Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler welcome special guest Chris Matheson - co-writer of the "Bill and Ted" movies and a
David and Tamler want to go old school and discuss a classic Frankfurt paper on free will. But do th
David and Tamler dive into “Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote,” a very funny Borges story that al
A lotta anger out there right now, but does it do more harm than good? Is anger counterproductive, a
David and Tamler talk about police violence, the protests, and Harry Frankfurt's journal article tur
David and Tamler dive into Sigmund Freud’s world of unconscious drives, death instincts, and thwarte
Socrates was ugly and tired of life, so he made a tyrant of reason. Philosophers are mummies who hat
With a global pandemic and a collapsing economy upon us, it's time to ask ourselves some tough quest
The legendary Peter Singer joins us to talk about effective altruism, AI, animal welfare, esoteric m
David and Tamler begin by talking about the question on everyone’s mind right now – are we obligated
Here's something that might help with the Coronavirus blues: we're releasing our latest Patreon bonu
David and Tamler start off talking about the infamous Richard Dawkins eugenics tweet. What does it m
VBW favorite Paul Bloom takes a short break from his Sam Harris duties to help us break down the Coe
Podcasting legend Yoel Inbar (from Two Psychologists Four Beers) joins us to break down Tal Yarkoni'
Our whole lives we’ve been frauds. We’re not exaggerating. Pretty much all we’ve ever done is try to
Eleventh Century Japan. A samurai and his wife are walking through the forest and come across a band
David and Tamler wrap up the decade with an episode on trash-talking that morphs into a debate over
David and Tamler happen across Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Zahir” and now they can’t stop thinking about
Tamler learns something new about menstruation. David weighs in on the democratic debates and the im
David and Tamler discuss famous 'split brain' experiments pioneered by Roger Sperry and Michael Gazz
