Very Bad Wizards
Tamler Sommers & David PizarroVery 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.
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 302 | Founded | 12 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | PhilosophySociety & Culture | |||
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Why do we punish people? How did our punishment practices evolve and what is their primary function? David and Tamler talk about a new paper that examines punitive justice in three small-scale societies - the Kiowa equestrian foragers in late 19th ce... more
David and Tamler face off with the Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s classic short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” We sort through the biblical allusions, dark comedy, nihilism, and the possibility of grace or rebirth (but whose?). Plus why do motori... more
David and Tamler share a few brief thoughts on the election and then raise some questions about Tucker Carlson being attacked by a demon as he slept in the woods with his wife and four dogs (still don’t believe in ghosts, people?). In the main segmen... more
David and Tamler hop into their Scooby Van and drive into Tobe Hooper’s mad and macabre horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. How does this endlessly imitated movie still have the power to scare the shit out of people fifty years after its re... more
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- Only podcast I listen to
I love these guys. This has become the only podcast I listen to in the past year. I highly recommend the Patreon $2 and up to get “The Ambulators” episodes about the HBO show, Deadwood.
Apple Podcasts5John C84
United States2 months ago - Neat
Some of the coolest boomers you‘ll find
Apple Podcasts5blai S
Austria3 months ago - Very good but …
I really like this show, the interplay of psychology, philosophy, modern science, timeless classics and pop culture makes VBW an all time favorite. As a pastor and Christian missionary of 20 years I especially appreciate the way the hosts handle questions of religion and spirituality. I’ve learned a lot and been provoked to deeper thought. So why the but? Why four stars only?
Interstellar gets two stars! Are you kidding!! Are you out your mind!!? Like I can understand how interstellar may not ... more
Apple Podcasts4Holyfear84United States3 months ago - Very bad fun!
Love the intellectual banter, love the prove that intellectuals and academics can be funny, love the bad about this goodness!
Apple Podcasts5zuckermann
Germany3 months ago - Great show
Makes me laugh. Makes me think. Two of my favorite things.
Apple Podcasts4Petticoat DespotUnited States3 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #13 | United States/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #10 |  United Kingdom/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #12 |  Canada/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #10 |  Italy/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #16 |  Australia/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
Apple Podcasts | #70 | Germany/Society & Culture/Philosophy |
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