Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
Hello friend, did you come from the Berenstein with an 'E' universe? Or have you lived in the Berens
We all remember the famous iTunes review calling David and Tamler "repugnant." (And the T-shirt/mugs
Dave and Tamler don’t agree about much, but one thing they do share is an affinity for character-bas
Scandinavian film scholar Yoel Inbar joins the podcast for a deep dive on the Swedish film Force Maj
David and Tamler continue their intermittent “classic paper series” with an episode on Jonathan Benn
Inspired by a recent ProPublica report on racial bias in an algorithm used to predict future crimina
David and Tamler have their first real fight in a while over an article defending "social mixing"--d
David and Tamler welcome author and environmental science professor Jennifer Jacquet to the podcast
David and Tamler celebrate Passover with a high-spirited episode on guns, revenge, liberals, being o
We hit the jackpot with this one! Economist Robert Frank (you may remember him from such episodes as
We know that criminal punishment has consequences, both good and bad, and that many people think tha
Philosophers can be funny and funny movies can be philosophical. David and Tamler welcome frequent V
David and Tamler talk about the perils of trying to step outside of your own perspective in ethics,
David and Tamler continue their series of breaking down a classic essay/article in their fields. For
David and Tamler take a break from their main jobs as TV critics to talk about a masterpiece in poli
Hello, listener. Hello, listener? That's lame. Maybe I should give you a name, but that's a slippery
It's our last episode on campus protests and political correctness for a while, we promise! But it's
Special guest Valerie Tiberius joins us to talk about values, well-being, and friendship. What role
David and Tamler return to the minefield of campus politics and talk about recent events at Yale, Mi
Special guest Eric Schwitzgebel joins David and Tamler to discuss the moral behavior (or lack thereo
