Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
For those who thought our most uncomfortable topics were behind us, on this episode we are joined by
You don't need to be a psychologist or a philosopher to enjoy a good, old-fashioned bitch-fest. In t
In a break from tradition, we recorded a 25-minute episode on the morality of tattletaling, snitchin
Our classiest episode yet (OK, that's not saying much, but still...)--Psychologist Fiery Cushman joi
Dave and Tamler square off the role of the victim in criminal punishment and find little to agree ab
Social psychologist Yoel Inbar joins Tamler and David to discuss Clint Eastwood's masterpiece of the
Does life have meaning if there is no God? Why should I be a good person if there's no reward or pun
After discussing some listener feedback about the movie Swingers, Tamler and David talk about two cl
In a Very Special Episode of Very Bad Wizards, Dan Ariely joins David to chat about cheating, charac
After a clip from The Third Man, Dave and Tamler continue their discussion from Episode 6 on Ted Bun
Tamler contemplates ending it all because he can't get 'Call Me Maybe' out of his head, and Dave doe
Dave and Tamler continue their discussion about their favorite topic. They talk about the evolution
Dave allows Tamler to rant about Sam Harris’s strawman attacks on moral relativism before launching
Tamler and Dave discuss recent work in philosophy and psychology about the differences in moral valu
Tamler and David discuss whether giving up our belief in free will makes us more likely to abandon o
Dave and Tamler start out talking about the new wave of skepticism about free will and moral respons