Very Bad Wizards is a podcast featuring a philosopher (Tamler Sommers) and a psychologist (David Piz
David and Tamler dive deep into Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 hallucinatory classic, Vertigo. Why does thi
In the famous words of the idealist philosopher George Berkeley, “To exist is to be perceived.” Our
David dies for science’s sins and addresses the failed replication of one of his studies (conducted
Tamler and David continue their Nagel-gazing by discussing another essay from Mortal Questions: "Rut
There was me, that is Tamler, and my droog, that is David, and we sat in our living rooms on Skype t
What better way to celebrate our 150th episode than to bring back our favorite guest – Paul Bloom! W
Is living forever a good thing? Could we maintain our values and personal attachments throughout ete
Tamler wades into a Twitter controversy about Serena Williams - could this be his fast-track pass in
Oxford philosophy professor Will MacAskill joins us to talk about effective altruism, moral uncertai
Is being a sports fan irrational? Does it lead to more suffering than happiness? David and Tamler di
David and Tamler go deep into Borges’ labyrinth to discuss the fascinating, multi-dimensional story
David and Tamler try to wrap their heads around Jorge Luis Borges' “The Library of Babel†– a s
David and Tamler tackle the topic selected by their Patreon supporters - the psychology of personali
In what has to be the most somber VBW to date, David and Tamler welcome Harvard psychologist Matthew
David and Tamler tackle the topic of implicit bias and the controversy surrounding the implicit asso
Honor shmonor, David and Tamler return to their repugnant roots for this one. First, we pay an overd
It took two tries (the first one led to a big non-productive fight), but David and Tamler end up wit
Award-winning screenwriter and medieval philosophy scholar Yoel Inbar joins us for a deep dive on th
Why are we always attracted to people who mock us, resist our advances, and play hard to get? Maybe
From Very Bad Wizards to Megyn Kelly Today back to Very Bad Wizards, Laurie Santos has traveled the
