Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
Our most irresponsible episode ever! Dave and Tamler talk about two reviews of a book they haven't
Dave and Tamler talk about the influence of character judgments on attributions of blame. What is th
Special guest Will Wilkinson joins the podcast to talk about whether fiction makes us better people,
Special guest Laurie Santos (Psychology, Yale) joins us to talk about what animal cognition can tell
Part II of our discussion on Rai and Fiske (sort of): We answer a listener's email and in the proce
In the first of a two-part episode, we discuss one of our favorite recent papers--Tage Rai and Alan
Dave and Tamler celebrate their one year anniversary and 30th episode with one of their least cynica
Dave and Tamler try to artificially bulk up their expertise on the ethics of performance enhancing d
Dave and Tamler try their best to do a show without guests--we talk about moral persuasion, motivate
Our streak of very special guests continues! Philosopher Eddy Nahmias joins the podcast to us why p
Psychologist and author Jesse Bering joins us to talk about evolutionary psychology and his forthcom
Josh Knobe, the Michael Corleone of experimental philosophy, joins us to talk about taking philosoph
Paul Bloom joins us in the second segment for a lively discussion about the value of empathy as a g
Dave, Tamler, and special guest Yoel Inbar break down Sam Peckinpah's brilliant (at least according
In what might very well be the last episode before we're pulled off the air, Tamler outlines his dat
Dave and Tamler shrug off inside baseball concerns and argue whether to go to grad school, what to d
Dave and Tamler begin with a brief, heartfelt discussion about the Boston Bombings. Tamler talks ab
Re-recording a not-so-tragically lost episode (it kinda sucked), Dave and Tamler talk about the thin
Joe Henrich joins the podcast to tell us that we know nothing about his work and that how we got to
Thousands of studies in psychology rely on data from North American undergraduates. Can we really co
