Bad Philosophy

In a world, divided by history, separate but equal, teetering on the brink of the cosmos, one podcast dares to defy the axioms and go where no podcast has gone bef… well you get the idea. This week we’re talking Anathem! Neal Stephenson’s latest work of spec-fic awesomery is ripe with headiness, so we decided to bring on couple of powerhouses in the brain department. Former-KTXT and current Llano Idea DJ Benjamin Brown returns to duke it out in a literary smackdown for the ages with veteran Bad Philosopher and aspiring YouTube reviewer Kevin Saunders. If this were a book, it’d be a genuine page-turner. But you read with your ears, right? Of course you do. So have a listen…

Ep040 Meta-Mathic Smackdown [ 55:09 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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It’s here, people! We’re inching our way ever closer to becoming bona fide, honest to goodness procasters. We’re back in the DMS and managed to rig up their spiffy, expensive microphones into the best audio configuration we’ve had yet. Julie Meadows joins us this episode for a finagled foray into copyright, Mickey Mouse, and sneezing… among many other decidedly BF things. So pull up an ideal chair and get ready for the audio bliss that is Episode 18…

Ep018 How Long for Copywrong? [ 46:24 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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ABC, ASL, audio, audiobooks, blinking, books, burping, Catholicism, Chris Smith, Congress, copyright, Cory Doctorow, Craphound.com, Creative Commons, Disney, divorce, DNA, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, East India Trading Company, education, Europe, Facebook, fair use, fascism, FCC, Gatorade, Gettysburg Address, Godwin's Law, Grapevine, happy birthday, hats, intellectual property, iPhone, Japan, Julie, Kevin, Korea, Little Brother, lobbying, Matt, metaphysics, Mickey Mouse, Monoprice.com, Native Americans, ownership, Palm OS, patent, personal identity, Philip Glass, philosophy of mind, piano, Pixar, Pokemon, Powerade, private property, privatization, public domain, RadioShack, Romeo and Juliet, science fiction, Shakespeare, Ship of Theseus, sneezing, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, Steamboat Willy, Stephen, The Simpsons, theater, Tracy Olman Show, trade, trademarks, Wall-E, Walt Disney, Western culture, wills

One may be the loneliest number that you’ll ever do, but two is certainly NOT as bad as one when it’s Bad Philosophy. Kevin and I convened over Skype this week in leu of any other panelists. We actually got the audio working half-decently (can you believe it?!) and had a great back-and-forth about a wide variety of topics. So sit back, kindle your excitement, strap on your golden parachute, and shove those old VHS bootlegs of Oh, Killmas Tree under your desk – it’s time for some BF!

Ep16 Ecominkindle [ 1:00:53 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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