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Very Bad Wizards

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Tamler Sommers & David Pizarro

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.

#306

Episode 302: Metaphysical Edging

What makes something weird? What makes something eerie? David and Tamler wander into Mark ... more

11 Feb 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:08

11 Feb 2025

#305

Episode 301: Believing is Seeing?

It’s Back 2 Basics: Psychology edition! Do coins look bigger to poor people? Do hills look... more

28 Jan 2025

1 HR 29 MINS

1:29:34

28 Jan 2025

#304

Episode 300: If We Only Had A Brain

David and Tamler celebrate their 300th episode with a deep dive into the movie that inspir... more

14 Jan 2025

1 HR 48 MINS

1:48:01

14 Jan 2025

#303

Episode 299: Oh the Humility!

David and Tamler wrap up the new year talking about intellectual virtues and Rachel Fraser... more

24 Dec 2024

2 HR 06 MINS

2:06:33

24 Dec 2024

#302

Episode 298: Pass the Peace Pipe

Why do we punish people? How did our punishment practices evolve and what is their primary... more

10 Dec 2024

1 HR 20 MINS

1:20:38

10 Dec 2024

#301

Episode 297: No Pleasure in Meanness (Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find")

David and Tamler face off with the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s classic short story “A Go... more

26 Nov 2024

1 HR 41 MINS

1:41:24

26 Nov 2024

#300

Episode 296: The Other CRT

David and Tamler share a few brief thoughts on the election and then raise some questions ... more

12 Nov 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:23

12 Nov 2024

#299

Episode 295: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

David and Tamler hop into their Scooby Van and drive into Tobe Hooper’s mad and macabre ho... more

29 Oct 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:58

29 Oct 2024

#298

Episode 294: The Scandal of Philosophy (Hume's Problem of Induction)

CD Broad called induction “the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.” As a matte... more

08 Oct 2024

1 HR 13 MINS

1:13:30

08 Oct 2024

#297

Episode 293: Who Is the Dreamer? (Borges' "The Circular Ruins")

David and Tamler crawl up a riverbank, kiss the mud, and dream a discussion of Borges’ “Th... more

24 Sep 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:33

24 Sep 2024

#296

Episode 292: Boundary Issues

David and Tamler lead off with a breakdown of the new commercial for “friend (not imaginar... more

10 Sep 2024

1 HR 15 MINS

1:15:17

10 Sep 2024

#295

Episode 291: Shoe Shining

Cornell philosopher David Shoemaker joins us for a long winding journey up to the Overlook... more

27 Aug 2024

2 HR 12 MINS

2:12:12

27 Aug 2024

#294

Episode 290: Blinded by the Light (Plato's Cave Pt. 2)

David and Tamler continue their discussion of Plato’s allegory of the cave. We talk about ... more

06 Aug 2024

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:16

06 Aug 2024

#293

Episode 289: Shadows on the Wall (Plato's Cave Pt. 1)

Over the years we’ve referred repeatedly to Plato’s cave, Platonic forms, and phrases like... more

23 Jul 2024

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:18

23 Jul 2024

#292

Episode 288: The Despised Foot (The Denial of Death Pt. 2)

David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Ernest Becker’s The Denial of Death. We talk... more

09 Jul 2024

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:05

09 Jul 2024

#291

Episode 287: Gods With Anuses (The Denial of Death Pt. 1)

David faces his greatest fear as he and Tamler dive into Ernest Becker’s 1973 Pulitzer Pri... more

25 Jun 2024

1 HR 31 MINS

1:31:06

25 Jun 2024

#290

Episode 286: Laugh and the World Laughs With You

David and Tamler dive into the mysteries at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s deeply disturbin... more

11 Jun 2024

2 HR 12 MINS

2:12:47

11 Jun 2024

#289

Episode 285: On Culture and Agriculture

It’s an old-school episode as David and Tamler dive into some intriguing research on the o... more

28 May 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:44

28 May 2024

#288

Episode 284: Reel Choices

David and Tamler choose an episode topic that will define the identity and meaning of the ... more

15 May 2024

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:34

15 May 2024

#287

Episode 283: When Elephants Podcast

David and Tamler talk about Caitrin Keiper’s wonderful sprawling essay on elephant life an... more

30 Apr 2024

1 HR 23 MINS

1:23:53

30 Apr 2024

#286

Episode 282: Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass")

A Rabbi is found dead in a hotel room, stabbed in the chest. The room is filled with Kabba... more

16 Apr 2024

1 HR 25 MINS

1:25:12

16 Apr 2024

#285

Episode 281: Choose Your Fighter

We dig into the biggest rivalry in Tamler’s profession, analytic vs. continental philosoph... more

26 Mar 2024

1 HR 22 MINS

1:22:42

26 Mar 2024

#284

Episode 280: Mad Masque (with Phil Ford and J.F. Martel)

Phil Ford and J.F. Martel from the great "Weird Studies" podcast join us for a whirling di... more

12 Mar 2024

1 HR 39 MINS

1:39:37

12 Mar 2024

#283

Episode 279: The Greenhouses We Burned Along the Way (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 2)

David and Tamler conclude their discussion of Lee Chang-dong’s "Burning" – we talk about t... more

27 Feb 2024

1 HR 09 MINS

1:09:58

27 Feb 2024

#282

Episode 278: Schrödinger's Everything (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 1)

David and Tamler fall under the spell of Lee Chang-dong’s 2018 masterpiece Burning, a movi... more

13 Feb 2024

1 HR 32 MINS

1:32:17

13 Feb 2024

#281

Episode 277: The Merits of Buggery (Nagel's "Sexual Perversion")

David and Tamler play the old hits – Thomas Nagel and sex robots. In the main segment we t... more

30 Jan 2024

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:32

30 Jan 2024

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#306

Episode 302: Metaphysical Edging

#305

Episode 301: Believing is Seeing?

#304

Episode 300: If We Only Had A Brain

#303

Episode 299: Oh the Humility!

#302

Episode 298: Pass the Peace Pipe

#301

Episode 297: No Pleasure in Meanness (Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find")

#300

Episode 296: The Other CRT

#299

Episode 295: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

#298

Episode 294: The Scandal of Philosophy (Hume's Problem of Induction)

#297

Episode 293: Who Is the Dreamer? (Borges' "The Circular Ruins")

#296

Episode 292: Boundary Issues

#295

Episode 291: Shoe Shining

#294

Episode 290: Blinded by the Light (Plato's Cave Pt. 2)

#293

Episode 289: Shadows on the Wall (Plato's Cave Pt. 1)

#292

Episode 288: The Despised Foot (The Denial of Death Pt. 2)

#291

Episode 287: Gods With Anuses (The Denial of Death Pt. 1)

#290

Episode 286: Laugh and the World Laughs With You

#289

Episode 285: On Culture and Agriculture

#288

Episode 284: Reel Choices

#287

Episode 283: When Elephants Podcast

#286

Episode 282: Fearful Symmetry (Borges' "Death and the Compass")

#285

Episode 281: Choose Your Fighter

#284

Episode 280: Mad Masque (with Phil Ford and J.F. Martel)

#283

Episode 279: The Greenhouses We Burned Along the Way (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 2)

#282

Episode 278: Schrödinger's Everything (Lee Chang-dong's "Burning" Pt. 1)

#281

Episode 277: The Merits of Buggery (Nagel's "Sexual Perversion")