alum, cognitive scientist, freelance writer, (and
episode 79: Good Lives, Good Friends, and Gay Mormons (with Valerie Tiberius)
Special guest Valerie Tiberius joins us to talk about values, well-being, and friendship. In the first segment, David and Tamler list a few things they're grateful for on Thanksgiving, including you, the listeners (awwwwww...).
episode 78: Wizards Uprising
David and Tamler return to the minefield of campus politics and talk about recent events at Yale, Missouri, and Amherst. Are the protests are long overdue response to systematic oppression and prejudice? Or is this new generation of students coddled, hype