Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler conclude their discussion of "The Trial," Franz Kafka's darkly comic vision of an o
David and Tamler wander through the bewildering dream-like world of Franz Kafka’s "The Trial." In pa
It’s the topic voted on by our beloved Patreon patrons, panpsychism! David and Tamler delve into the
Many of us think that art is subjective, but at the same time it seems like some artistic judgments
David and Tamler sink deeper and deeper into Melancholia, Lars von Trier’s harrowing and stunningly
We think racism is wrong but what about “lookism” – a bias that favors attractive people over unattr
David and Tamler confront their shadows and dive into Carl Jung’s theory of the collective unconscio
David and Tamler dive into David Foster Wallace’s celebrated and surprisingly earnest Kenyon College
First, it’s the return of the annual drunken Thanksgiving segment! Tamler and based wicked stepmom C
David and Tamler talk about the often rancorous debate among cognitive scientists and evolutionary p
VBW favorite Paul Bloom joins us to talk about the pleasures of suffering, flow states, Sisyphus, me
David and Tamler dive into Ingmar Bergman’s 1966 masterpiece Persona, a film about two (?) women, El
David and Tamler don black turtlenecks and light up a couple of Gauloises to talk about Jean Paul Sa
David and Tamler wind their way through the long-requested “Meditations on Moloch” by Scott Alexande
In honor of Labor Day, David and Tamler dive into two works by Karl Marx - "The Communist Manifesto"
It’s a Borges bonanza! David and Tamler dive into two stories: “Emma Zunz” and “Borges and I.” The f
David and Tamler go deep on Michael Haneke’s unnerving psychological thriller Caché. An upper middle
David and Tamler hit the books and cram for their beloved Patreon listener-selected episode – this t
We’ve promised you for years that we would do an episode on apologies and never got to it until toda
David and Tamler argue about the philosopher L.A. Paul’s ideas on “transformative experiences” – big
