Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
Tamler welcomes social psychologist David Pizarro of Cornell University to the podcast to talk about
We’ve done deep dives on three of his stories, and now THE MAN HIMSELF, multi-award winning science
Canada’s leading Russian literature scholar Yoel Inbar joins us to try to make sense of Gogol’s 1836
"Sometimes I think of my death," Akira Kurosawa said, "I think of ceasing to be...and it is from the
Journalist, podcaster, and rapper Jesse Singal joins us to talk about his new book The Quick Fix, po
VBW favorite Paul Bloom joins us to talk about William James’ account of instinct and its parallels
We’ve always had nothing but praise for neuroscientists and their work, and today is no exception.
David and Tamler wander through the maze of Room 237, the great documentary by Rodney Ascher about f
David and Tamler return to the TCU (Ted Chiang Universe) to talk about his short story “Hell is the
Ever wonder why you’re still listening to VBW all of these years? Or why you check your phone 50 tim
The legendary Houston Ballet dancer Lauren Anderson joins us to talk about the Atlanta Episode “June
Philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about Plato and his dialogue the Gorgias. Why did Plato w
A phosphorescence casts a pale sickly glow on David and Tamler as talk only in verbs and pronouns ab
David and Tamler dive deep into the psychology and epistemology of conspiracy theories. What makes p
David and Tamler celebrate their 200th episode with bourbon and a return to their potty humor roots.
David and Tamler check out some recent work in metaphysics and applied ethics. Does playing a Nina S
David and Tamler explore Thomas Szasz’s provocative and still relevant 1961 book “The Myth of Mental
The psychologist Yoel Inbar has always tried to imbue his work with a sort of interiority, and now h
She’s beautiful, smart, funny, and head over heels in love with you. There’s only one problem – she’
David and Tamler dive into the most celebrated and philosophically rich scenes in Dostoevsky’s maste
